Zhi-Yun Li, Professor of Astronomy

Email: zl4h@virginia.edu Phone: (434) 924-4891 Fax: (434) 924-3104 Office: 259 Astronomy Building Address:    Department of Astronomy    PO Box 400325    Charlottesville, VA 22904-4325

Curriculum Vitae Ph.D., University of Colorado Presently: Professor, University of Virginia Research Interests Star Formation Gamma-Ray Bursts Exoplanets Magnetohydrodynamics Recent Research Assistants Former: Hung-Yu Jian (M.A., 2000) Ronak Shah (Ph.D. 2000) Cheng-Yu Kuo (M.A. 2005) Rick Mellon (Ph.D. 2009) Current: Jeffrey Anderson (Ph.D.) George Trammell (Ph.D.) Bo Zhao (Ph.D.) Courses Recently Taught Astronomy 121 Astronomy 124 Astronomy 543 Astronomy 544 Publications Link to publications (NASA ADS) Link to preprints on astro-ph

My research is in the areas of Star Formation, Gamma Ray Bursts, and Extrasolar Planets. I work on many aspects of star formation, including jets and winds, protostellar disk formation, dense cores, and the formation of binaries, multiple systems, and stellar clusters. With Roger Chevalier, I study the interaction of GRB ejecta with ambient medium, to constrain the GRB progenitors. With Phil Arras, I investigate the upper atmospheres of hot Jupiters, focusing on the potential effects of magnetic fields.

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