Publications

First/Corresponding author citations: ~108 • Co-authored citations: ~745+

First / Corresponding Author Publications5

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.

Co-authored & Contributed Publications24

Interstellar medium and star formation of starburst galaxies on the merger sequence

Authors: Shangguan, J., Ho, L. C., Li, R., et al.

ApJ, 870(1):1042018

1ES 1927+654: an AGN caught changing look on a timescale of months

Authors: Trakhtenbrot, B., Arcavi, I., MacLeod, C. L., et al.

ApJ, 883(1):942019

The destruction and recreation of the X-ray corona in a changing-look active galactic nucleus

Authors: Ricci, C., Kara, E., Loewenstein, M., et al.

ApJL, 898(1):L12020

The 450 Day X-ray monitoring of the changing-look AGN 1ES 1927+654

Authors: Ricci, C., Loewenstein, M., Kara, E., et al.

ApJS, 255(1):72021

The extreme properties of the nearby hyper-Eddington accreting active galactic nucleus in IRAS 04416+1215

Authors: Tortosa, A., Ricci, C., Tombesi, F., et al.

MNRAS, 509(1):35992022

Panchromatic Photometry of Low-redshift, Massive Galaxies Selected from SDSS Stripe 82

Authors: Li, Y. A., Ho, L. C., Shangguan, J., et al.

ApJS, 267(1):172023

The Structure and Morphology of Galaxies during the Epoch of Reionization Revealed by JWST

Authors: Sun, W., Ho, L. C., Zhuang, M. Y., et al.

ApJ, 960(1):1042024

The Reliability of Accretion Disk Inclination Derived from X-Ray Spectroscopy of Active Galaxies

Authors: Du, R., Ding, Y., Ho, L. C., Li, R.

ApJ, 863(1):1522024

BASS. XLIII: Optical, UV, and X-ray emission properties of unobscured Swift/BAT active galactic nuclei

Authors: Gupta, K. K., Ricci, C., Temple, M. J., et al.

A&A, 691:A2032024

The Host Galaxy (If Any) of the Little Red Dots

Authors: Chen, C. H., Ho, L. C., Li, R., Zhuang, M. Y.

ApJ, 983(1):602025

The Average Soft X-ray Spectra of eROSITA Active Galactic Nuclei

Authors: Chen, S. J., Buchner, J., Liu, T.

A&A, 701:A1442025

On the Relation between the Inclination Angle of the Accretion Disk and the Broad-line Region in Active Galactic Nuclei

Authors: Du, R., Ding, Y., Ho, L. C., Li, R.

ApJ, 988(1):182025

The Physical Nature of the Off-centered Extended Emission Associated with the Little Red Dots

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

ApJL, 989(1):152025

Probing the Physical Origin of the Balmer Decrement in the Broad-line Region of Nearby Active Galactic Nuclei via Spectral Variability

Authors: Son, S., Kim, M., Ho, L. C., Li, R.

ApJ, 995(1):372025

UGC 2369S: a Kpc Scale Triple Merger Candidate Identified in a Nearby Luminous Infrared Galaxy

Authors: Ding, Y., Koss, M. J., Gillette, J., et al.

ApJ, submitted2025

Spatially resolved broad line region in a quasar at z=4: Dynamical black hole mass and prominent outflow

Authors: GRAVITY+ Collaboration

A&A, 706:A992026

Discovery of a gas-enshrouded broad-line AGN at z ~ 7

Authors: Zhou, Q., Wang, X., Zhou, H., et al.

ApJL, 999:L172026

COSMOS-3D: Two obscured X-ray AGNs with hot dust and He I λ10830 absorption at z ~ 3

Authors: Li, Z., Zou, S., Lyu, J., et al.

ApJ, submitted2026

Spectral Appearance of Self-gravitating AGN Disks Powered by Stellar Objects: Universal Effective Temperature in the Optical Continuum and Application to Little Red Dots

Authors: Chen, Y. X., Liu, H., Li, R., et al.

ApJ, submitted2026

Direct pathway to the Early Supermassive Black Holes: A Red Super-Eddington Quasar in a Massive Starburst Host at z=7.2

Authors: Fei, Q., Fujimoto, S., Brammer, G., et al.

ApJ, submitted2026