Acclaimed academic credentials as a sought-after, prolific public speaker
| 03/2018 – present | Associate Dean (Global Engagement) Faculty of Science and Engineering Macquarie University (Sydney, Australia) |
| 03/2018 – present | Professor of Astrophysics Department of Physics and Astronomy Macquarie University (Sydney, Australia) |
| 04/2015 – present | Discipline Scientist (Astrophysics) International Space Science Institute--Beijing |
| 07/2011 – present | International Scientific Publishing Advisor International Journal of MCH and AIDS |
| 12/2010 – present | Guest
professor Shanghai Astronomical Observatory (China) |
| 09/2002 – present (for life) | Prize fellow Hughes Hall (College), University of Cambridge (UK) |
| 09/2009 – 02/2018 | Professor of Astrophysics Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics Peking University (China) |
| 04/2012 – 12/2013 | Associate Director Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics Peking University (China) |
| 06/2003 – 02/2010 | Reader, Senior Lecturer, Lecturer in Astrophysics Department of Physics & Astronomy The University of Sheffield (UK) |
| 11/2000 – 05/2003 | Research fellow Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge (UK) |
| 11/1997 – 10/2000 | Research associate Department of Astronomy, University of Virginia (USA) |
| 09/2012 – 06/2018 | Deputy Editor The Astrophysical Journal Letters |
| 05/2015 – 02/2018 | Visiting Professor Qiannan Normal College for Nationalities, Duyun City (Guizhou), China |
| 02/2013 – 01/2014 | Visiting Academy Professor Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (held at Leiden University) |
| 08/2012 – 08/2016 | Director East Asian regional office of the Office of Astronomy for Development (International Astronomical Union) |
| 2012 | Selby
Fellow Australian Academy of Science |
| 11/2006 – 08/2012 | Scientific Editor The Astrophysical Journal |
| 04/2011 – 03/2012 | Visiting professor (distinguished international scholar) Kyung Hee University (Republic of Korea) |
| 03/2010 – 02/2012 | Honorary Reader Department of Physics & Astronomy The University of Sheffield (UK) |
| 09/2005 – 08/2009 | Adjunct professor National Astronomical Observatories (Chinese Academy of Sciences), Beijing (China) |
| 1993 – 1997 | PhD in Astrophysics University of Groningen (Netherlands) |
| 1988 – 1992 | M.Phil. in Physics & Astronomy University of Groningen (Netherlands) |
| 2017 | Outstanding Undergraduate Instructor Award Peking University (China) |
| 2017 | Erskine Award (Fellowship) University of Canterbury (New Zealand) |
| 2015 | Excellent Performance Award Peking University (China) |
| 2015, 2017 | Asian Scientist Writing Prize 2015 and 2017 (Merit Prize) Asian Scientist Magazine/Science Centre Singapore |
| 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 | Inclusion on the Elsevier/Scopus Most Highly Cited Chinese Scholars in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 lists |
| 2014, 2015 | Nomination, Top-10 achievement in astrophysics research in China (2013, 2014) |
| 2013 | Visiting Academy Professorship Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences |
| 2012 | Selby Award (for excellence in science) Australian Academy of Science |
| 2007 | Exceptional Contribution Award University of Sheffield (UK) |
| 1998 | “Van Swinderen” Public Outreach Award Royal Netherlands Physical Society |
