Zili Shen
Graduate School Student
Office:
219 Prospect Street | Kline Tower
Room Number:
KT 637
Mailing Addresss:
P.O. Box 208101, New Haven, CT 06520-8101
Research:
Extragalactic Astronomy, Galaxy Structure, Formation and Evolution
Bio:
Zili Shen works on galaxy formation, focusing on a curious population of “ultra-diffuse galaxies.” She uses observational facilities like Keck, HST, and Dragonfly to figure out their properties and how they came to exist. She received a Bachelors degree in Physics and Astronomy from the University of Texas at Austin, where she studied the star formation history of dwarf galaxies. Apart from research, she writes for Astrobites and works as a writing consultant at the Yale Graduate Writing Lab.