Personal Profile
Dr. Niu is currently serving as an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Science and Technology for Deep Space Exploration, Nanjing University. She received her Bachelor's degree from the School of Physics at Shandong University in 2015, followed by a Master's degree from the State Key Laboratory of Lunar and Planetary Science at Macau University of Science and Technology in 2017. She subsequently completed her doctoral studies at the same institution in 2020. From 2020 to 2023, she pursued postdoctoral research at Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen).
Teaching
Research Interests
Planetary atmosphere and Ionosphere
Academic Publications
1. A test particle Monte Carlo investigation of the CH4 torus around Saturn, D.-D. Niu, J. Cui*, H. Gu, C.-Y. Dong, L.-Y. Zhong, A. Wellbrock, F.-Y. Jiang, X.-J. Xu, 2018, The Astronomical Journal, 157, 15.
2. Energetic electron depletions in the nightside Martian upper atmosphere revisited, D.-D. Niu, J. Cui*, H. Gu, X.-S. Wu, S.-Q. Wu, H.-Y. Lu, L.-H. Chai, Y. Wei, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 125, e2019JA027670.
3. In-situ heating of the nightside Martian upper atmosphere and ionosphere: The role of Solar Wind electron precipitation, D.-D. Niu, J. Cui*, H. Gu, X.-S. Wu, Y.-T. Cao, Z.-J. Rong, Y. Wei, 2021a, The Astrophysical Journal, 909, 108.
4. Species‐dependent response of the Martian ionosphere to the 2018 global dust event, D.‐D. Niu, J. Cui*, S.‐Q. Wu, H. Gu, Y.‐T. Cao, Z.‐P. Wu, X.‐S. Wu, J.‐H. Zhong, M.‐Y. Wu, Y. Wei, T.‐L. Zhang, 2021b, Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 126, e2020JE006679.
5. Effects of the solar wind dynamic pressure on the Martian topside ion distribution: Implications on the variability of bulk ion outflow, D.-D. Niu, H. Gu*, J. Cui, X.-S. Wu, M.-Y. Wu, T.-L. Zhang, 2021c, The Astrophysical Journal, 922, 231.
<6. Modeling the CO2+ Ultraviolet Doublet emission from Mars with a multi-instrument MAVEN data set, Z.-C. Li, D.-D. Niu*, H. Gu, X.-S. Wu, Y.-Y. Huang, J.-H. Zhong, J. Cui, 2022, Remote Sensing, 14, 1705.
7. Wavelike perturbations in Titan’s ionosphere and their compositional variation: A preliminary survey of Cassini Ion Neutral Mass Spectrometer measurements, S.-Q. Wu, D.-D. Niu*, W.-Q. Sun, X.-S. Wu, H.-Y. Lu, J. Cui, 2022, Earth and Planetary Physics, 6, 522-528.
8. Total electron content depression in the nightside Martian ionosphere: Statistical results from Mars Express MARSIS measurements and implications, Y.-T. Cao, D.-D. Niu*, W.-J. Liang, J. Cui, X.-S. Wu, X. Wan, J.-H. Zhong, L. Li, Z.-J. Rong, Y. Wei, 2022, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 519, 2262-2267.
