Academic Qualification
Ph.D. in Space Physics, Institute of Space Physics and Applied Technology, Peking University (2020)
Bachelor in Space Science and Technology, Peking University (2013)
Teaching Area
Physics
Space Big Data Analytics
Space Science
Research Area
Solar Wind-Magnetosphere Interactions
Radiation Belt Physics & Modeling
Space Data Analysis
Space Weather Prediction
Working Experience
Jul. 2024 ~ present, Assistant Professor, State Key Laboratory of Lunar and Planetary Science, Macau University of Science and Technology
Jan. 2020 ~ Jun. 2024, Postdoc, School of Earth and Space Science, Peking University
Academic Publication (selected)
Wang, Z. Y., Liu, Y.*, Zong, Q. G.*, Sun, Y. X., Zou, H., & Ye, Y. G. (2026). Quasi-trapped zebra stripes: Radial transport driven by dual-pulse electric fields. Geophysical Research Letters, 53, e2025GL120768.
Sun, Y. X., Liu, Y.*, Zong, Q. G.*, Ye, Y. G., Zou, H., Miyoshi, Y., ... & Shinohara, I. (2026). Violation of the impenetrable barrier: MSS-1 and Arase observations of MeV electrons in the inner radiation belt during the May 2024 Geomagnetic Storm. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 131(1), e2025JA034419.
Wang, Z. Y., Liu, Y.*, Zong, Q. G.*, Sun, Y. X., Zou, H., Ye, Y. G., & Zhou, X. Z. (2025). Extra zebra stripes observed by Macao Science Satellite-1 in the inner radiation belt. Geophysical Research Letters, 52(19), e2025GL117501.
Yang, F., Zhou, X. Z.*, Liu, Y.*, Sun, Y. X., Yin, Z. F., Hao, Y. X., ... & Zong, Q. G. (2025). Revisiting discrete energy bands in Galilean moon’s footprint tails: Remote signals of particle absorption. Geophysical Research Letters, 52(14), e2024GL112240. doi:10.1029/2024GL112240.
Wang, Z. Y., Liu, Y.*, Zong, Q. G.*, Zou, H., Ye, Y. G., Zhou, X. Z., Yue, C., & Wang, S. (2025). Simulations of electron zebra stripes in the inner radiation belt using a composite empirical electric field model, Science China Earth Sciences, 68(1): 27–38. doi:10.1007/s11430-024-1336-8.
Liu, Y., Zong, Q. G.*, Zou, H., Ye, Y. G., & Sun, Y. X. (2024). Evolution of Electron “Zebra Stripes” in the South Atlantic Anomaly: Initial Observations from Macau Science Satellite-1, Sci China Tech Sci, 2024, 67: 3344–3353. doi:10.1007/s11431-023-2653-4.
Zhao, H., Liu, Y.*, Zong, Q., Yang, H., Hu, Z., Zhou, X., & Sun, J. (2023). Poleward-Moving Black Aurora Associated with Impulse-Excited Field-Line Resonances in the Dawnside Sector: THEMIS and Ground Observations. Universe, 9(6), 250. doi:10.3390/universe9060250.
Liu, Y., Zong, Q. G.*, Zhou, X. Z., Hao, Y. X., & Liu, Z. Y. (2019). Understanding electron dropout echoes induced by interplanetary shocks: Test particle simulations. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 124, 6759-6775. doi:10.1029/2019JA027018.
Ma, X. H., Zong, Q. G.*, & Liu, Y.* (2019). The Intense Substorm Incidence in Response to Interplanetary Shock Impacts and Influence on Energetic Electron Fluxes at Geosynchronous Orbit. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics. doi:10.1029/2018JA026115.
Liu, Y., Zong, Q. G.*, Zhou, X. Z., Foster, J. C., & Rankin, R. (2016). Structure and evolution of electron “zebra stripes” in the inner radiation belt. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 121, 4145-4157. doi:10.1002/2015JA022077.
Liu, Y., & Zong, Q. G.* (2015). Energetic electron response to interplanetary shocks at geosynchronous orbit. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 120, 4669-4683. doi:10.1002/2014JA020756.
Research Grants
2025.3 - 2026.6, The Interaction between Plasma Waves and Electrons (Collaborative Projects)
2026 - 2028, Study of Inner Radiation Belt Electron Precipitation under the Influence of the South Atlantic anomaly (NSFC)
2025.1 - 2026.7, Study of Inner Radiation Belt Electron Dynamics Induced by Large-Scale Electric
Fields (FDCT)
2020 - 2021, Study of Characteristics of Ultra-Low-Frequency Waves Generated by Interplanetary Shocks and Their Interaction with Energetic Particles in the Inner Magnetosphere (Chinese Postdoctoral Science Foundation)
