Tai Chi, a Chinese martial art developed based on the laws of nature, emphasises how 'to conquer the unyielding with the yielding'. The recent observation of star formation shows that gravity, turbulence and magnetic fields may all play a role in star formation. Their detailed interaction, however, is always a topic of controversy due to the difficulties in both observations and simulations, especially when magnetic fields are involved. Is cloud turbulence super- or sub-Alfvenic? Is molecular cloud mass magnetically super- or sub-critical? I will review our recent quest of the answers of these central questions in star formation. And how Tai Chi may give us some inspiration.

BIO

Education:
PhD, Department of Astronomy and Physics, Northwestern University, 2006

Position:
2013-now, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
2009-2013, Postdoctoral Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Astronomy
2006-2009, Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
2000-2006, Research/Teaching Assistant, Northwestern University
1997-1999, Second Lieutenant, Taiwanese Marine Corp

Research Interests:
Star formation
Interstellar medium turbulence and magnetic fields
Astronomical instrumentation