Dongdong Ni, born in November 1986, is currently a professor and doctoral supervisor at Nanjing University. He is also a specially appointed professor in Jiangsu Province. He acts as a member of the Planetary Physics Professional Committee of the Chinese Geophysical Society, a council member of the First Young Planetary Forum, a young editor of the journal "Earth and Planetary Physics", and an editor of the Journal “Reviews of Geophysics and Planetary Physics”.
Prof. Ni obtained his bachelor's degree from Nanjing University (2004-2008) and Ph.D. from Nanjing University (2008-2012). He formerly worked as postdoctoral researchers at Nanjing University (2013-2015) and then worked as assistant professors (2015-2020) and associate professors (2020-2023) at the State Key Laboratory of Lunar and Planetary Sciences, Macau University of Science and Technology. He also worked at the University of California, Los Angeles as a visiting scholar from January to March 2017. He has obtained some national research projects such as the "Outstanding Young Scientist Fund".
Teaching courses
Introduction to Planetary Sciences, Physics of Planetary interiors
Main research interests
Research areas involve the physics of planetary interiors, physical processes on planetary surfaces, and nuclear physics. Main research interests contain the interior structure and composition of gas giants in our solar system, stability of subsurface ices on Mars, molecular dynamic simulations of planetary hydrates, interior and atmosphere of exoplanets, and decay properties of unstable nuclei.
学术发表论文
已正式发表SCI论文80余篇，引用超2000余次。近五年代表性论文如下：
1.Y. Zhao, D. D. Ni*, and Z. B. Liu. Machine learning inferences of the interior structure of rocky exoplanets from bulk observational constraints. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement, 269, 1, 2023.
2.H. Q. Song, J. Zhang, Y. Liu, Y. Q. Sun, and D. D. Ni*. Investigation on in situ thermal mining of shallow excess ice at Martian northern midlatitude. Advances in Space Sciences, 72, 4997 (2023).
3.M. M. Zhang and D. D. Ni*. Evaluating the Gas Storage Capacity of 1,3-Dioxolane–Hydrogen Binary Hydrates via Molecular Simulations. Journal of Molecular Liquids 393, 123542, 2024.
4.Z. B. Liu and D. D. Ni*. Quantitative correlation of refractory elemental abundances between rocky exoplanets and their host stars. Astronomy&Astrophysics, 674, A137, 2023.
5.H. Q. Song, J. Zhang, S. Y. Du, D. D. Ni*, Y. Liu, Y. Q. Sun. Constraining the thermal inertia of Mars utilizing machine learning techniques. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 522, 1697, 2023.
6.Y. L. Hao and D. D. Ni*. Dineutron decay into sterile anti-neutrinos in neutron stars and its observable consequences. Physics Review D, 107, 035026, 2023.
7.M. M. Zhang, D. D. Ni*, and Z. C. Zhang. What makes 1, 3-dioxolane an efficient sII hydrate former? Fuel, 334, 126714, 2023.
8.H. Q. Song, J. Zhang, Y. Liu, Y. Q. Sun, and D. D. Ni*. Modeling the distribution of subsurface seasonal water ice with varying atmospheric conditions at northern low to midlatitudes on Mars. Icarus 389, 115262, 2023.
9.Y. L. Hao and D. D. Ni*. Neutron-neutral particle mixing and its observable consequences. Physics Review D, 106, 115028, 2022.
10.M. M. Zhang, Z. C. Zhang, and D. D. Ni*. Revealing the growth mechanism of sH hydrate by molecular simulations. Journal of Molecular Liquids 363, 119873, 2022.
11.Y. Zhao and D. D. Ni*. Understanding the interior structure of gaseous giant exoplanets with machine learning techniques. Astronomy&Astrophysics 658, A201, 2022.
12.N. Nettelmann, N. Movshovitz, D. D. Ni, J. J. Fortney, E. Galanti, Y. Kaspi, R. Helled, C. R. Mankovich, and S. Bolton. Theory of figures to the seventh order and the interiors of Jupiter and Saturn. The Planetary Science Journal 2, 241, 2021.
13.H. Q. Song, J. Zhang, D. D. Ni, Y. Q. Sun, Y. C. Zheng, J. Kou, X. G. Zhang, and Z. Y. Li. Investigation on in-situ water ice recovery considering energy efficiency at the lunar south pole. Applied Energy 298, 117136, 2021.
14.Y. Zhao and D. D. Ni*. Machine learning techniques in studies of the interior structure of rocky exoplanets. Astronomy&Astrophysics 650, A177, 2021.
15.D. D. Ni*. Understanding Saturn’s interior from the Cassini Grand Finale gravity measurements. Astronomy&Astrophysics 639, A10, 2020.
16.D. D. Ni*. Signature of helium rain and dilute cores in Jupiter's interior from empirical equations of state. Earth and Planetary Physics 4(2), 1-9, 2020.
17.D. D. Ni* and Z. Z. Ren. Effects of nuclear collective vibrations on the alpha-decay fine structure of vibrational nuclei with A~220. Physical Review C 101, 044308, 2020.
18.D. D. Ni*. Understanding Jupiter’s deep interior: the effect of a dilute core. Astronomy&Astrophysics 632, A76, 2019.
19.D. D. Ni*. Empirical models of Jupiter's interior from Juno data: Moment of inertia and tidal Lover number k2. Astronomy&Astrophysics 613, A32, 2018.
