A Long and Winding Path Through Space Weather Research

I have written my scientific bio concerning various topics of Space Weather with the aim of coming up with pointers to help young people with their careers. I have worked in other areas of Space Physics, but to include them would make this article even more disjoint than this article is already. I will introduce encounters with some of our scientific “luminaries” that were instrumental in my career. One of them, my thesis advisor at University of California at Berkeley, Kinsey Anderson said “whatever you do while doing science, have fun”. This is about the best piece of advice that I can pass down to you no matter what path you take, doing detailed data analysis research, theory or management. Moral #1. Listen to your elders. They can give you great advice! Sometimes. I will offer other pieces of advice, but will sometimes not call them out specifically.

我撰写了这份围绕空间天气（Space Weather）诸多议题的学术自传，旨在为青年群体的职业发展提供指导建议。我曾涉足空间物理（Space Physics）的其他研究领域，但倘若将这些内容纳入本文，只会让本就略显松散的文本结构更加杂乱无章。我将分享几位曾对我职业生涯起到关键推动作用的学界泰斗的交往经历。其中一位便是我在加州大学伯克利分校（University of California at Berkeley）攻读学位时的论文导师金西·安德森（Kinsey Anderson），他曾说：“从事科研工作时，无论投身何种方向，都要享受其中的乐趣。”无论你选择深耕细致的数据分析研究、理论研究，还是从事管理工作，这都是我能传递给你的最宝贵的建议。箴言其一：聆听前辈的教诲。他们有时能为你提供极具价值的建议！我还会分享其他若干建议，但有时不会特意将它们明确点明。