Dr. Cheng Li

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====== Teaching ======

==== Observational Astrophysics, for graduate students (Spring semester, since 2016) ====

  - Introduction
  - Astrophysical information and effect of atmosphere
  - Celestial coordinates and time
  - Optical observational instruments
  - Photometry
  - Imaging
  - Spectroscopy
  - Polarization measuring
  - Infrared observations
  - UV observations
  - X-ray and Gamma-ray observations
  - Radio astronomy
  - Cosmic-ray, neutrino and gravitational wave

==== Observational Cosmology: From the Solar System to the Distant Universe (general education course for undergraduates, Fall semester, since 2017) ====

  - Introduction of the Course
  - Scales of the Universe
  - Seasons and the Sky
  - Origin of Astronomy
  - Light and Radiation
  - Sun and the World of Stars
  - Star Physics: Birth, Life and Remnants
  - Our Galaxy: Milky Way
  - The World of Galaxies
  - The Distant Universe
  - Special Lecture (1): Introduction to Observational Astrophysics
  - Special Lecture (2): The Early Universe and Epoch of Reionization
  - Special Lecture (3): Gamma Ray Bursts and Gravitational Wave Astronomy
  - Special Lecture (4): Protoplanetary disks: witnessing the birth of planets
  - Special Lecture (5): Exoplanets and Extraterrestrial Life
  - Students Presentations and Discussion

Dr. Cheng Li

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