Curriculum Vitae

Zhiqi Huang

Professor, Dean of the Astronomy Department,
School of Physics and Astronomy, Sun Yat-sen University

Research Interest cosmology: early universe; cosmic microwave background; dark energy; modified gravity; large scale structure
Contact
mailing address: 2 Daxue Rd, Tangjia
Zhuhai, 519082, CHINA
email: huangzhq25@mail.sysu.edu.cn
URL: http://zhiqihuang.top
Education
PhD (2010, advisors: J. Richard Bond, Lev Kofman): University of Toronto
Msc (2006, advisor: Charles Dyer): University of Toronto
Bsc (2004, advisor: Zhongshui Ma): Peking University
Career
professor(2016-present): School of Physics and Astronomy, Sun Yat-sen University
postdoc (2013-2016): Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics (CITA)
postdoc (2010-2013): IPhT, CEA/Saclay, France
Honors, Prizes, and Titles
  • National key R&D Program of China (PI of sub-program 2020YFC2201602, 2020.12-2025.11)
  • NSFC General Program (PI of program 12073088, 2021.01-2024.12)
  • National SKA Program of China (co-I of sub-program 2020SKA0110402, 2020.12-2025.11)
  • Topic editor of journal "Universe"
  • Topic editor of journal "Galaxies"
  • 2019 Giuseppe and Vanna Cocconi Prize (shared; as a Planck core team member)
  • Gruber Cosmology Prize 2018 (shared; as a Planck core team member)
  • Exellent Award, the 1st Alibaba Global Mathematics Competition (2018)
  • 1st place in the Go tournament, 2017 mind sports games of Sun Yat-sen university
  • National-level title of youth talents scholar (QQ, 2016); Sun Yat-sen University 100 Top Talents Scholar (2016)
  • 2015 Beatrice and Vincent Tremaine Fellowship
  • Eurotalents Fellowship (2010-2012)
  • Gold medal, CMO 2000
Publications
  1. Key drivers of the preference for dynamic dark energy, Zhiqi Huang, Jianqi Liu, Jianfeng Mo, Yan Su, Junchao Wang, Yanhong Yao, Guangyao Yu, Zhengxin Zhu, Zhuoyang Li, Zhenjie Liu, Haitao Miao, Hui Tong, PRD 110, 123512, 2024
  2. Pair Counting without Binning -- A New Approach to Correlation Functions in Clustering Statistics, Shiyu Yue, Longlong Feng, Wenjie Ju, Jun Pan, Zhiqi Huang, Feng Fang, Zhuoyang Li, Yan-Chuan Cai, Weishan Zhu, MNRAS 535(4), 3500, 2024
  3. A PAge-like Unified Dark Fluid Model, Junchao Wang, Zhiqi Huang, Yanhong Yao, Jianqi Liu, Lu Huang, Yan Su, JCAP 2024(09), 053, 2024
  4. Forecast of foreground cleaning strategies for AliCPT-1, Junzhou Zhang et al., ApJS 274(2), 26, 2024
  5. Forecasting the BAO Measurements of the CSST galaxy and AGN Spectroscopic Surveys, Haitao Miao, Yan Gong, Xuelei Chen, Zhiqi Huang, Xiao-Dong Li, Hu Zhan, MNRAS 531(4), 3991, 2024
  6. Quantifying the tension between cosmological models and JWST red candidate massive galaxies, Jun-Chao Wang, Zhi-Qi Huang, Lu Huang, Jianqi Liu, RAA 24, 045001, 2024
  7. Cosmological constraints on neutrino masses in light of JWST red and massive candidate galaxies, Jian-Qi Liu, Zhi-Qi Huang, Yan Su, RAA 24, 045002, 2024
  8. Revisiting progenitor-age dependence of type Ia supernova luminosity standardization process, Junchao Wang, Zhiqi Huang, Lu Huang, SCPMA 66(12), 129511, 2023
  9. Toward a stellar population catalog in the Kilo Degree Survey: the impact of stellar recipes on stellar masses and star formation rates, Linghua Xie, Nicola R. Napolitano, Xiaotong Guo, Crescenzo Tortora, Haicheng Feng, Antonios Katsianis, Rui Li, Sirui Wu, Mario Radovich, Leslie K. Hunt, Yang Wang, Lin Tang, Baitian Tang, Zhiqi Huang, SCPMA 66(12), 129513, 2023
  10. Tomographic Alcock-Paczynski Method with Redshift Errors, Liang Xiao, Zhiqi Huang, Yi Zheng, Xin Wang, Xiaodong Li, MNRAS 518(4), 6253, 2022
  11. Cosmological forecasts of the CSST photometric and spectroscopic multi-probe surveys, Haitao Miao, Yan Gong, Xuelei Chen, Zhiqi Huang, Xiao-Dong Li, Hu Zhan, MNRAS 519(1), 1132, 2022
  12. Constraints on compact dark matter from lensing of gravitational waves for the third-generation gravitational wave detector, Huan Zhou, Zhengxiang Li, Kai Liao, Zhiqi Huang, MNRAS 518, 149, 2022
  13. Performance forecasts for the primordial gravitational wave detection pipelines for AliCPT-1, Shamik Ghosh, Yang Liu, Le Zhang, et al., JCAP 2022(10), 063, 2022
  14. Forecasts on CMB lensing observations with AliCPT-1, Jinyi Liu, Zeyang Sun, Jiakang Han et al., SCPMA 65(10), 109511, 2022
  15. Thawing k-essence dark energy in the PAge space, Zhiqi Huang, Communications in Theoretical Physics 74(9), 095404, 2022
  16. The Galactic interstellar medium has a preferred handedness of magnetic misalignment, Zhiqi Huang, Universe 8(8), 423, 2022
  17. Superclustering with the Atacama Cosmology Telescope and Dark Energy Survey: I. Evidence for thermal energy anisotropy using oriented stacking, M. Lokken, R. Hlozek, A. van Engelen et al., ApJ 933(2), 134, 2022
  18. In-Flight Gain Monitoring of SPIDER's Transition-Edge Sensor Arrays, J. P. Filippini, A. E. Gambrel, A. S. Rahlin et al.., JOURNAL OF LOW TEMPERATURE PHYSICS 209(3-4), 649, 2022
  19. Revisiting the quasi-molecular mechanism of recombination, Zhiqi Huang, MNRAS 513(3), 3368, 2022
  20. Constraints on the abundance of supermassive primordial black holes from lensing of compact radio sources, Huan Zhou, Zhengxiang Li, Shuo Cao, Zhiqi Huang, MNRAS 513(3), 3627, 2022
  21. Search for lensing signatures from the latest fast radio burst observations and constraints on the abundance of primordial black holes, Huan Zhou, Zhengxiang Li, Kai Liao, Chenhui Niu, He Gao, Zhiqi Huang, Lu Huang, Bing Zhang, ApJ 928(2), 124, 2022
  22. A Simulation-based Method for Correcting Mode Coupling in CMB Angular Power Spectra, Leung, JSY; Hartley, J ; Nagy, JM et al.., ApJ 928(2), 109, 2022
  23. Cosmological constraints from the density gradient weighted correlation function, Xiaoyuan, Xiao et al., MNRAS 513(1), 595, 2022
  24. A Constraint on Primordial B-Modes from the First Flight of the SPIDER Balloon-Borne Telescope, P. A. R. Ade, M. Amiri, S. J. Benton, et al.., ApJ 927(2), 174, 2022
  25. Constraints on the abundance of primordial black holes with different mass distributions from lensing of fast radio bursts, Huan Zhou, Zhengxiang Li, Zhiqi Huang, He Gao, Lu Huang, MNRAS 511(1), 1141, 2022
  26. The S8 tension in light of updated redshift-space distortion data and PAge approximation, Lu Huang, Zhiqi Huang, Huan Zhou, Zhuoyang Li, SCPMA 65(3), 239512, 2022
  27. High-quality Strong Lens Candidates in the Final Kilo-Degree Survey Footprint, R. Li, N. R. Napolitano, C. Spiniello et al., ApJ 923(1), 16, 2021
  28. The XFaster Power Spectrum and Likelihood Estimator for the Analysis of Cosmic Microwave Background Maps, Gambrel, AE ; Rahlin, AS; Song, X, ApJ 922(2), 132, 2021
  29. A More Accurate Parameterization based on cosmic Age (MAPAge), Lu Huang, Zhiqi Huang, Zhuoyang Li, Huan Zhou, RAA 21(11), 277, 2021
  30. Statistics of thawing k-essence dark energy models, Zhiqi Huang, PRD 104(10), 103533, 2021
  31. Reconciling low and high redshift GRB luminosity correlations, Lu Huang, Zhiqi Huang, Xiaolin Luo, Yuhong Fang, PRD 103(12), 123521, 2021
  32. Planck intermediate results. LVI. Detection of the CMB dipole through modulation of the thermal Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect: Eppur si muove II, Y. Akrami, M. Ashdown, C. Baccigalupi et al., A&A 644, A100, 2020
  33. Reaffirming the Cosmic Acceleration without Supernovae and the Cosmic Microwave Background, Xiaolin Luo, Zhiqi Huang, Qiyue Qian, Lu Huang, ApJ 905(1), 53, 2020
  34. Design and pre-flight performance of SPIDER 280 GHz receivers, E. C. Shaw, P. A. R. Ade, S. Akers, et al., Proc. SPIE 11453, Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy X 11453(2F), 1, 2020
  35. Planck intermediate results. LV. Reliability and thermal properties of high-frequency sources in the Second Planck Catalogue of Compact Sources, Y. Akrami, M. Ashdown, J. Aumont et al., A&A 644, A99, 2020
  36. Planck intermediate results. LVII. Joint Planck LFI and HFI data processing, Y. Akrami, K. J. Andersen, M. Ashdown et al., A&A 643, A42, 2020
  37. Planck 2018 results. IX. Constraints on primordial non-Gaussianity, Y. Akrami, F. Arroja, M. Ashdown et al., A&A 641, A9, 2020
  38. Planck 2018 results. VIII. Gravitational lensing, N. Aghanim, Y. Akrami, M. Ashdown et al., A&A 641, A8, 2020
  39. Planck 2018 results. VII. Isotropy and Statistics of the CMB, Y. Akrami, M. Ashdown, J. Aumont et al., A&A 641, A7, 2020
  40. Planck 2018 results. VI. Cosmological parameters, N. Aghanim, Y. Akrami, M. Ashdown et al., A&A 641, A6, 2020
  41. Planck 2018 results. V. CMB power spectra and likelihoods, N. Aghanim, Y. Akrami, M. Ashdown et al., A&A 641, A5, 2020
  42. Planck 2018 results. IV. Diffuse component separation, Y. Akrami, M. Ashdown, J. Aumont et al., A&A 641, A4, 2020
  43. Planck 2018 results. III. High Frequency Instrument data processing and frequency maps, N. Aghanim, Y. Akrami, M. Ashdown et al., A&A 641, A3, 2020
  44. Planck 2018 results. II. Low Frequency Instrument data processing, Y. Akrami, F. Argueso, M. Ashdown et al., A&A 641, A2, 2020
  45. Planck 2018 results. XII. Galactic astrophysics using polarized dust emission, N. Aghanim, Y. Akrami, M. I. R. Alves et al., A&A 641, A12, 2020
  46. Planck 2018 results. XI. Polarized dust foregrounds, Y. Akrami, M. Ashdown, J. Aumont et al., A&A 641, A11, 2020
  47. Planck 2018 results. X. Constraints on inflation, Y. Akrami, F. Arroja, M. Ashdown et al., A&A 641, A10, 2020
  48. Planck 2018 results. I. Overview and the cosmological legacy of Planck, Y. Akrami, F. Arroja, M. Ashdown et al., A&A 641, A1, 2020
  49. New high-quality strong lens candidates with deep learning in the Kilo Degree Survey, R. Li, N. R. Napolitano, C. Tortora, C. Spiniello, L. V. E. Koopmans, Z. Huang, G. Vernardos, S. Chatterjee, B. Giblin, F. Getman, G. Covone, K. Kuijken, ApJ 893(1), 30, 2020
  50. Band-limited Features in Primordial Power Spectrum Do Not Resolve the Hubble Tension, MiaoXin Liu, Zhiqi Huang, ApJ 897(2), 166, 2020
  51. Can Non-standard Recombination Resolve the Hubble Tension?, Miaoxin Liu, Zhiqi Huang, Xiaolin Luo, Haitao Miao, Naveen K. Singh, Lu Huang, SCPMA 63(9), 290405, 2020
  52. Supernova Magnitude Evolution and PAge Approximation, Zhiqi Huang, ApJL 892(2), L28, 2020
  53. Forecasting Cosmological Bias due to Local Gravitational Redshift, Haoting Xu, Zhiqi Huang, Na Zhang, Yundong Jiang, IJMPD 28(12), 1950150, 2019
  54. The Simons Observatory: Astro2020 Decadal Project Whitepaper, Maximilian H. Abitbol, Shunsuke Adachi, Peter Ade et al., BAAS 51(7), 147, 2019
  55. Revisiting Ryskin's Model of Cosmic Acceleration, Zhiqi Huang, Han Gao, Haoting Xu, Astroparticle Physics 114, 77, 2019
  56. Flatness without CMB - the Entanglement of Spatial Curvature and Dark Energy Equation of State, Haoting Xu, Zhiqi Huang, Zhenjie Liu, Haitao Miao, ApJ 877(2), 107, 2019
  57. High-redshift Mini-haloes from Modulated Preheating, Zhiqi Huang, PRD 99(10), 103537, 2019
  58. The Simons Observatory: science goals and forecasts, Peter Ade, James Aguirre, Zeeshan Ahmed et al., JCAP 2019(02), 056, 2019
  59. Anti-Evaporation of n-dimensional Reissner-Nordström Black Hole, YuHong Fang, Zhiqi Huang, HaiTao Miao, Naveen K Singh, PRD 99(4), 044011, 2019
  60. The H0 Tension in Non-flat QCDM Cosmology, Haitao Miao, Zhiqi Huang, ApJ 868(1), 20, 2018
  61. Planck intermediate results. LIV. The Planck Multi-frequency Catalogue of Non-thermal Sources, Y. Akrami, F. Argüeso, M. Ashdown et al., A&A 619, A94, 2018
  62. Planck intermediate results. LIII. Detection of velocity dispersion from the kinetic Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect, N. Aghanim, Y. Akrami, M. Ashdown et al., A&A 617, A48, 2018
  63. 280 GHz Focal Plane Unit Design and Characterization for the Spider-2 Suborbital Polarimeter, A.S. Bergman, P.A.R. Ade, S. Akers et al., Journal of Low Temperature Physics 193, 1075, 2018
  64. Cosmology and fundamental physics with the Euclid satellite, Luca Amendola, Stephen Appleby, Anastasios Avgoustidis et al., Living Review in Relativity 21, 2, 2018
  65. Comparison of Einstein-Boltzmann solvers for testing general relativity, E. Bellini, A. Barreira, N. Frusciante et al., PRD 97(2), 023520, 2018
  66. Planck intermediate results. LI. Features in the cosmic microwave background temperature power spectrum and shifts in cosmological parameters, N. Aghanim, Y. Akrami, M. Ashdown et al., A&A 607, A95, 2017
  67. A New Limit on CMB Circular Polarization from SPIDER, J. M. Nagy, P. A. R. Ade, M. Amiri et al., ApJ 844(2), 151, 2017
  68. The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: Two-Season ACTPol Spectra and Parameters, Thibaut Louis, Emily Grace, Matthew Hasselfield et al., JCAP 2017(06), 031, 2017
  69. Planck intermediate results. L. Evidence for spatial variation of the polarized thermal dust spectral energy distribution and implications for CMB B-mode analysis, N. Aghanim, M. Ashdown, J. Aumont et al., A&A 599, A51, 2017
  70. Weakening Gravity on Redshift-Survey Scales with Kinetic Matter Mixing, Guido D'Amico, Zhiqi Huang, Michele Mancarella, Filippo Vernizzi, JCAP 2017(02), 014, 2017
  71. Marginalized Fisher Forecast for Horndeski Dark Energy Models, Jason S.-Y. Leung, Zhiqi Huang, IJMPD 26(7), 1750070, 2017
  72. Planck intermediate results. XLIX. Parity-violation constraints from polarization data, N. Aghanim, M. Ashdown, J. Aumont et al., A&A 596, A110, 2016
  73. Planck intermediate results. XLVIII. Disentangling Galactic dust emission and cosmic infrared background anisotropies, N. Aghanim, M. Ashdown, J. Aumont et al., A&A 596, A109, 2016
  74. Planck intermediate results. XLVII. Planck constraints on reionization history, R. Adam, N. Aghanim, M. Ashdown et al., A&A 596, A108, 2016
  75. Planck intermediate results. XLVI. Reduction of large-scale systematic effects in HFI polarization maps and estimation of the reionization optical depth, N. Aghanim, M. Ashdown, J. Aumont et al., A&A 596, A107, 2016
  76. Planck intermediate results. XLIV. The structure of the Galactic magnetic field from dust polarization maps of the southern Galactic cap, N. Aghanim, M. I. R. Alves, D. Arzoumanian et al., A&A 596, A105, 2016
  77. The Future of Primordial Features with Large-Scale Structure Surveys, Xingang Chen, Cora Dvorkin, Zhiqi Huang, Mohammad Hossein Namjoo, Licia Verde, JCAP 2016(11), 014, 2016
  78. Planck 2015 results. XX. Constraints on inflation, P. A. R. Ade, N. Aghanim, M. Arnaud et al., A&A 594, A20, 2016
  79. Planck 2015 results. XVII. Constraints on primordial non-Gaussianity, P. A. R. Ade, N. Aghanim, M. Arnaud et al., A&A 594, A17, 2016
  80. Planck 2015 results. XVI. Isotropy and statistics of the CMB, P. A. R. Ade, N. Aghanim, Y. Akrami et al., A&A 594, A16, 2016
  81. Planck 2015 results. XIV. Dark energy and modified gravity, P. A. R. Ade, N. Aghanim, M. Arnaud et al., A&A 594, A14, 2016
  82. Planck 2015 results. XIII. Cosmological parameters, P. A. R. Ade, N. Aghanim, M. Arnaud et al., A&A 594, A13, 2016
  83. Planck 2015 results. I. Overview of products and scientific results, R. Adam, P. A. R. Ade, N. Aghanim et al., A&A 594, A1, 2016
  84. Observational effects of a running Planck mass, Zhiqi Huang, PRD 93(4), 043538, 2016
  85. Planck intermediate results. XXXVIII. E- and B-modes of dust polarization from the magnetized filamentary structure of the interstellar medium, P. A. R. Ade, N. Aghanim, M. Arnaud et al., A&A 586, A141, 2016
  86. Revisiting the cosmological bias due to local gravitational redshifts, Zhiqi Huang, PRD 91(12), 121301(R), 2015
  87. Chameleons in the early Universe: Kicks, rebounds, and particle production, Adrienne L. Erickcek, Neil Barnaby, Clare Burrage, Zhiqi Huang, PRD 89(8), 084074, 2014
  88. Full cosmic microwave background temperature bispectrum from single-field inflation, Zhiqi Huang, Filippo Vernizzi, PRD 89(2), 021302, 2014
  89. Catastrophic Consequences of Kicking the Chameleon, Adrienne L. Erickcek, Neil Barnaby, Clare Burrage, Zhiqi Huang, PRL 110(17), 171101, 2013
  90. Cosmic Microwave Background Bispectrum from Recombination, Zhiqi Huang, Filippo Vernizzi, PRL 110(10), 101303, 2013
  91. A cosmology forecast toolkit - CosmoLib, Zhiqi Huang, JCAP 2012(06), 012, 2012
  92. Constraining inflation with future galaxy redshift surveys, Zhiqi Huang, Licia Verde, Filippo Vernizzi, JCAP 2012(04), 005, 2012
  93. Art of lattice and gravity waves from preheating, Zhiqi Huang, PRD 83(12), 123509, 2011
  94. Parameterizing and Measuring Dark Energy Trajectories from Late-Inflatons, Zhiqi Huang, J. Richard Bond, Lev Kofman, ApJ 726(2), 64, 2011
  95. Particle production during inflation: Observational constraints and signatures, Neil Barnaby, Zhiqi Huang, PRD 80(12), 126018, 2009
  96. Preheating after modular inflation, Neil Barnaby, J. Richard Bond, Zhiqi Huang, Lev Kofman, JCAP 2009(12), 021, 2009
  97. Non-Gaussian Curvature Spikes from Chaotic Billiards in Inflation Preheating, J. Richard Bond, Andrei V. Frolov, Zhiqi Huang, Lev Kofman, PRL 103(7), 071301, 2009
  98. Cosmological fluctuations from infrared cascading during inflation, Neil Barnaby, Zhiqi Huang, Lev Kofman, Dmitry Pogosyan, PRD 80(4), 043501, 2009
  99. Cosmological Constraints on Decaying Dark Matter, Santiago De Lope Amigo, William Man-Yin Cheung, Zhiqi Huang, Siew-Phang Ng, JCAP 2009(06), 005, 2009
Other eprints:
  1. [arxiv: 2407.20982] Analysis of Polarized Dust Emission from the First Flight of the SPIDER Balloon-Borne Telescope, P. A. R. Ade, M. Amiri, S. J. Benton, et al., ApJ, DOI:
  2. [arxiv: 2409.04678] A new unified dark sector model and its implications on the σ8 and S8 tensions, Yan-Hong Yao, Jian-Qi Liu, Zhi-Qi Huang, Jun-Chao Wang, Yan Su
  3. [arxiv: 2408.14881] MEET-U project II: Curvature perturbations from kinetic preheating after α-attractor inflation, Zhiqi Huang, Xichang Ouyang, Yu Cui, Jianqi Liu, Yanhong Yao, Zehong Qiu, Guangyao Yu, Lu Huang, Zhuoyang Li, Chi-Fong Wong
  4. [arxiv: 2408.10444] In-Flight Performance of Spider's 280 GHz Receivers, Elle C. Shaw, P. A. R. Ade, S. Akers et al.., Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems, DOI:
  5. [arxiv: 2304.01112] Sum of digamma asymptotic error terms of an arithmetic series, Zhiqi Huang
  6. [arxiv: 2004.08845] Design of a novel monolithic parabolic-mirror ion-trap to precisely align the RF null point with the optical focus, Zhao Wang, Ben-Ran Wang, Qing-Lin Ma, Jia-Yu Guo, Ming-Shen Li, Yu Wang, Xin-Xin Rao, Zhi-Qi Huang, Le Luo
  7. [arxiv: 1803.11558] Equipartition Dark Energy, Weipeng Lin, Zhiqi Huang, Yiming Hu, Shuang Wang, Yi-Jung Yang
  8. [arxiv: 1412.4671] Testing Inflation with Large Scale Structure: Connecting Hopes with Reality, Marcelo Alvarez, Tobias Baldauf, J. Richard Bond et al.
Invited Talks:
  • 12-15, May, 2024, Guangzhou, China: Australia-China Workshop on Astrophysics (ACAMAR 10), Measuring primordial tensor perturbations with ground-based CMB experiments
  • 8-11, April, 2024, Beijing, China: The 2nd International Workshop on Gravitational Waves and the Early Universe, Measuring primordial tensor perturbations with ground-based CMB experiments
  • 17-22, Nov, 2019, Kuching, Malaysia: 14 th Asia-Pacific Physics Conference 2019 (APPC-14), Statistics of Primordial Intermittent Non-Gaussianity
  • 5-8, Dec, 2016, Guangzhou, China: Sino-Germany Workshop on Galaxy and Cosmology, CMB Science: Present and Future
  • 7-8, Nov, 2013, IPhT, CEA/Saclay, France: CMB Second Order Workshop, Second Order Boltzmann Code
Other skills:
  1. French (beginner level)
  2. C, Fortran, python (experienced programmer)