Legal name: Qiushi Tian

qtian@strw.leidenuniv.nl | ORCID: 0009-0009-9148-2159 | Full ADS library

Education and Academic Position

• 2025–present, Leiden University, Master of Science, Astronomy
  • Supervisor (first project): Mariska Kriek
• 2024–2025, Johns Hopkins University, Research Assistant (post-baccalaureate)
  • Mentors: Kirsten Larson, David Thilker, Janice Lee. Topic: Stellar populations with PHANGS-HST and JWST
• 2022–2024, Wesleyan University, Bachelor of Arts, Astronomy, Physics, with Honors in Astronomy
  • Advisor: Seth Redfield. Thesis: "Monitoring Stellar Activity of Exoplanet Hosts with the Van Vleck Observatory" 24-inch Telescope" doi.org/10.14418/wes01.1.2867
• 2020–2022, Brandeis University, physics major (transferred to Wesleyan University)

Publications

Accepted Telescope Programs

• JWST Cycle 5, GO 10350, 60.3 hours. PI: D. Pathak, incl. co-I Q. C. Tian. “Dust in the Deserts: Understanding PAH Emission in Quiescent Bulges and Star-formation Deserts”
• HST Cycle 33–34, SNAP 18079, 120 orbits. PI: S. K. Sarbadhicary, incl. co-I Q. C. Tian. “An HST Near-UV SNAP + Roman survey of extended star-forming disks in nearby galaxies”
• HST Cycle 33, GO 18086, 12 orbits. PI: R. McClain, incl. co-I Q. C. Tian. “The impact of stellar feedback as revealed by thousands of resolved HII regions in NGC 253”
• APO 3.5m, 2025Q3, "JH03". 2025-07-04. PI: Q. C. Tian. Instrument: KOSMOS. Half night.
• APO 3.5m, 2025Q2, "JH05". 2025-04-23. PI: Q. C. Tian. Instrument: KOSMOS. Half night.

Awards, Grant & Fellowship

• $ 1,500.00, Travel Support, STScI Spring Symposium, Space Telescope Sci. Inst., 2025.
• N/A, Chambliss Awards Honorable Mention, American Astronomical Society, 2024.
• $ 4,800.00, Adelphic Educational Fund Summer Grant, Wesleyan University, 2023.
• $ 4,500.00, CIS RIS Summer Research Fellowship, Wesleyan University, 2023.

Invited Talk

{9} JHU CAS AstroCoffee. Baltimore, MD. 2024 November 11

Conference Presentations

{17} Netherlands Astronomy Conference. Egmond aan Zee, Netherlands. 2026 May 12

{16} Hubble Webb XIII. Vienna, Austria. 2026 April 15

{15} Holland Area Exoplanet Science Meeting @ ESTEC. Katwijk, Netherlands. 2026 April 7

{14} ERES X Symposium @ Princeton University. Princeton, NJ. 2025 June 16

{13} New York Area Exoplanets Meeting @ CCA. New York, NY. 2025 May 22

{12} STScI 2025 Spring Symposium. Baltimore, MD. 2025 May 12

{11} 245th Meeting of the AAS. National Harbor, MD. 2025 January 14

{10} STScI/JHU ExoJamboree. Baltimore, MD. 2024 November 22

{8} STScI HotSci Talk. Baltimore, MD. 2024 August 14

{7} 10th Connecticut Exoplanet Picnic @ Wesleyan. Middletown, CT. 2024 July 24

{6} ERES IX Symposium @ Cornell University. Ithaca, NY. 2024 July 12

{5} 243rd Meeting of the AAS. New Orleans, LA. 2024 January 9

{4} KNAC Symposium @ Wesleyan University. Middletown, CT. 2023 October 7

{3} The GOALS Virtual Team Meeting: Stars. Online. 2023 August 28

{2} Summer Science Symposium, Wesleyan CIS. Middletown, CT. 2023 July 27

{1} 9th Connecticut Exoplanet Picnic @ Wesleyan University. Middletown, CT. 2023 July 21

Collaboration Memberships

• 2024–present, Regular member, Physics at High Angular Resolution in Nearby Galaxies (PHANGS)
• 2023–present, Member, Sub-Nepturn Planetary Atmosphere Characterization Experiment (SPACE)

Service

• 2025–present, Assessor, Observity Committee, L.A.D. 'F. Kaiser' (student association at Leiden University)
• 2024, Mentor, PhA Mentorship Program at Johns Hopkins University
• 2024, Member, ERES Mission & Vision Committee
• 2023–2024, Public Outreach Assistant at Van Vleck Observatory, Wesleyan University
• 2023–2024, Core member, Society of Physics Students (SPS) at Wesleyan University
• 2022, Teacher, Splash at Brandeis University
• 2021, Volunteering docent, Beijing Planetarium

Skills

• JWST and HST image processing and analysis;
• Certified Observer, APO 3.5m telescope (KOSMOS, Echelle, ARCTIC, NICFPS);
• Small optical telescope operation (PlaneWave CDK24, L-600, FLI Proline PL4240);
• Small optical telescope automation (PWI 3, PWI 4, MaximDL, ACP DC-3);
• CIGALE (“Code Investigating GALaxy Emission,” an SED fitting tool);
• Python (Jupyter notebook and lab, NumPy, SciPy, Astropy, Astroquerry, astroplan, scikit-image, Matplotlib, dust_extinction, Lightkurve, PyKOSMOS, pyaladin, etc.);
• SAO ds9; TOPCAT; AstroImageJ;
• Astronomer’s Proposal Tools (APT);
• LaTeX; bash/zsh, PowerShell; GitHub; Web (HTML/CSS, JavaScript); Java; …….