Tianyu Cao (曹天雨) — Academic Homepage

Personal academic website for Tianyu Cao (曹天雨), Postdoctoral Fellow at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.

Built with Hugo and the HugoBlox Academic CV theme. Features English/Chinese bilingual support.

Live Site

caotianyu0427.github.io

Local Development

# Install Hugo (macOS)
brew install hugo

# Clone this repo
git clone https://github.com/caotianyu0427/caotianyu0427.github.io.git
cd caotianyu0427.github.io

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Start local server
hugo server

Open http://localhost:1313 in your browser.

How to Update Content

Update your bio / personal info

Edit data/authors/me.yaml — change bio, role, affiliations, education, experience, awards, etc.

Update the English main page

Edit content/en/_index.md — modify the research description, contact info, or add/remove sections.

Update the Chinese main page

Edit content/zh/_index.md — modify the Chinese version of all content sections.

Add a new publication

1. Create a new folder under both content/en/publications/your-paper-slug/ and content/zh/publications/your-paper-slug/
2. Create an index.md file inside each (copy from an existing publication as a template)
3. Set the authors, date, publication, tags, and links fields

Update your CV PDF

Replace static/uploads/resume.pdf with your latest CV/Biosketch file.

Update your headshot

Replace assets/media/authors/me.jpg with your photo.

Update hero images (immunofluorescence/IHC)

Replace or add images in static/media/hero/ and update the <img> tags in both content/en/_index.md and content/zh/_index.md.

Project Structure

config/_default/        # Site configuration (hugo.yaml, params.yaml, languages.yaml, menus.yaml)
content/en/             # English content (_index.md, publications/, authors/)
content/zh/             # Chinese content (_index.md, publications/, authors/)
data/authors/me.yaml    # Author profile data (shared across languages)
assets/media/authors/   # Headshot photo
static/media/hero/      # Hero banner images (IF/IHC)
static/uploads/         # CV PDF
.github/workflows/      # GitHub Actions deployment

Deployment

Auto-deploys to GitHub Pages via GitHub Actions on push to main. See .github/workflows/deploy.yml.

Setup

1. Create repo caotianyu0427/caotianyu0427.github.io on GitHub
2. Push this code to main branch
3. In repo Settings → Pages, set Source to "GitHub Actions"

Tech Stack

• Hugo v0.158.0+ (extended) — Static site generator
• HugoBlox Academic CV — Academic theme with publication management
• GitHub Pages — Hosting
• GitHub Actions — CI/CD
• Bilingual — English + Chinese with language switcher