Wandi Zhu

About

Wandi Zhu, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics at Ohio State College of Medicine. His research focuses on electrical and mechanoelectrical signaling in both excitable tissues, such as cardiac tissue, and non-excitable tissues, including blood and endothelial tissues. His lab studies how these electrical signals influence cellular functions and their roles in health and disease, aiming to uncover therapeutic targets for conditions such as thrombosis, inflammatory diseases, and cardiac arrhythmias. Dr. Zhu's work integrates human samples, genetics, and clinical data to enhance translational research. He employs a variety of models and techniques, including zebrafish models, tissue-on-a-chip systems, omics approaches like spatial sequencing and metabolomics, as well as imaging and electrophysiology methods such as patch clamp and optical mapping. His educational background includes a PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Washington University in St. Louis. His research endeavors contribute to understanding how modulation of electrical signals can alter cell behaviors and lead to potential treatments for common diseases.

Research topics

• Physics
• Astrophysics
• Astronomy
• Astrobiology
• Computer science

Selected publications

• Detecting Planetary Oblateness in the Era of JWST: A Case Study of Kepler-167e

  The Astronomical Journal · 2025-01-17 · 11 citations

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  Abstract Planets may be rotationally flattened, and their oblateness thus provides useful information on their formation and evolution. Here, we develop a new algorithm that can compute the transit light curve due to an oblate planet very efficiently and use it to study the detectability of planet oblateness (and spin obliquity) with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Using the Jupiter analog, Kepler-167e, as an example, we show that observations of a single transit with JWST are able to det…

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• Unexpected Near-Resonant and Metastable States of Young Multiplanet Systems

  The Astrophysical Journal · 2025-12-17 · 3 citations

  articleOpen access

  Abstract Recent observations suggest that the incidence of near-resonant planets declines as planetary systems age, making young planetary systems key signposts of early dynamical evolution. Here we investigate the dynamical states of three of the youngest multitransiting planetary systems: AU Mic (three-planet, ∼20 Myr old), V1298 Tau (four-planet, ∼23 Myr old), and TOI-2076 (four-planet, ∼200 Myr old). We find that most planet pairs in these systems lie near resonance with circulating rather t…

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• DynamicFace: High-Quality and Consistent Video Face Swapping using Composable 3D Facial Priors

  ArXiv.org · 2025-01-15 · 3 citations

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  Face swapping transfers the identity of a source face to a target face while retaining the attributes like expression, pose, hair, and background of the target face. Advanced face swapping methods have achieved attractive results. However, these methods often inadvertently transfer identity information from the target face, compromising expression-related details and accurate identity. We propose a novel method DynamicFace that leverages the power of diffusion model and plug-and-play temporal la…

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• A Differentiable Binary Microlensing Model Using Adaptive Contour Integration Method

  The Astronomical Journal · 2025-02-26 · 2 citations

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  Abstract We present microlux , which is a Jax -based code that can compute the binary microlensing light curve and its derivatives both efficiently and accurately. The key feature of microlux is the implementation of a modified version of the adaptive sampling algorithm that was originally proposed by V. Bozza to account for the finite-source effect most efficiently. The efficiency and accuracy of microlux have been verified across the relevant parameter space for binary microlensing. As a diffe…

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• Short-period Small Planets with High Mutual Inclinations are More Common around Metal-rich Stars

  The Astrophysical Journal Letters · 2025-02-20 · 2 citations

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  Abstract We present a correlation between the stellar metallicities and the mutual inclinations of multiplanet systems hosting short-period small planets ( a / R ⋆ < 12, R p < 4 R ⊕ ). We analyzed 89 multiplanet systems discovered by Kepler, K2, and TESS, where the innermost planets have periods shorter than 10 days. We found that the mutual inclinations of the innermost two planets are higher and more diverse around metal-rich stars. The mutual inclinations are calculated as the absolute…

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Frequent coauthors

• Andrew Gould

  412 shared

• Shude Mao

  Tsinghua University

  338 shared

• Chung‐Uk Lee

  Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute

  282 shared

• Jennifer C. Yee

  Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian

  260 shared

• Youn Kil Jung

  256 shared

• Seung‐Lee Kim

  251 shared

• Weicheng Zang

  242 shared

• In-Gu Shin

  Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian

  239 shared

Education

• PHD, Department of Astronomy

  The Ohio State University

  2017

• Bachelor of Science, Department of Astronomy

  Peking University

  2013

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