Ziyi Zhou

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Graduate Student

Peking University

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Email: zhouzy83@mail2.sysu.edu.cn

My name is Ziyi Zhou (周子逸). My current research focuses on the variability properties of AGNs, encompassing both detection (using a new tool, GalfitT) and analysis (employing different light curve modeling methods, such as DRW).

Interests

• Time series analysis
• AGN variability
• Transient detection
• 2D multi-epoch image decomposition (GalfitT)
• Light curve modeling

Education

• PhD in Astronomy, 2026-
  • Peking University
  • Advisor: Prof. Luis C. Ho, Prof. Jinyi Shangguan
• BSc in Astronomy, 2022-2026
  • Sun Yat-sen University
  • Advisor: Prof. Long Ji, Prof. Long wang

Publications

• Zhou, Z.-Y., Ji, L., Da Kong, L., et al. 2025, ApJ, 994, 46,186, doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ae129f187