• 618 Space Sciences Building, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
• Phone: 607-255-4936; Fax: (607)-255-6918; Email: dong_at_astro.cornell.edu; github site.

Dong Lai (pic) (pic) is Benson Jay and Mary Ellen Simon Professor and Professor of Astrophysics at Cornell. He received Ph.D. in physics from Cornell in 1994, and was a postdoctoral fellow at Caltech. He joined the faculty of the Astronomy Department at Cornell in 1997. His current research is in theoretical astrophysics, focusing on exoplanets, compact objects (neutron stars, black holes and white dwarfs), and astrophysical (particle and fluid) dynamics in general.

• CV , publications (to be updated occasionally); see astro-ph arXiv for recent papers.
• Current Research and Research Group ; Group meeting papers.
• Recent courses taught; current teaching: Astro 6531

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• Nature ; Science; Physical Reviews
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• Upcoming Astronomy Meetings

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• LIGO detections

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