Personal profile
Liang-Liang Yu: Male, born in 1988, Associate Professor at the Institute of Science and Technology for Deep Space Exploration, Nanjing University; Gusu Young Professor. He received his Bachelor's degree in Materials Physics from Nanjing University in 2010, his master's degree in astrometry and astromechanics from Purple Mountain Observatory in 2013, and his doctor’s degree in space Information Technology from Macao University of Science and Technology in 2018. He worked as a research assistant at Purple Mountain Observatory from 2013 to 2015, as a postdoctoral fellow and assistant professor at the State Key Laboratory of Lunar and Planetary Sciences, Macao University of Science and Technology, from 2018 to 2020 and from 2020 to 2023, respectively. He joined Nanjing University in August 2023.
Research field
Involves the thermodynamics and thermal radiometry of solar system small bodies, terrestrial planets and moons, interstellar small bodies, protoplanetary disks, and other planetary astronomy fields, as well as deep space remote sensing and deep space data research. He has been a visiting scholar in Taiwan, Japan, Germany, and the United States. Participated in the research work of JAXA Hayabusa2 target Ryugu, NASA OSIRIS-Rex target Bennu, and the scientific research of China's Chang 'e-2 flight over Toutatis; To participate in the future "Tianwen 2" small body exploration program and "Tianwen 3" Mars exploration program; In charge of the National Natural Science Foundation (NSFC)-Youth Fund, Macao Science and Technology Development Fund (FDCT) project; Up to now, he has published more than 20 SCI papers in international top astrophysical journals such as MNRAS, ApJ & AJ, and been cited more than 200 times. He serves as a reviewer for the American Astronomical Association AAS Journal, Geoscience Union JGR-Planets, and other internationally renowned astronomical and planetary science journals.
Courses undertaken:
Undergraduate course: Introduction to Planetary Science
Postgraduate course: Principles and Applications of Planetary Remote Sensing
Academic Papers:
First-author Paper
1.Yu L.L., Ip W.H.; Thermophysical Model for Realistic Surface Layers on Airless Small Bodies: Applied to Study the Spin Orientation and Surface Dust Properties of (24) Themis from WISE/NEOWISE Multiepoch Thermal Light Curves, ApJ, 2021, 913(96): 1-22
2.Yu L.L., Hsia C.H., Ip W.H.; Low-activity main belt comet 133P/Elst-Pizarro: New constraints on its Albedo, Temperature and Active Mechanism from a thermophysical perspective, 2020, AJ, 159(66): 1-10
3.Yu L.L., Ip W.H., Spohn T.; What mechanisms dominate the activity of Geminid Parent (3200) Phaethon?, 2019, MNRAS, 482(3): 4243-4253
4.Yu L.L., Yang B., Ji J.H., Ip W.H.; Thermophysical characteristics of the large main-belt asteroid (349) Dembowska, 2017, MNRAS, 472(3): 2388-2397
5.Yu L.L., Ji J. H., Ip W. H.; Surface thermophysical properties on the potentially hazardous asteroid (99942) Apophis, 2017, RAA, 17(7): 70
6.Yu L.L., Ji J.H.; Surface thermophysical properties determination of OSIRIS-REx target asteroid (101955) Bennu, 2015, MNRAS, 452(1): 368-375
7.Yu L.L., Ji J.H., & Wang S.; Shape, thermal, surface properties determination of a candidate spacecraft target (175706) 1996 FG3, 2014, MNRAS, 439(4): 3357-3370
8.Yu L.L., Ji J. H., & Wang S.; Investigation of Thermal Inertia and Surface Properties for Near-earth Asteroid (162173) 1999 JU3, 2014, ChAA, 38(3): 317-329
Co-author Paper
9.Jiang H.X., Ji J.H., Yu L.L., et al., Mid-IR Observations of IRAS, AKARI, WISE/NEOWISE and Subaru for Large Icy Asteroid (704) Interamnia: a New Perspective of Regolith Properties and Water Ice Fraction, ApJ accepted, 2023
10.Liu L., Yan J.G., Ye M., Yu L.L., et al., Yarkovsky effect detection from ground-based astrometric data for near-Earth asteroid (469219) Kamo'oalewa, A&A, 2022, 667: A150
11.Hui M.T., Jewitt D., Yu L.L., & Mutchler M.J., Hubble Space Telescope Detection of the Nucleus of Comet C/2014 UN 271 (Bernardinelli–Bernstein), ApJL, 2022, 929: L12
12.Jiang H.X., Ji J.H., & Yu L.L., 2020, AJ,159,264
13.Jiang H.X., Yu L.L., & Ji J.H., 2019, AJ , 158, 205
