Zhang Zhiyu joined the faculty of Nanjing University Since 2019.
CV:
Professor, Nanjing University, 2019-present
Postdoc, University of Edinburgh, 2014-2019
Postdoc, European Southern Observatory, 2014-2019
Ph.D., Purple Mountain Observatory, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2009-2014
M.Sc., Purple Mountain Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences,, 2005-2009
B.Sc., Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, 1998-2003
Astronomical Literature Reading and Writing (spring 2020,2021, 2022, 2023)
Interstellar Medium (spring 2024)
Interstellar medium, radio astronomy, star formation, and galaxy evolution
Scientific interests:
Radiative transfer between the Cosmic Microwave Background and cold dust and gas of galaxies in the early Universe.
Physical conditions of dense molecular gas using dense molecular gas (traced by CS, HCN, HCO+, high-J CO, etc.)
Element abundances measured from gas phase
Galactic chemical evolution
The stellar initial mass function
Astro-chemistry
Cosmic rays
Interaction between supernova remnants and molecular clouds
Galaxy outflows
Active galactic nuclei