Qiao Duan
1st Year Ph.D. Student, University of Cambridge, Kavli Institute for Cosmology
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miller.duan@outlook.com qd231@cam.ac.uk
Hi hi! I’m Qiao — an astronomer studying galaxy formation and evolution with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), working with Professor Sandro Tacchella and Professor Roberto Maiolino. I am also a member of the JWST JADES and PEARLS teams.
I’m especially interested in:
- Galaxy Stellar Populations and Star-Forming Properties
- Galaxy Mergers, including pair fractions, merger rates, and their role in galaxy mass assembly, as well as merger-driven Star Formation and AGN Activity
- Spectral Energy Distribution (SED) fitting — I’m currently co-developing a new mode of the Prospector SED fitting code, Prospector-γ, with Sandro.
I did my four-year Undergraduate Master’s degree at the University of Manchester, where I had the great opportunity to join Professor Christopher Conselice’s EPOCHS research group. During that time, I developed a deep fascination with Galaxies 💫
news
| May 12, 2025 | Presented my work on Galaxy Mergers in the Epoch of Reionization at the CRISOL Conference, Spain. |
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| Oct 01, 2024 | Started Ph.D. at Cambridge!  🍀 |
