Xin Liu
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Princeton University, Tsinghua University, University of California, Los Angeles
Research areas: Physics and Astronomy · Astronomy and Astrophysics · Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena · Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations · Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
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About
Prof. Xin Liu received her B.S. in Physics from Tsinghua University in 2004 and her Ph.D in Astrophysical Sciences from Princeton University in 2010 under the guidance of Prof. Michael A. Strauss. Before joining UIUC in 2015, she was a NASA Einstein Fellow at Harvard and a Hubble Fellow at UCLA.
Employment
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Professor2025 - Present
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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Associate Professor2021 - 2025
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Assistant Professor2015 - 2021
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University of California at Los Angeles Hubble Postdoctoral Fellow2012 - 2015
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Harvard University Einstein Postdoctoral Fellow2010 - 2012
Education
- 2006 - 2010
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Tsinghua University Master of Science2004 - 2006
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Tsinghua University Bachelor of Science2000 - 2004
Projects & Funding
Projects & funding information is unavailable.
Publications (149)
- D 4 CNN× <tt>AnaCal</tt> : Physics-informed Machine Learning for Accurate and Precise Weak-lensing Shear Estimation Save
- Photometric Redshifts in JWST Deep Fields: A Pixel-Based Alternative with DeepDISC Save
- D$_4$CNN$\times$AnaCal: Physics-Informed Machine Learning for Accurate and Precise Weak Lensing Shear Estimation Save
- DeepDISC-Euclid: Source Classification and Photometric Redshifts in Euclid Deep Field North With a Pixel-Level Deep Learning Approach Save
- Slay the Shear: A Unified Statistical Framework for Weak Gravitational Lensing Shear Estimation Save
- Frequency and Abundance of Binary Supermassive Black Holes from Optical Variability Surveys (Fabulovs): Hubble Space Telescope Imaging of Radial-velocity-selected Binary Candidates Save
- Varstrometry for Off-nucleus and Dual Sub-Kpc AGN (VODKA): A Mix of Singles, Lenses, and True Duals at Cosmic Noon Save
- Varstrometry for Off-nucleus and Dual Sub-Kpc AGN (VODKA): Long-slit Optical Spectroscopic Follow-up with Gemini/GMOS and Hubble Space Telescope/STIS Save
- DeepDISC-photoz: Deep Learning-Based Photometric Redshift Estimation for Rubin LSST Save
- VODKA-JWST: Synchronized Growth of Two Supermassive Black Holes in a Massive Gas Disk? A 3.8 kpc Separation Dual Quasar at Cosmic Noon with the NIRSpec Integral Field Unit Save
- A Systematic Search for Candidate Supermassive Black Hole Binaries Using Periodic Mid-infrared Light Curves of Active Galactic Nuclei Save
- Dwarf Active Galactic Nuclei from Variability for the Origins of Seeds (DAVOS): Properties of Variability-Selected AGNs in the Dark Energy Survey Deep Fields Save
- Photometric Redshifts in JWST Deep Fields: A Pixel-Based Alternative with DeepDISC Save
- PICZL: Image-based photometric redshifts for AGN Save
- High-quality Extragalactic Legacy-field Monitoring (HELM) with DECam: Project Overview and First Data Release Save
- Varstrometry for Off-nucleus and Dual sub-Kpc AGN (VODKA): A Mix of Singles, Lenses, and True Duals at Cosmic Noon Save
- Varstrometry for Off-nucleus and Dual sub-Kpc AGN (VODKA): Long-slit optical spectroscopic follow-up with Gemini/GMOS and HST/STIS Save
- DAVOS: Dwarf Active Galactic Nuclei from Variability for the Origins of Seeds: Properties of Variability-selected Active Galactic Nuclei in the COSMOS Field and Expectations for the Rubin Observatory Save
- CircleZ: Reliable Photometric redshifts for AGN computed using only photometry from Legacy Survey Imaging for DESI Save
- VODKA-JWST: A 3.8 kpc Dual Quasar at Cosmic Noon in a Powerful Starburst Galaxy with JWST/MIRI Integral Field Unit Save