Academic Qualification

Ph.D. in Planetary Science, California Institute of Technology

Bachelor in Space Science and Technology, Peking University

Teaching Area

• Physics in the Solar System

• Planetary Atmospheres

Research Area

• Surfaces of the Icy Moons

• Thermospheric Dynamics of the Martian Atmosphere

Working Experience

• Jan. 2025 ~ present, Assistant Professor, The State Key Laboratory of Lunar and Planetary Science, Macau University of Science and Technology

• Aug. 2022 ~ Dec. 2024, Postdoc Associate, Department of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Academic Publication (selected)

1. Li, J. Z.*, Bougher, S. W., Li, C., & Yiğit, E. (2026). Mars thermospheric polar warming at aphelion: Dynamical processes studied using M-GITM. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 131(4), e2025JE009386.

2. Li, J.*, Shou, Y., Li, C., & Jia, X. (2025). Global distribution of the key species on the surface of Europa. The Astrophysical Journal, 993(1), 122.

3. Wiktorowicz, S. J., Kopparla, P., Li, J., & Yung, Y. L. (2025). A Scatter of Light from a Polarized World. The Astronomical Journal, 170(5), 291.

4. Li, J.*, & Li, C. (2023). Sulfur chemistry on the surface ice of Europa. Icarus, 394, 115438.

5. Li, J.*, Gudipati, M. S., Mishra, Y. N., Liang, M.-C. and Yung, Y. L. (2022). Oxidants Generation in the Ice under Electron Irradiation: Simulation and Application to Europa. Icarus, 373, 114760.

6. Li, J.*, Jiang, J. H., Yang, H., Abbot, D. S., Hu, R., Komacek, T. D., Bartlett, S. J. and Yung, Y. L. (2021). Rotation Period Detection for Earth-like Exoplanets. The Astronomical Journal, 163(1), 27.

7. Bartlett, S., Li, J., Gu, L., Sinapayen, L., Fan, S., Natraj, V., ... & Yung, Y. L. (2022). Assessing planetary complexity and potential agnostic biosignatures using epsilon machines. Nature Astronomy, 6(3), 387-392.

8. Pinto, J. P., Li, J.*, Mills, F. P., Marcq, E., Evdokimova, D., Belyaev, D., & Yung, Y. L. (2021). Sulfur monoxide dimer chemistry as a possible source of polysulfur in the upper atmosphere of Venus. Nature Communications, 12(1), 1-6.

9. Gu, L., Fan, S., Li, J., et al. (2020). Earth as a Proxy Exoplanet: Deconstructing and Reconstructing Spectrophotometric Light Curves. The Astronomical Journal, 161(3), 122.

10. Li, J.*, Gudipati, M. S., and Yung, Y. L. (2020). The influence of Europa's plumes on its atmosphere and ionosphere. Icarus, 352, 113999.

11. S. Fan, C. Li, J. –Z. Li, S. Bartlett, J. H. Jiang, V. Natraj, D. Crisp and Yuk L. Yung (2019). Earth as an Exoplanet: A Two-dimensional Alien Map. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 882(1), L1.

12. Li, J.-Z.*, Fan, S., Kopparla, P., Liu, C., Jiang, J. H., Natraj, V., & Yung, Y. L. (2019). Study of terrestrial glints based on DSCOVR observations. Earth and Space Science, 6(1), 166-173.

13. Jiang, J. H., Zhai, A. J., Herman, J., Zhai, C., Hu, R., Su, H., Natraj, V., Li, J., Xu, F. and Yung, Y. L. (2018). Using deep space climate observatory measurements to study the Earth as an exoplanet. The Astronomical Journal, 156(1), 26.

14. Li, J. Z., Zhou, X. Z., Runov, A., Angelopoulos, V., Liu, J., Pan, D. X., & Zong, Q. G. (2017). Characteristics of high‐latitude precursor flows ahead of dipolarization fronts. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 122(5), 5307-5320.

15. Li, J. Z., Zhou, X. Z., Angelopoulos, V., Liu, J., Runov, A., Pan, D. X., & Zong, Q. G. (2016). Contribution of ion reflection to the energy budgets of dipolarization fronts. Geophysical Research Letters, 43(2), 493-500.

16. Zhou, X. Z., Pan, D. X., Angelopoulos, V., Liu, J., Runov, A., Li, S. S., J.-Z. Li, Q.-G. Zong, and S. Y. (2015). Ion acceleration and reflection on magnetotail antidipolarization fronts. Geophysical Research Letters, 42(21), 9166-9175.

(*corresponding author)

Research Grants

• 2026.01 - 2027.12, Studies on Mars Thermospheric Polar Warming at Aphelion (FDCT)