Honors and Awards
Einstein Medal (shared among EHT all team members) (2020)
Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (shared among EHT all team members) (2019)
Leading Scientist, Innovation Group, NSFC (2017-Present)
Leading Scientist, National Key Research and Development Program, MOST (2016-Present)
Thousand Talent Plan Award (2014-Present)
Overseas Expert Assessor, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2013-Present)
Overseas Distinguished Professor, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2012-2013)
Distinguished Visiting Professor, Mexican Academy of Science (2007)
Robert J. Trumpler Award, Astronomical Society of the Pacific (1998)
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowship (1995-1998)
Uhl Award for Excellence in Research, U.C. Berkeley (1994)
Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award, U.C. Berkeley (1994)
University of California Regents Fellowship (1990-1991)
American Physics Society Apker Award Finalist (1990)
Leo Goldberg Prize for Astronomy, Harvard University (1990)
Thomas Hoopes Prize for Senior Thesis, Harvard University (1990)
Magna Cum Laude, Harvard University (1990)
Ford Foundation for Undergraduate Research Fellowship (1987-1990)
Thomas Hoopes Prize for Junior Thesis, Harvard University (1989)
John Harvard Scholarship, Harvard University (1988-1990)
Harvard College Scholarship, Harvard University (1987-1988)
National Honor Society, Boston Latin School (1984-1986)

2023 Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences