Research Achievements

Key publications in top-tier international journals, including Nature and Science


ApJ
2020 / Jan

Discovery of a critical flaw in the 2011 Nobel Prize research on dark energy


ApJ
2018 / Dec

Identifying the origin of multiple stellar populations in globular clusters

Nature Astronomy
2017

Characterizing dark matter in colliding galaxy clusters


MNRAS
2015 / Sep

Identifying the formation origin of the Milky Way bulge


Nature
2009 / Nov

Evidence discovered: Globular clusters as building blocks of galaxies!


Science
2008 / Jul

Discovery of UV precursors to supernovae


Nature
2006 / Aug

Evidence discovered: Recent star formation in elliptical galaxies!


Science
2006 / Feb

Proposed a new paradigm in the study of globular cluster systems in elliptical galaxies!


Science
2002 / Jul

Clarified the Oosterhoff dichotomy in the Milky Way's globular cluster system!


Nature
1999 / Nov

Revealed the true nature of the peculiar globular cluster Omega Cen!

In addition, 271 papers published in the top 10% of international astronomy journals (Sep 2010 – Nov 2020)
A total of over 419 papers published in the top 10% of international journals including ApJ, MNRAS, Nature, and Science