Mingyu Li
Education
Tsinghua University Ph.D. student in Astronomy
- Advisor: Prof. Zheng Cai
- Research interests: Multi-phase Circumgalactic/Interstellar Medium in High-z Galaxies
Tsinghua University B.S. in Physics | Minor in Statistics
- Thesis Title: Lyman-alpha nebulae with mysterious powering mechanism
- Advisor: Prof. Zheng Cai & Dr. Haibin Zhang
Research Interests
◈ High-z Galaxies ◈ Lyα Nebulae ◈ The Rarest targets in the Universe
◈ Circumgalactic Medium (CGM) ◈ Interstellar Medium (ISM)
2025
◈ Keck (10m): JAK-LAB: JWST-ALMA-Keck Synergy Study on the Circumgalactic Gas Accretion in a Giant Lya Blob
2024
◈ HST: Origin and Feedback of a Giant Radio Galaxy in an Extreme Protocluster at z=2.3
◈ ALMA: JAKS: JWST-ALMA-Keck Synergy Study on the Circumgalactic Cold Gas Accretion
◈ VLA: Origin and Feedback of a Giant Radio Galaxy in an Extreme Protocluster at z=2.3
◈ Subaru (8m): Origin and properties of an intergalactic-scale, metal-enriched filament at z=2.3
◈ JCMT: Missing Power of the Largest Group of Enormous Lyman-alpha Nebulae at Cosmic Noon
Other Access
◈ 2.5 nights on MMT (6.5m); 3 nights on Magellan (6.5m); 2.5 nights on CFHT (4m) until 2025A.
Observation & Data Reduction Experience
◈ JWST: Imaging of NIRCam, NIRISS & MIRI; spectroscopy of NIRCam, NIRISS & NIRSpec
◈ ALMA: Continuum & line observations
◈ Keck (10m): LRIS optical imaging; KCWI optical IFU; MOSFIRE NIR spectroscopy
◈ Subaru (8m): MOIRCS Imaging
◈ Magellan (6.5m): Spectroscopy of IMACS, FIRE, LDSS-3
◈ MMT (6.5m): Spectroscopy of Binospec
Publication List
In total, 26 publications.
MAMMOTH-Subaru. II. Diverse Populations of Circumgalactic Lyα Nebulae at Cosmic Noon
Mingyu Li, Haibin Zhang, Zheng Cai et al. 2024
Mingyu Li, Zheng Cai, Fuyan Bian et al. 2023
Coding Project
MyFilter Web Application
- A web app providing interactive visualization of the transmission curve of astronomical filters
- A Visual Studio Code extension to preview astronomical FITS files.
- A website designed for visual inspection of images.
Colloquia, Seminars, Meetings & Conferences
European Astronomical Society Annual Meeting 2024 (EAS2024) Contributed TalkPadova, Italy
- "Giant Lyα Blobs: Unveiling the Circumgalactic Medium of SMGs from Subaru, Keck, ALMA, and JWST"
DoA Textbook Club DoA, THU
- "Cool Gas in High-Redshift Galaxies"
Special Seminar in Ouchi Masami's Group ICRR/NAOJ
- "Mapping the CGM emission at cosmic noon with multiwavelength observations"
EREBUS Meeting 2023 Biosphere2, UArizona
- "Helium Emission at High-z Universe"
DoA Textbook Club DoA, THU
- "The Circumgalactic Medium"
Teaching & Outreach
Teaching Assistant DoA, THU
Observational Astronomy (30920023-0), Song Huang
Student Director of Tsinghua Astronomy Observatory (0.4m)
Tsinghua Astronomy Society
- Host amateur telescope instruction and monthly campus stargazing
