POSITION
Graduate Student, Astronomy

AB Degree Track
Dual-Title PhD

Faculty Advisor
Zeljko Ivezic

ASTROBIOLOGY RESEARCH AREAS
Exoplanets: Detection, Habitability, & Biosignatures
Space Exploration

EMAIL
zhuofu@uw.edu

OFFICE
PAB B323

Chester Li

Chester Li (Zhuofu Li) is an Astronomy and Astrobiology Dual-Title Ph.D. student at the University of Washington. In 2022, he graduated from UCLA with the Highest Honors in Astrophysics and Geophysics, as well as the title of Salutatorian of the Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences.

His past research topics include star formation, low surface brightness structures of galaxies, search for extraterrestrial intelligence, cataclysmic variables, telescope operation, and data processing.

He is now studying Trojan asteroids around Jupiter using data from the Zwicky Transient Facility.

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