QI Zhaoxiang
QI Zhaoxiang  /  Professor

Email: zxqi@shao.ac.cn
Address: No.80 Nandan Road, Shanghai
Expert: Professor
Educational: Doctoral Degree

About

He graduated from Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2008, majoring in Astrometry and Celestial Mechanics, and obtained his Doctor of Science degree. He is a national high-level talent, Chair of the Astrometry Commission of the Chinese Astronomical Society, Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences. His research focuses on astrometry and its applications, including construction of celestial reference frames (and various application star catalogs), astrometry support for various new ground‑based and space telescopes, and determination of Earth Orientation Parameters. During his career, he has conducted multiple academic visits to the Astronomical Observatory of Turin (Italy) and the University of Hertfordshire (UK).

Scientific Research

• Compiled China's first absolute proper motion star catalogue (APOP), and provided a series of special star catalogues for domestic aerospace missions;

• As a core member, participated in the construction of the astronomical observation support system for the National Major Scientific Project -- Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST), responsible for designing and implementing auxiliary observation planning (guide star selection), focal plane reference frame interconnection (optical fiber scanning), construction and maintenance of the guide star system, etc.;

• Led the implementation of the astrometric support system (including guide star tracking and observation strategy) for the Lunar Ultraviolet Telescope (LUT) in the Chang'e-3 missions of China's Lunar Exploration Program. Relying on this software system, LUT became the first fully automatic telescope capable of unattended debugging and operation, and has acquired a large amount of valuable observation data;

• Participated in multiple high‑precision star sensor development projects, mainly responsible for the software scheme design and development of astronomical calibration, target recognition and satellite attitude determination. Relevant achievements were awarded the First‑Class Technical Invention Prize by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China.

• As a leading expert and pioneer in the field of astrometry, he has deeply participated in the demonstration of multiple major sci-tech projects on space-time reference frame in related fields. He is currently presiding over two projects for the compilation of radio‑ and infrared‑based star catalogs, as well as one research task on relativistic‑effect navigation.

• Since 2012, he has delivered the course “Introduction to Astrometry” for postgraduates at Shanghai Astronomical Observatory. Since 2016, he has taught “Astrometry and Its Applications” at the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences. He won the "Zhu Li Yuehua Excellent Teacher Award of the Chinese Academy of Sciences" in 2017.


Information Update Date: February 6, 2025