CV

My academic curriculum vitae. This page is automatically updated from my LaTeX CV source.

Basics

Name Wenke Ren
Label Astrophysical Researcher
Email wenkeren.astro@gmail.com
Url https://www.wenkeren.com

Work

  • 2025.07 - Present
    Postdoctoral Researcher
    Shanghai Astronomical Observatory
    Research at Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Shanghai, China
    • Research on Intermediate Mass Black Holes
    • Little Red Dots research

Education

  • 2019.09 - 2025.06
    PhD
    University of Science and Technology of China
    Astronomy
    • Advisor: Prof. Junxian Wang
  • 2023.09 - 2025.05
    Visiting Research
    Kavli IPMU, The University of Tokyo
    • Advisor: Prof. John D. Silverman
  • 2023.06 - 2023.08
    Visiting Research
    Shanghai Astronomical Observatory
    • Advisor: Associate Research Prof. Hengxiao Guo
  • 2015.09 - 2019.06
    Bachelor
    University of Science and Technology of China
    Astronomy
    • School of the Gifted Young

Awards

  • 2025.06
    Poster Awards
    CAS Guoshoujing Symposium on Galaxies and Cosmology
  • 2023.09
    China Scholarship Council Fellowship
    China Scholarship Council
  • 2021.12
    Award of Second Prize
    "Lun Dao" Academic Innovation Forum
  • 2019.06
    Outstanding Graduate Scholarship
    USTC
  • 2019.01
    SCGY class of 1987 Scholarship
    USTC
  • 2018.12
    Wang Shouguan Talent Program in Astronomy
    USTC

Projects

  • 2021 - present
    Software for AGN UV/optical spectral fitting: PyQSOFit
    Maintainer
  • PFS, 1 night, 2026
    Subaru Cycle 26A (PI)
    A PFS Census of Dwarf Galaxies at the North Ecliptic Pole
  • 25ks, 2025
    Chandra Cycle 27 (PI)
    Confirmation of X-ray Signatures in a Newly Discovered Intermediate-Mass Black Hole from DESI
  • 10ks, 2025
    NICER TOO/DDT (PI)
    X-ray confirmation of an intermediate mass black hole candidate from DESI
  • 2018.11 - 2019.06
    Astronomy National Science Talent Training Base Project (PI)
    Research Funding for Undergraduate
  • 3 nights, 2020
    CAS 2-Meter-Class Telescopes United Proposal (PI)
    Lijiang 2.4m Telescope at Lijiang, China
  • 6 hours, Cycle 47
    GMRT Observing Proposal (Co-I)
    The excess of radio emission in extremely stable quasars

Talks

  • 2025.12
    ESO Highly Accreting Supermassive Black Holes Across all Cosmic Times: from the Local Universe to Cosmic Dawn
    San diego, Chile
  • 2025.11
    The 2nd Changing-look AGN seminar
    Hangzhou, China
  • 2025.06
    CAS Guoshoujing Symposium on Galaxies and Cosmolog (Poster)
    Changsha, China
  • 2024.08
    AGN across the sky
    Hokkaido, Japan
  • 2024.06
    Workshop on Galaxy and Black-hole evolution
    Chiba, Japan
  • 2023.06
    The restless nature of AGN: 10 years later (Poster)
    Napoli, Italy
  • 2023.03
    Xiamen AGN variability research seminar
    Xiamen, China
  • 2021.12
    "Lun Dao" Academic Innovation Forum
    Shanghai, China

Outreach

  • 2020.09 - 2022.01
    Teaching Assistant
    PHYS1001A: Mechanics
  • 2019.06 - 2023.06
    Administering the Public Servers of Dept of Astronomy (USTC)
  • 2019.06
    Summer Camp of Department of Astronomy
    Volunteer
  • 2018.05 - 2019.05
    Association of Scientific Expedition (USTC)
    President
  • 2018.08
    Study on the Distribution of Marine Micro-plastics around Hainan Island (PI)
    Social Practice Project
  • 2017.08
    Research on the Age and Location Distribution of Ancient Trees in Southeast Tibet
    Social Practice Project