Professional:

Research Fellow, Chair of the Astrochemistry Group, Xinjiang Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences  

Education & Working experience

2019 May - Current: Research Fellow, Chair of the Astrochemistry Group, Xinjiang Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences 

2018 June - 2019 April: FAST Fellow,  National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, co-advisor: Prof. Di Li

2017 Aug - 2018 May: EACOA Fellow,  National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, co-advisor: Prof. Gang Zhao

2016 June – 2017 July：EACOA Fellow, Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics (ASIAA), co-advisor: Prof. Ciska Kemper

2015 June - 2016 May: EACOA Fellow,  National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, co-advisor: Prof. Gang Zhao

2015 Feb - 2015 May: Postdoc, Leiden Observatory, Leiden University, the Netherlands, co-advisor: Prof. Ewine van Dishoeck 

2011 Feb - 2015 Feb: Ph.D. degree, Leiden Observatory, Leiden University, the Netherlands, Supervisor: Prof. Ewine van Dishoeck, co-advisor: Dr. Alan Heays

2010 July – 2011 Feb: Staff at Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP), Chinese Academy of Sciences 

Contact:

E-mail: xiaohu.li@xao.ac.cn

Postal Address: 150 Science 1-Street, Urumqi, Xinjiang 830011, China

Research Interests:

• Interstellar Molecules
• Astrochemistry
• Astrochemical Modeling
• Radio Observations
• Atomic and Molecular Dynamics
• Evolved Stars

Selected Publications:

• Gas phase formation of c-SiC3 molecules in the circumstellar envelope of carbon stars，*Tao Yang, Luke Bertels, Beni B. Dangi, Xiaohu Li, *Martin Head-Gordon, and *Ralf I. Kaiser，PNAS，2019，116 (29)，14471-14478.
• Chemistry and distribution of daughter species in the circumstellar envelopes of O-rich AGB stars, Xiaohu Li, Tom J. Millar, Alan N. Heays, Catherine Walsh, Ewine F. van Dishoeck, and Isabelle Cherchneff, A&A, 2016, 588, A4
• Photodissociation and chemistry of N2 in the circumstellar envelope of carbon-rich AGB stars, Xiaohu Li, Tom J. Millar, Catherine Walsh, Alan N. Heays, and Ewine F. van Dishoeck, A&A, 2014, 568, A111
• Photodissociation of interstellar N2, Xiaohu Li, Alan N. Heays, Wim Ubachs, Brenton R. Lewis, Ruud Visser, and Ewine F. van Dishoeck, A&A, 2013, 555, A14
• Effects of reagent rotation and vibration on H + OH (v, j) -> O + H2, Xiaohu Li, Ewine F. van Dishoeck, Marc C. van Hemert and Carina Arasa, JPC-A, 2013, 117, 12889