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General Information
| Full Name | Tianqi Cang |
| Current Position | Assistant Researcher in Astrophysics, Beijing Planetarium |
| astrocang[at]gmail.com | |
| Website | https://astrocang.space |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3816-7335 |
| Publications | NASA ADS library |
Research Profile
- Stellar astrophysicist studying magnetic fields, stellar activity, and exoplanet environments through high-resolution spectropolarimetry and time-domain photometry.
Education
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2017–2021 Toulouse, France
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2010–2017 Beijing, China
B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Beijing Normal University
Professional Appointments
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Sep 2025–present Beijing, China
Assistant Researcher in Astrophysics
Beijing Planetarium -
Feb 2022–Sep 2025 Beijing, China
LAMOST Fellow and Postdoctoral Researcher in Astrophysics
Beijing Normal University
Funding
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2026–2029 PI · Beijing Nova Program (北京市科技新星), No. 202604841350
Award amount: CNY 400,000 -
2026–2028 PI · NSFC Young Scientists Fund (Category C), No. 12503035
Magnetic-field Measurements and Surface-structure Studies of M Dwarfs · Award amount: CNY 300,000 -
2024–2029 Co-I · NSFC Major Research Instrument Development Project, No. 12427804
Development of a High-performance Echelle Spectropolarimeter for Stellar Observations · Total award: CNY 10,000,000 -
2023–2026 Co-I · NSFC General Program, No. 12273002
Statistical Study of Nonlinear Asteroseismic Effects in Gravity Modes · Total award: CNY 500,000 -
2022–2024 PI · China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, No. 2023M730297
Award amount: CNY 80,000
Selected Publications
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2026 Measuring the Magnetic Fields in the Chromospheres of Low-mass Stars
Nature Communications 17, 64 Tianqi Cang, Pascal Petit, Jean-François Donati, et al. -
2025 Seismic Test of the Mass–Radius Relationship of Hydrogen-atmosphere White Dwarf Stars
Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy 46, 81 Tianqi Cang, Jiayi Zhang, Jianning Fu, He Zhao, and Weikai Zong -
2025 Inactive Longitude and Superflare in the Active Single-lined Pre-main-sequence Binary V2279 Cyg
The Astrophysical Journal 990, 27 Xueying Hu, Tianqi Cang, Jianning Fu, et al. -
2021 Short-term Variations of Surface Magnetism and Prominences of the Young Sun-like Star V530 Per
Astronomy & Astrophysics 654, A42 Tianqi Cang, Pascal Petit, Jean-François Donati, and Colin P. Folsom -
2020 Magnetic Field and Prominences of the Young, Solar-like, Ultra-rapid Rotator V530 Persei
Astronomy & Astrophysics 643, A39 Tianqi Cang, Pascal Petit, Jean-François Donati, et al. -
All Complete publication list
NASA ADS and publication details
Research Software
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Research software TESSA
Python · Zeeman–Doppler imaging Interactive configuration, execution, and visualization of stellar magnetic-surface inversions. -
Open source LSDpy_UI
Python · Spectropolarimetric analysis Least Squares Deconvolution of stellar spectra through a browser interface or command line. -
Open source astroReport
Python · Literature monitoring Automated arXiv monitoring and AI-assisted astronomy digests delivered by email.
Outreach
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28 Feb 2026 Popular-science article: “Red Dwarfs and Planetary Habitability”
Published in Amateur Astronomer. -
13 Dec 2025 Public talk: “How Do Astronomers Make Images of Stars?”
Public talk for high-school students at Beijing Planetarium.
Languages
- Chinese — Native speaker
- English — B2
- French — A2
Research Interests
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Stellar Astrophysics
- Stellar magnetic fields
- High-resolution spectropolarimetry
- Magnetic imaging and stellar surface structures
- Stellar activity and flares
- Exoplanet space weather