Wang Zhongxiang
Professor
Department of Astronomy
Chinese Academy of Sciences
China
Biography
Dr. WANG Zhongxiang is currently working as a Professor in the Department of Astronomy, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences , China. Zhongxiang Wang received his Ph.D. in Physics in 2004 from Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He then worked as a postdoctoral scholar at MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research and Department of Physics of McGill University, Canada in 2004—2006 and 2006-2009, respectively. He joined Shanghai Astronomical Observatory in 2009 and has been working as a research professor since then.
Research Interest
Wang’s main research interests are X-ray binaries, young neutron stars, and more recently Fermi Gamma-ray sources and white-dwarf debris disk systems. He carries out multi-wavelength observational studies of these high-energy and/or compact star systems.
Publications
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Z. Wang, D. L. Kaplan, P. Slane, N. Morrell, & V. M. Kaspi 2013, “Serendipitous Discovery of an Infrared Bow Shock near PSR J1549-4848 with Spitzerâ€, ApJ, 769, 122
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Z. Wang, A. Tziamtzis, & X. Wang 2014, “Near-infrared Imaging of White Dwarfs with Candidate Debris Disksâ€, ApJ, 782, 20
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Y. Xing, Z. Wang, X. Zhang, & Y. Chen 2014, “The likely Fermi Detection of the Supernova Remnant RCW 103â€, ApJ, 781, 64
