part-time theoretical astrophysicist

Hanjue Zhu

Curriculum Vitae

Updated 2025/07/07

Education

The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Shanghai Foreign Language School Affiliated to SISU, Shanghai, China
上海外国语大学附属外国语学校

Research Experience

University of California, Santa Barbara, KITP Graduate Fellow
Advisor: Prof. Peng Oh
Fall 2024

University of Wisconsin, Madison, Visiting Graduate Researcher
Advisor: Prof. Ellen Zweibel
2023–present

The University of Chicago, Graduate/Undergraduate Research Assistant
Advisor: Prof. Nick Gnedin
2017–present

Publications

Click here for my papers on ADS.

Honors & Awards

Jane Street Graduate Research Fellowship Finalist
Supports exceptional doctoral students currently pursuing a PhD in computer science, mathematics, physics, or statistics.
2025

Fermilab URA Visiting Scholars Program Award
$22,000 research fund to support work at Fermilab.
2024

Dr. Pliny A. and Margaret H. Price Prize, Ohio State University, CCAPP
Recognizes research excellence and exceptional promise in CCAPP-related fields.
2024

KITP Graduate Fellowship, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics
Highly competitive fellowship for outstanding graduate students in theoretical physics.
2024

Jeff Metcalf Fellowship, University of Chicago
$4000 summer research fellowship.
2019

Blue Waters Student Internship Program, NCSA
Among 19 students selected nationwide. Included a $5000 stipend, a two-week Petascale Institute, and access to Blue Waters system.
2018

Heising-Simons Award, UChicago Department of Physics
$4000 fellowship awarded to outstanding female Physics majors pursuing summer research.
2018

Dean’s Scholarship, University of Chicago
Fellowship awarded to incoming students for meritorious achievement.
2016

University Scholarship, University of Chicago
Merit scholarship awarded for outstanding academic achievement, leadership, and community commitment.
2016

Selected Talks & Posters

Magnetic Fields and Cosmic Rays across Diverse Scales, Cambridge, MA Contributed Poster, 09/2025

18th Potsdam Thinkshop on Feedback, Potsdam, Germany
Contributed Poster, 07/2025

CFC 2025: The Formation of the Earliest Cosmic Structures, Austin, TX Contributed Poster, 05/2025

Ohio State University Price Prize Talk, Columbus, OH
Invited Talk, 10/2024

Cosmic Origins: The First Billion Years, Santa Barbara, CA
Contributed Talk, 09/2024

Cosmic Dawn Revealed by JWST, Santa Barbara, CA
Contributed Talk, 08/2024

KITP Blackboard Talk, Santa Barbara, CA
Invited Talk, 07/2024

First Stars VII, New York City, NY
Contributed Talk, 05/2024

UW-Madison Astronomy Monday Seminar, Madison, WI
Invited Talk, 04/2023

UCSB Astro Lunch Talk, Santa Barbara, CA
Invited Talk, 02/2023

KITP Workshop on the Cosmic Web, Santa Barbara, CA
Contributed Talk, 02/2023

BCCP Workshop on Reionization and Cosmic Dawn, Berkeley, CA
Contributed Talk, 03/2022

Structure Formation Group Seminar, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Invited Talk, 12/2019

Theoretical Cosmology Group Seminar, UChicago
Invited Talk, 10/2019

Galaxy Formation Group Seminar, University of Michigan
Invited Talk, 09/2019

School of Advanced Science on First Light, São Paulo, Brazil
Contributed Poster, 08/2019

KICP Spring Postdocs Symposium, Chicago, IL
Invited Talk, 06/2019

KICP Winter Postdocs Symposium, Chicago, IL
Invited Talk, 03/2019

Technical Skills

Additional Professional Training