Jiong Qiu (邱炯) is a Chinese-born American astrophysicist who won the Karen Harvey Prize for her work in solar flares.
Qiu completed her Bachelors of Science in Astronomy in 1993 at Nanjing University located in Jiangsu, China.
Between acquiring her Bachelors and her PhD, between 1996–1997, she obtained a student fellowship that allowed her to work at Arcetri Astrophysics Observatory in Italy.
Her current research interests are:[2] Her current research is centered on solar eruption events, and focused on understanding magnetic reconnection during these explosive events, using both ground-based telescopes and satellites[citation needed].
In addition to receiving grants from the National Science Foundation and NASA, Qiu was the 2007 recipient of the Karen Harvey Prize for her major contributions to scientific understanding of the Sun, its effects on the atmosphere of the Earth, and its effects on Earth's climate.