Yifei Jiao (he/him)

Yifei Jiao (he/him)

Hi all, I'm Yifei, a postdoc researcher in astrodynamics and planetary science.

About Me

I am a postdoc researcher at UC Santa Cruz and Tsinghua University. My research interests are focused on the collisional and dynamical evolution of small planetary bodies and moons, as well as the asteroid exploration and deflection dynamics. I am also engaged in the exploration of numerical simulations and optimization algorithms in planetary science. I am eager to exploring any unsolved exciting questions of our solar system using theoretical and numerical methods and open to collaborations. A copy of my CV is availble here.

Feel free to contact me at jiaoyf.thu@gmail.com for any discussions!

Education

  • 2020–2025: PhD, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
  • 2016–2020: Bachelor, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

Experience

  • 2025 Sep–Now: Postdoctral research fellow, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, USA
  • 2025 Aug: Visiting scholar, Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Shanghai, China
  • 2025 May: Visiting student, University of Tokyo & NAOJ, Tokyo, Japan
  • 2024 Jan–Jun: Visiting student, LPL, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA

Grants

  • 2024–2025: National Natural Science Foundation of China (PI)
  • 2024–2025: Youth Talent Support Program of China Association for Science and Technology

Selected Publications

  1. Y. Jiao, B. Cheng, W. Dai, E. Asphaug, M. Jutzi, S. Raducan, X. Yan, Y. Yu, H. Baoyin. Giant craters on 253 Mathilde revealing the cohesive porous interior of carbonaceous parent bodies. 2025. view on ResearchSquare
  2. Y. Jiao, B. Cheng, H. Baoyin. Probing the Moon from future asteroid impacts: a review. 2025. view on arXiv
  3. Y. Wu, Y. Jiao, W. Dai, Y. Huang, Z. Liu, B. Cheng, H. Baoyin, J. Li. Detectability of lunar-origin asteroids in the LSST era. The Astrophysical Journal (accepted) view on arXiv
  4. Y. Jiao, B. Cheng, Y. Huang, E. Asphaug, B. Gladman, R. Malhotra, P. Michel, Y. Yu, H. Baoyin. Asteroid Kamoʻoalewa’s journey from the lunar Giordano Bruno crater to Earth 1:1 resonance. Nature Astronomy, 2024. view
  5. Y. Jiao, X. Yan, B. Cheng, H. Baoyin. SPH-DEM modeling of hypervelocity impacts on rubble-pile asteroids. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2023. view
  6. Y. Jiao, B. Cheng, H. Baoyin. Optimal kinetic-impact geometry for asteroid deflection exploiting Delta-V hodograph. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 2022. view