Bingcheng Jin

Department of Astronomy, University of Michigan bcjin@umich.edu
1085 S. University, 323 West Hall bc.jin137@gmail.com
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1107 +1 734-881-3017

Education

2025-Present

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor (MI, USA); Ph.D. student in Astronomy

2021-2025

Peking University (Beijing, China); B.S. in Astronomy

Advisor: Prof. Luis C. Ho

Double Major in Economics; National School of Development, Peking University

Rank: top 10% (2/32) in Class; Outstanding Graduate of Beijing

Publications

  1. Bingcheng Jin, Luis C. Ho, Wen Sun, 2024, ApJ, in press

    "A High Incidence of Central Star Formation Inferred from Color Gradiants at z>4" [link]

  2. Fangzhou Jiang, Jinning Liang, Bingcheng Jin, Zeyu Gao, Weichen Wang et al. (submitted to Nature Astronomy)

    "Formation and Environmental Context of Giant Bulgeless Disk Galaxies in the Early Universe: Insights from Cosmological Simulations" [link]

Research Interest and Experience

Galaxy Morphology

Theme: Parametric Fitting; Color Gradient; Spatially Resolved Star Formation; JWST Deep Fields

Project: Color Gradients at High Redshift; Measuring Surface Stellar Mass Density in Galaxy Cluster Environment (undergrad thesis)

Supervised by Prof. Luis C. Ho and Dr. Jinyi Shangguan, Peking University

Galaxy Formation and Evolution

Theme: Cosmological Simulations; Morphological Evolution; Large-Scale Environment

Project: Understanding Giant Bulgeless Discs at Cosmic Morning

Jointly supervised by Dr. Fangzhou Jiang and Prof. Luis C. Ho, Peking University

Epoch of Reionization

Theme: Primordial Environment; Galaxy-Halo Connection; Spectroscopic Observation

Project: Properties and Environments of z=6.5-9 [OIII] Line Emitters Revealed by COSMOS-3D

Supervised by Dr. Feige Wang, University of Michigan

Positions and Professional Experience

2024.3-2025.7

Observation Assistant of Peking University Xinglong Telescope, Hebei, China

2024 Fall

Teaching Assistant, Observational Experiments of Astrophysics; Peking University

Assisted Prof. Linhua Jiang, Prof. Ran Wang and Prof. Jing Wang in the course of Observational Experiments of Astrophysics, including grading, tutoring, observation and etc.

2024, 2025 Spring

Teaching Assistant, Modern Astronomy; Peking University

Assisted Prof. Ke Wang in the course of Modern Astronomy twice, including grading, tutoring, remote observation and etc.

Honors and Awards

Presentations

2025-01 Talk

CSST Galaxy/AGN Discussion, Beijing China

"The Early Evolution of Galaxy Structure Across Cosmic Time: Demography and Case-Specific Context" [link]

2024-05-23 Talk

CSST Galaxy/AGN Discussion, Beijing China

"Unveiling Large-Scale Structure: New Chapter on Galaxy Enviroment with the advent of Prime Focus Spectrogragh" [slide]

2023-08-22 Workshop

CSST Galaxy/AGN Workshop, Beijing China

"Exploring size-mass relation of high-redshift galaxies with JWST and CSST"

Extra Information

Outreach
Mini Projects