I am Jing-Ze Ma (马竟泽), a young theoretical astrophysicist and a stellar engineer. I am currently a PhD student at Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, working with Prof. Dr. Selma de Mink. I grew up in Beijing, China. Before moving to Germany, I obtained my bachelor’s degree at Tsinghua University in China in 2022. I am interested in the 3D radiation magnetohydrodynamics of any astrophysical object, and the lives, deaths, and afterlives of stars, in particular those of massive stars and binaries. 

I like to talk to other astrophysicists and get to know their works. I also enjoy hiking and singing with the choir.

2024

“A new spin on Betelgeuse’s boiling surface” featured in multiple media sources.

English: Scientific American,  Nature Astronomy,  AAS Nova,  Space.com,  Phys.org, Sky & Telescope,  Universe Today,  MPA Research Highlight

French: Futura Sciences,  Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur

Italian: INAF (National Institute for Astrophysics)

Dutch: Astronomie.nl, Alles over sterrenkunde 

2023

“Does Betelgeuse Even Rotate? Maybe Not” featured in Phys.org and Universe Today.

Sep. 2022 – 2026 (expected)

PhD candidate

in Astrophysics

Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Garching, Germany

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany

Sep. 2018 – Jun. 2022

Bachelor’s degree

in Engineering Mechanics

Tsinghua University, Beijing, China