cv

You can view a PDF of my CV here: Qier_An_CV.pdf

Contact

Qier An (安琪儿)
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Email: qan4@jh.edu

Education

• Ph.D. in Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University, Aug 2024 – present.
  Advisors: Prof. Timothy Brandt, Prof. Kevin Schlaufman.
• M.A. in Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, Sep 2021 – Jun 2024.
  Advisor: Prof. Timothy Brandt; GPA: 3.93 / 4.00.
• B.S. in Engineering Physics, University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign, Aug 2017 – Dec 2020.
  Highest Honors; GPA: 3.85 / 4.00.
• B.S. in Mathematics and Astronomy, University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign, Aug 2017 – Dec 2020.
  Highest Honors; GPA: 3.85 / 4.00.

Research Interests

• Detection and characterization of substellar objects.
• Astrometry, radial velocity, and direct imaging.
• Demographics of substellar populations.
• Multi-instrument data analysis and interpretation.

Employment

• Graduate Student Researcher, Johns Hopkins University, Aug 2024 – present.
• Graduate Student Researcher, University of California, Santa Barbara, Sep 2021 – Aug 2024.
• Teaching Assistant, University of California, Santa Barbara, Sep 2021 – Jun 2024.
• Undergraduate Researcher, University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign, 2019 – 2021.

Honors, Awards, & Fellowships

• AAS International Travel Grant (2025).
• Dean’s Graduate Fellowship, UCSB (2021).
• Yee Seung Ng Scholarship, UIUC (2019).
• Dean’s List, UIUC (Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2018, Fall 2017).

Conferences & Presentations

• International Conference on Exoplanets and Planet Formation, Shanghai, China, 12/2025.
• Astro Coffee @ JHU, talk, Baltimore, MD, 09/2025.
• G-WiP @ JHU Annual Summit, poster presentation, Baltimore, MD, 09/2025.
• Sagan Exoplanet Workshop, poster, Pasadena, CA, 07/2025.
• Emerging Researchers in Exoplanet Science Symposium X, talk, Princeton, NJ, 06/2025.
• Sagan Exoplanet Workshop, poster; travel grant awarded (declined for virtual), Pasadena, CA, 07/2024.
• Sagan Exoplanet Workshop, poster; hands-on session helper; travel grant, Pasadena, CA, 07/2023.
• Sagan Exoplanet Workshop, poster; hands-on session helper; travel grant, Pasadena, CA, 07/2022.
• Exoplanets IV, conference attendance, Las Vegas, NV, 05/2022.

Proposal Participation

• NASA Keck Strategic Mission Support (PI: Thayne Currie), accepted Dec 2023.
• SCExAO Direct Imaging Survey (PI: Thayne Currie), accepted Dec 2023.

Teaching

• PHYS 3L: Calculus-based Physics Lab (2021–2024), Teaching Assistant.
• PHYS 29: Intro to Computer Programming (2021–2024), Teaching Assistant.
• ASTRO 1: Basic Astronomy (2021–2024), Teaching Assistant.
• PHYS 129L: Intro to Scientific Computation (2021–2024), Teaching Assistant.

Community Service

• Local Organizing Committee (LOC), G-WiP @ JHU 2025 Annual Summit, 09/2025.
• Scientific Organizing Committee (SOC), STScI/JHU ExoJamboree, 11/2025.

CV last updated: December 1, 2025.