Curriculum Vitae

Work Experience

• 2025 - present

  Postdoctoral Fellowship

  Postdoctoral research in high-energy astrophysics, black hole accretion physics, and active galactic nuclei.

  Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics

  Garching, Germany

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Education

• 2019 - 2025

  Ph.D. in Astrophysics

  Thesis: "Spectral Energy Distribution of Active Galactic Nuclei". Advisor: Prof. Luis C. Ho.

  Peking University

  Beijing, China

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• 2014 - 2019

  B.S. in Physics

  Undergraduate degree in Physics.

  Peking University

  Beijing, China

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Honors & Awards

Mentoring

Professional Services

• The Host Galaxy and Rapidly Evolving Broad-line Region in the Changing-look Active Galactic Nucleus 1ES 1927+654

  Authors: Li, R., Ho, L. C., Ricci, C., et al.

  ApJ, 933(1):70 • 2022

  Investigating the host galaxy properties and the rapidly transforming broad-line region in the remarkable changing-look active galactic nucleus 1ES 1927+654.

• Accretion Disk Outflow during the X-Ray Flare of the Super-Eddington Active Nucleus of I Zwicky 1

  Authors: Ding, Y., Li, R.*, Ho, L. C., and Ricci, C.

  ApJ, 931(2):77 • 2022

  Constraining accretion disk outflow physics and radiation dynamics during an intense X-ray flare in super-Eddington AGN I Zwicky 1.

• The Interplay between the Disk and Corona of the Changing-look Active Galactic Nucleus 1ES 1927+654

  Authors: Li, R., Ricci, C., Ho, L. C., et al.

  ApJ, 975(1):140 • 2024

  Exploring multiwavelength variations and the detailed coupling between the inner accretion disk and the X-ray corona during the state transitions of 1ES 1927+654.

• A Two-zone Accretion Disk in the Changing-look Active Galactic Nucleus 1ES 1927+654: Physical Implications for Tidal Disruption Events and Super-Eddington Accretion

  Authors: Li, R., Ho, L. C., Ricci, C., and Trakhtenbrot, B.

  ApJ, 975(1):50 • 2024

  Modeling the spectral evolution of 1ES 1927+654 with a two-zone accretion disk, drawing key physical connections with tidal disruption events and super-Eddington regimes.

• The Dichotomy in the Nuclear and Host Galaxy Properties of High-redshift Quasars

  Authors: Li, R., Ho, L. C., Chen, C. H.

  ApJ, 999:70 • 2026

  Systematic study of the relationship and dichotomy between central supermassive black hole growth and host galaxy properties at high redshift.

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