My name is Chuanwu Liu, I was born and raised in Heilongjiang province, China, where has nice summers but long frozen winters.
I spent my first 20 years in my home town until I have finished my high school study in 2004.
When I was young, I was amazed by the beauty of Physics and Math. So I decided to study Physics and I went to Lanzhou University in 2004. At the university, I was particularly interested in the field of Astrophysics. Therefore, in 2009, I went to the Department of Astronomy, and The Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics (KIAA) of Peking University. I worked there with Prof. Rainer Spurzem and Dr. Thijs Kouwenhoven on dynamics and simulations of stellar systems, particularly binary stars and globular star clusters.
After I finished Masters, I came to The University of Melbourne as a PhD student in 2013. In August 2017, I have officially completed my PhD study.
Curriculum Vitae
Education
- Ph.D., School of Physics, The University of Melbourne, Australia, 2017
- M.Sc., Department of Astronomy, Peking University, China, 2012
- B.Sc., Department of Physics, Lanzhou University, China, 2008
Honors & Awards
- Academic scholarships (Class II) of Peking University. 2009 – 2012
- The Wusi awards scholarship of Peking University. 2011
Thesis Projects
- Doctoral degree thesis on "Galaxy observables during the epoch of reionization from semi-analytic models". Supervisors: Prof. Stuart Wyithe (University of Melbourne) and Dr. Simon Mutch (University of Melbourne). 05/2013 – 08/2017
- Master degree thesis on "The dynamical evolution of rotating star clusters with primordial binaries. Supervisors: Prof. Rainer Spurzem (KIAA-PKU; NAOC) and Prof. M.B.N. Kouwenhoven (KIAA-PKU). 04/2011 – 12/2012
- Bachelor degree thesis on "Preparation of Alumina nanopowders". Supervisor: Prof. Jiangong Li (Lanzhou University). 09/2007 – 05/2008
Teaching Experience
- Physics laboratory demonstrator, The University of Melbourne. 07/2014 – 07/2016
- Teaching assistant of "Modern Astronomy". 02/2011 – 06/2011
Computer Skills
Linux Shell Scripting, Fortran, C/C++, Python, R, HTML, CSS, SQL, IDL, Latex
Languages
Native in Chinese and fluent in English.
A full verion CV can be seen [here]