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Lifan Wang is a professor at Texas A&M University, focusing on astronomical instrumentation and cosmology. His research centers on building an astronomical observatory at the highest point in Antarctica, aiming to set up telescopes in the coming years to study the mysterious dark energy of the universe. His research interests include spectropolarimetry in the observation of supernovae, a field that requires resolving structures that cannot be imaged directly with the largest telescopes available. Through spectropolarimetry, he analyzes the geometric structures of supernovae. Additionally, his work involves machine learning applications in large astronomical data sets, as he is a member of the TAMIDS Scientific Machine Learning Lab. He leads the DECam Search for Intermediate Redshift Transients (DESIRT), utilizing the DECam instrument to discover transients for spectral follow-ups. Currently, he is also investigating high-redshift transients using the James Webb Space Telescope, expecting to yield new and exciting data in the near future.
Department: Department of Communication and Journalism. Ph.D. program only currently admitting. GRE is test-optional.