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Professor, Physics And Astronomy
Professional Service
- Zheng Zheng.
[*** See My CV for the Latest Information on my Scholarly and Non-Scholarly Service ***].
01/2023 - present
- Zheng Zheng.
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01/2021 - present
- ZZ.
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01/2020 - 12/2020
- xx science foundation (foreign) .
Role: Reviewer.
reviewer for proposal.
02/2015 - 02/2015
- National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Role: Reviewer.
Panel member for Telescope Access Program Key Projects, Pilot B Program "The Emergence of Cosmological Structures".
09/2014 - 09/2014
- National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Role: Reviewer.
Reviewer for China Telescope Access Program proposals.
03/2014 - 03/2014
- Sloan Digital Sky Survey III/IV collaboration.
Role: LOC co-chair.
Co-chair of the Local Organizing Committee, SDSS-III/IV 2014 Collaboration Meeting.
01/2014 - 01/2014
- xx organization (name to be disclosed).
Role: Referee.
Referee for telescope use proposals.
10/2013 - 10/2013
- Sloan Digital Sky Survey -IV.
Role: Co-chair.
Co-chair of SDSS-IV eBOSS Galaxy Science Working Group .
06/2013 - 07/2015
- xx Science Foundation (foreign, name not to be disclosed).
Role: Reviewer.
Review research proposal.
02/2013 - 03/2013
- Sloan Digital Sky Survey -III.
Role: memer.
Member of SDSS-III Collaboration Council (University of Utah representative).
01/2013 - 08/2015
- NASA.
Role: Reviewer.
NASA Postdoctoral Program Review.
12/2012 - 12/2012
- xx Organization (foreign, name not to be disclosed).
Role: Referee.
Review telescope use proposals.
09/2012 - 10/2012
- SnowPAC conference.
Role: Co-chair.
Co-organizer of SnowPAC 2012 workshop on "Gravitational Lensing in the Age of Survey Science".
03/2012 - 03/2012
- NASA.
Role: Reviewer.
NASA Astrophysics Data Analysis (ADAP) LSS-2 Panel.
08/2011 - 08/2011
- Research Journals.
Role: Referee.
Referee for "Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society", "Astrophysical Journal", "Astrophysical Journal Letters", "Astronomy and Astrophysics", "New Astronomy", "Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics", "Astrophysics and Space Science", and "Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics".
09/2005 - 12/2020
Internal Service
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01/2023 - present.
Department service.
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01/2022 - present.
Department service.
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01/2021 - 12/2021.
Department service.
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01/2021 - 12/2021.
Other service.
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01/2020 - 12/2020.
Department service.
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01/2020 - 12/2020.
Other service.
- Dean's Kitchen Cabinet.
10/2012 - 08/2014.
College service.
- Astronomy Program Task Forces.
member (2012-2014), chair (2014-2015),
08/2012 - present.
Department service.
- HEAP Seminar Committee.
Chair (2012-2013; 2014-2015), member (2012-2015),
08/2012 - 08/2017.
Department service.
- Admissions Committee.
08/2012 - 08/2014.
Department service.
- Recruitment Committee.
08/2012 - 08/2013.
Department service.
- Recruitment Committee.
08/2012 - 08/2013.
Department service.
- Common Exam Committee.
06/2012 - 06/2013.
Department service.
- College of Science Convocation Committee.
05/2012 - 05/2015.
College service.
- Designed a brochure advertising the Astronomy and Astrophysics program
.
10/2011 - 10/2011.
Other service.
- Initiator and organizer of the weekly AstroCoffee discussion on recent research papers in astronomy and astrophysics (Department of Physics and Astronomy).
09/2011 - present.
Other service.
- College of Science Committee on Admission Standards & Degree Programs.
member (2011-2015); chair (2014-2015),
09/2011 - 08/2015.
College service.
Outreach
- [*** See My CV for the Latest Information on My Outreach Activities ***].
01/2023 - present
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01/2021 - present
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02/2020 - 12/2020
- Participated "Astronomy Activity Days" at the Natural History Museum of Utah.
10/2012 - 10/2012
- Participated "Scientist in the Spotlight" at the Natural History Museum of Utah for the June 5, 2012 Venus Transit event.
06/2012 - 06/2012
- Designed a flier on observing the May 20, 2012 Solar Eclipse.
05/2012 - 05/2012
Honors & Awards
- Outstanding Associate Editor for SCIENCE CHINA Physics, Mechanics & Astronomy.
08/2022
- YCAA Prize Fellowship.
Yale Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Yale University,
08/2009
- John Bahcall Fellowship.
Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton,
01/2008
- Hubble Fellowship.
NASA/STScI,
09/2004
In the Media
- Consultant to BBC and Bilibili science unit documentary series Rendezvous with the Future (Episode 3) . 12/2022.
- Interviewed by the 2022 Utah STEM Fest Magazine on studying astronomy and JWST. 08/2022.
https://utahstemfest.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/1...
- KUER interview on JWST’s first images, “Utah astronomers expect a lot of future surprises from
NASA’s Webb Space Telescope”. 07/2022.
https://www.kuer.org/health-science-environment/20...
- KUER interview on JWST science, “Utah scientists play key roles in the Webb Telescope, before and after launch”. 12/2021.
https://www.kuer.org/health-science-environment/20...
- Press Release "Discovery points to origin of mysterious ultraviolet radiation'', University of Utah, March 9, 2020 [based on the paper 'Infalling Gas in a Lyman-alpha Blob' by Ao, Zheng, et al. (2020, Nature Astronomy)]. 03/09/2020.
https://attheu.utah.edu/facultystaff/mysterious-ul...
- Interviewed by Utah Public Radio, “John Glenn Remembered By Utah Astronomy Professor”. 12/2016.
http://upr.org/post/john-glenn-remembered-utah-ast...
- "Nearest Bright ‘Hypervelocity Star’ Found",
[based on the paper `The First Hypervelocity Star from the LAMOST Survey' by Zheng et al. (2014)].
It led to a wide media (web, newspaper, radio, and TV) coverage around the world in many languages.
05/07/2014.
http://unews.utah.edu/news_releases/nearest-bright...