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Yan-Fei Jiang, Ph.D.

Research Scientist, Center for Computational Astrophysics

Bio

Yan-Fei joined the Center for Computational of Astrophysics as an associate research scientist in September 2019 and is now a research scientist. He earned his Ph.D. in astrophysical sciences from Princeton University and his B.S. in physics from Tsinghua University. Jiang is the recipient of the 2013 ITC Fellowship and the Einstein Fellowship. He also won the 2012 Ray Grimm Memorial Prize in Computational Physics. Prior to joining CCA, he was a KITP Fellow at the Kavli Institute.

Publications

Super-Eddington Chimneys: On the Cooling Evolution of Tidal Disruption Event Envelopes

The Astrophysical Journal, arXiv:2512.14810, June 2026

Semih Tuna, Brian D. Metzger, Yan-Fei Jiang, and Andrea Antoni

Too Quiet for Comfort: Local Little Red Dots Lack Variability over Decades

The Astrophysical Journal, arXiv:2511.16082, June 2026

Colin J. Burke, Zachary Stone, Yue Shen, and Yan-Fei Jiang

Spectral Appearance of Self-gravitating Disks Powered by Stellar Objects: Universal Effective Temperature in the Optical Continuum and Application to Little Red Dots

The Astrophysical Journal Letters, arXiv:2602.06954, June 2026

Yi-Xian Chen, Hanpu Liu, Ruancun Li, Bingjie Wang, et al.

Radiation GRMHD Models of Accretion onto Stellar-mass Black Holes. II. Super-Eddington Accretion

The Astrophysical Journal, arXiv:2509.10638, April 2026

Lizhong Zhang, James M. Stone, Christopher J. White, Shane W. Davis, Yan-Fei Jiang, and Patrick D. Mullen

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Groundbreaking Simulations Show How Black Holes Glow Bright

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The Radiant Research of a Black Hole and Massive-Star Modeler

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Black Holes Flicker When They Eat, Revealing Their Size

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