Xiaohu Yang/ Distinguished Professor, Deputy Director
Astronomy and Astrophysics Division
N522 xyang AT sjtu.edu.cn
Responsible for graduate student admissions and training, laboratory infrastructure and safety, and the construction of the JUST telescope project in Lenghu, Qinghai.

Educational Background

  • 2002, University of Science and Technology of China

Work Experience

  • 2012-Now, chool of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Distinguished Professor
  • 2005-2015, Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Research Fellow
  • 2003-2005, University of Massachusetts, Postdoctoral Scholar
  • 2002-2003, University of Science and Technology of China, Lecturer

Research Interests

  • Cosmology
  • Galaxy Groups and Clusters
  • Numerical Simulations
  • Galaxy Formation

Honorary Distinctions

  • 2017, Youth Science and Technology Innovation Leader
  • 2015, First prize of Shanghai Natural Science
  • 2015, "Ten Thousand Plan" - National High Level Talents Special Support Plan
  • 2014, Cheung Kong Scholars Programme
  • 2013, The Fourth Huang Shushu Award
  • 2010, Outstanding Scholar of Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • 2009, National Natural Science Foundation Outstanding Young Researcher Award

Representative Papers And Monographs

  • Yang,X., Zhang, Y., Lu, T., Wang, H., Shi, F., Tweed, D., Li, S., Luo, W., Lu, Y., Yang, L.,2017.,Revealing the cosmic web dependent halo bias. ArXiv e-prints arXiv:1704.02451.
  • Yang, X., Mo, H.~J., van den Bosch, F.~C., Bonaca, A., Li, S., Lu, Y., Lu, Y., Lu, Z.,2013.,Constraining the Star Formation Histories in Dark Matter Halos. I. Central Galaxies.,The Astrophysical Journal 770, 115
  • Yang, X., Mo, H. J., van den Bosch, F. C., Zhang, Y., Han, J. 2012. Evolution of the Galaxy-Dark Matter Connection and the Assembly of Galaxies in Dark Matter Halos. ApJ, 752, 41.
  • Yang, X., Mo, H. J., Zhang, Y., van den Bosch, F. C. 2011. An Analytical Model for the Accretion of Dark Matter Subhalos. ApJ, 741, 13.
  • Liu, L., Yang X., Mo, H. J., van den Bosch, F. C., Springel, V. 2010.The Stellar Mass Components of Galaxies: Comparing Semi-Analytical Models with Observation. ApJ, 712, 734-745.
  • Yang, X., H.J.Mo, and F.C.van den Bosch, (2009), Galaxy Groups in the SDSS DR4. III. The Luminosity and Stellar Mass Functions. ApJ, 695, 900-916 .
  • Yang, X., H.J.Mo, and F.C.van den Bosch, (2009), The Subhalo-Satellite Connection and the Fate of Disrupted Satellite Galaxies. ApJ, 693, 830-838