My name is Quanzhi Ye. I go by Quanzhi or QZ for short. I am a planetary astronomer at the University of Maryland. Currently I am also holding a Visiting Researcher appointment at Boston University.<\/p>\n
I am primarily interested in the small bodies of the solar system \u2013 namely asteroids, comets, and meteoroids. I use a wide range of techniques to study these intriguing bodies. I have used the Canadian Meteor Orbit Radar<\/a> to study meteor showers, as well as the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) project<\/a> at Palomar Observatory<\/a> to find near-Earth asteroids and comets. I also help maintain the NASA Planetary Data System Small Bodies Node<\/a>.<\/p>\n I was captivated by the stars when I was a child. Nowadays I still enjoy going out for stargazing every once in a while. Besides stars, I also like music. I play violin, viola and cello in various orchestras and string ensembles as I move from China to Canada and then the US. Most recently, I played viola and cello in Caltech\u2019s wonderful Chamber Music program.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20865,"template":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/urop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/18285"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/urop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/urop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profile"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/urop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20865"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/urop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/18285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18289,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/urop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/18285\/revisions\/18289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/urop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}