MY CV
EDUCATION
Peking University
Expected June 2028
PhD in Astronomy
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University of Victoria
June 2024
Master of Science in Astronomy
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University of Toronto
June 2021
Honours Bachelor of Science with High Distinction
Astronomy & Physics Specialist, Physics Specialist, Mathematics Minor
First-author publications:
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​Vortex-induced rings and gaps within protoplanetary disks, Xiaoyi Ma, Pinghui Huang, Cong Yu and Ruobing Dong, 2025, ApJ, 979 244 (https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.11507)
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Identification of stellar-mass black hole binaries and the validity of linear orbital motion approximation in
microlensing, Xiaoyi Ma, Wei Zhu and Hongjing Yang, 2022, MNRAS, 513, 5088–5096
(https://arxiv.org/abs/2111.11059)
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
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Master's student (supervised by Prof. Ruobing Dong) - University of Victoria (Jan 2023 - June 2024)
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Research Assistant (supervised by Prof. Wei Zhu) - Tsinghua University (Aug 2021- June 2023)
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Undergraduate Research Student (supervised by Prof. Adam Hincks) - University of Toronto (Oct 2020- June 2021)
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Summer Research Student (SURP) (supervised by Prof. Wei Zhu) - CITA, University of Toronto (May -Aug 2020)
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Summer Research Student (supervised by Prof. Xiaofeng Wang) - Tsinghua University (July - Aug 2019)