Hi, I am Tang, Shih-Yun (湯士昀) from Taiwan, currently a Ph.D. student at the Rice University Department of Physics and Astronomy. I work with Dr. Lisa Prato at the Lowell Observatory and Prof. Christopher Johns-Krull at Rice using NIR and optical spectra to search for the youngest exoplanets around T Tauri stars. This project not only involves the development of a precision RV pipeline but also brings my focus to identify and isolate the star spot(s) induced RV signal on these young active stars. Meanwhile, as my side project, I am also working with Prof. Xiaoying Pang on using Gaia data to study stellar groups in the solar neighborhood.
I completed my B.A. and M.S. in Physics at the National Central University (NCU), Taiwan. My first research project was to characterize the stellar and substellar members in the Coma Berenices star cluster with Prof. Wen-Ping Chen as an undergraduate. Later, as my Master’s thesis, I was the first to discover the tidal tails of the Coma Berenices star cluster.
Ph.D., Physics and Astronomy, 2023.01 - Current
Rice University, USA
Ph.D., Astronomy and Planetary Science, 2020.01 - 2022.12
Northern Arizona University (NAU), USA
M.S., Physics, 2017.09 - 2019.06
National Central University (NCU), Taiwan
Exchange Student, 2016.09 - 2017.08
Niigata University, Japan
B.A., Physics, 2013.09 - 2017.08
National Central University (NCU), Taiwan
The Astrophysical Journal (Accepted)
The Astrophysical Journal Letter 937:L7 (11pp)
Below only list publication that I had been highly involved. The full publication list can be found at NASA ADS or Google Scholar. (Last updated on Mar. 17, 2022.)
Near infrared radial velocity pipeline for IGRINS instrument.
Open Cluster Dynamic Study
Y-dwarf Atmosphere Study