Brief Curriculum Vitae of Dr. Zhonghua YAO(1) Date of Birth: July-16-1986

Nationality: China(2) Position: Research Professor at Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy ofSciences (since 2019); Honorary Professor at University College London (since 2022)(3) Address and e-mail: No. 19, Beitucheng Western Road, Chaoyang District, 100029, Beijing,
P.R.China; email: z.yao@ucl.ac.uk(4) Employment History:
2016 – 2019: Independent Researcher at University of Liège, Marie-Curie COFUND fellowship2014 – 2016: Research Associate at Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London(5) Education Degrees:
Ph.D. in Geophysics, Peking University, Beijing, China, January 2014
Thesis Title: “The current system associated with the interaction between near-Earth fast flows andthe ambient plasmas”. Advised by Prof. Zuyin Pu
B.Sc. in Physics, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China, July 2008
(6) Research Experience:
Strong experiences in both terrestrial and giant planetary space sciences, especially on thecomparative investigations between the two communities. My research topics include magnetic
reconnection, magnetospheric current systems, planetary aurorae, Io plasma torus etc., and I havestrong expertise on planning and analysing joint datasets from different communities, such as thecombination of in situ observations from spacecraft and telescopes.
Planetary Explorations using Ground and Space Telescopes
1) Principal Investigator, 1.8m telescope in Lenghu for observing Jovian system
2) Co-Investigator, Chandra Obs., Chandra EUV Capabilities: A New View of Jupiter3) Co-Investigator, XMM-Newton Obs., Juno and XMM-Newton's final search for drivers ofJupiter's X-ray aurorae4) Co-Investigator, XMM-Newton Obs., Are Jupiter s Pulses Signatures of Global or Local WaveParticle Interactions?
5) Co-Investigator, XMM-Newton Obs., Joining Juno in Exploring Jupiter’s Aurora6) Co-Investigator, Hubble Space Telescope Obs., Auroral and magnetospheric context for Juno insitu instruments during Cycle 26
7) Co-Investigator, Hubble Space Telescope Obs., Building connections: Juno and STIS
contemporaneous observations of Jupiter's magnetosphere and auroras(7) Major Awards and Honors:
Kamide Lecture Award, AOGS
Cassini Group Achievement Award, NASA
Arne Richter Award, European Geosciences Union
Winton Capital Award, Royal Astronomical Society2021
20182018
2017

Marie-Curie COFUND fellowship, European Union
Robert Boyd Award by University College London

2016
2015

Invited presentations at international conferences
Jupiter’s auroras: lessons from the comparisons with other planets, Tutorial Talk at theMagnetospheres of Outer Planets Meetings, 2021
Auroral Morphologies and Their Magnetospheric Drivers: from Earth to Giant Planets, Kamide
Lecture of Asia Oceania Geosciences Society, 2021
Understand Planetary Spaces Remotely: The Stunning Auroral Displays, Space Science Bazaar byInternational Space Science Institute – Beijing, 2021
Magnetospheric Drivers of Auroral Variations at Jupiter, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting,2020
On the relation between Jovian aurorae and the loading/unloading of the magnetic flux: simultaneous
measurements from Juno, HST and Hisaki, Magnetospheres of the Outer Planets meeting, 2019
Aurora morphologies and their magnetospheric counterparts, European Geosciences Union General
Assembly, 2018
A direct examination of the dynamics of dipolarization fronts using MMS. European Space Agency
Cluster Workshop, 2017
Substructures within a Dipolarization Front Revealed by High-temporal Resolution Cluster
Observations. Asia Oceania Geosciences Society annual meeting, 2016
The current system associated with dipolarization front observed with CLUSTER and THEMIS.
European Geosciences Union General Assembly, 2014
Current system associated with the interaction between BBF and the near-Earth plasma. the third
International Conference on Storms, Substorms, and Space Weather (ICSSSW), 2013(8) Membership and Service to Scientific Community
Member of American Geophysical Union, European Geosciences Union, Asia Oceania Geosciences
Society, Chinese Geophysical Society
Vice Director of Planetary Physics Committee, Chinese Geophysical SocietyTeam Leader of an international team in International Space Science Institute (Beijing)Award Committee of Asia Oceania Geosciences Society
Associate Editor of Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences - Planetary Science
Lead Guest Editor“Coupling of the magnetosphere-ionosphere system” in Geoscience Letters (2016/2017)
Panelist for the NASA Programs, 2017, 2018
Regular Peer Review for international journals (e.g., Nature Astronomy, APJL, JGR, GRL,ANGEO, ASR et al.)