Ph.D. in Astronomy, Beijing Normal University (1997-2002)
Discovered over 170 new supernovae
2013-present - Tsinghua University, Professor
2010-2013 - Tsinghua University, Tenure-Track Associate Professor
2009-2010 - Texas A&M, Visiting Scholar
2006-2009 - UC Berkeley, Postdoctoral Researcher in Astronomy
2004-2006 - Tsinghua University
2002-2004 - National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Postdoctoral Researcher
2013: National Outstanding Youth Fund Recipient
2014: Top Ten Scientific and Technological Progresses in China
2015: Huang Shoushu Award from the Astronomical Society of China
Research
Supernova explosion physics and progenitor stars Large-field surveys and time-domain astronomy Supernova cosmology
RINGO3 polarimetry of very young ZTF supernovae, Maund, J. R.; Yang, Y.; Steele, I. A.; Baade, D.; Jermak, H.; Schulze, S.; Bruch, R.; Gal-Yam, A.; Höflich, P. A.; Ofek, E.; Wang, X.; Amenouche, M.; Dekany, R.; Masci, F. J.; Riddle, R.; Soumagnac, M. T.; et al., 2021
The effect of aspherical stellar wind of giant stars on the symbiotic channel of type Ia supernovae, Wu, Chengyuan; Liu, Dongdong; Wang, Xiaofeng; Wang, Bo; et al., 2021
Optical and spectral observations and hydrodynamic modelling of type IIb supernova 2017gpn, Balakina, Elena A.; Pruzhinskaya, Maria V.; Moskvitin, Alexander S.; Blinnikov, Sergei I.; Wang, Xiaofeng; Xiang, Danfeng; Lin, Han; Rui, Liming; Wang, Huijuan et al., 2021
SN 2017hpa: A Nearby Carbon-rich Type Ia Supernova with a Large Velocity Gradient, Zeng, Xiangyun; Wang, Xiaofeng; Esamdin, Ali; Pellegrino, Craig; Zheng, WeiKang; Zhang, Jujia; Mo, Jun; Li, Wenxiong; Howell, D. Andrew; Filippenko, Alexei V.; Lin, Han; Brink, Thomas G.; Baron, Edward A.; Burke, Jamison; DerKacy, James M.; McCully, Curtis; Hiramatsu, Daichi; Hosseinzadeh, Griffin; Jeffers, Benjamin T.; Ross, Timothy W. Stahl, Benjamin E.; Stegman, Samantha; Valenti, Stefano; Wang, Lifan; Xiang, Danfeng; Zhang, Jicheng; Zhang, Tianmeng et al., 2021
Near-infrared and Optical Observations of Type Ic SN 2020oi and Broad-lined Type Ic SN 2020bvc: Carbon Monoxide, Dust, and High-velocity Supernova Ejecta, Rho, J.; Evans, A.; Geballe, T. R.; Banerjee, D. P. K.; Hoeflich, P.; Shahbandeh, M.; Valenti, S.; Yoon, S. -C.; Jin, H.; Williamson, M.; Modjaz, M.; Hiramatsu, D.; Howell, D. A.; Pellegrino, C.; Vinkó, J.; Cartier, R.; Burke, J.; McCully, C.; An, H.; Cha, H. Pritchard, T.; Wang, X.; Andrews, J.; Galbany, L.; Van Dyk, S.; Graham, M. L.; Blinnikov, S.; Joshi, V.; Pál, A.; Kriskovics, L.; Ordasi, A.; Szakats, R.; Vida, K.; Chen, Z.; Li, X.; Zhang, J.; Yan, S. et al., 2021
Can the Helium-detonation Model Explain the Observed Diversity of Type Ia Supernovae?, Li, Wenxiong; Wang, Xiaofeng; Bulla, Mattia; Pan, Yen-Chen; Wang, Lifan; Mo, Jun; Zhang, Jujia; Wu, Chengyuan; Zhang, Jicheng; Zhang, Tianmeng; Xiang, Danfeng; Lin, Han; Sai, Hanna; Zhang, Xinghan; Chen, Zhihao; Yan, Shengyu et al., 2021
The Tsinghua University-Ma Huateng Telescopes for Survey: Overview and Performance of the System, Zhang, Ji-Cheng; Wang, Xiao-Feng; Mo, Jun; Xi, Gao-Bo; Lin, Jie; Jiang, Xiao-Jun; Zhang, Xiao-Ming; Li, Wen-Xiong; Yan, Sheng-Yu; Chen, Zhi-Hao; Hu, Lei; Li, Xue; Lin, Wei-Li; Lin, Han; Miao, Cheng; Rui, Li-Ming; Sai, Han-Na; Xiang, Dan-Feng; Zhang, Xing-Han; et al., 2020
Optical and Near-infrared Observations of the Nearby SN Ia 2017cbv, Wang, Lingzhi; Contreras, Carlos; Hu, Maokai; Hamuy, Mario A.; Hsiao, Eric Y.; Sand, David J.; Anderson, Joseph P.; Ashall, Chris; Burns, Christopher R.; Chen, Juncheng; Diamond, Tiara R.; Davis, Scott; Förster, Francisco; Galbany, Lluís; González-Gaitán, Santiago; Gromadzki, Mariusz; Hoeflich, Peter; Li, Wenxiong; Marion, G. H.; Morrell, Nidia Pignata, Giuliano; Prieto, Jose L.; Phillips, Mark M.; Shahbandeh, Melissa; Suntzeff, Nicholas B.; Valenti, Stefano; Wang, Lifan; Wang, Xiaofeng; Young, D. R.; Yu, Lixin; Zhang, Jujia et al., 2020
A Unified Accreting Magnetar Model for Long-duration Gamma-Ray Bursts and Some Stripped-envelope Supernovae, Lin, W. L.; Wang, X. F.; Wang, L. J.; Dai, Z. G.; et al, 2020
SN 2018zd: an unusual stellar explosion as part of the diverse Type II Supernova landscape, Zhang, Jujia; Wang, Xiaofeng; József, Vinkó; Zhai, Qian; Zhang, Tianmeng; Filippenko, Alexei V.; Brink, Thomas G.; Zheng, WeiKang; Wyrzykowski, Łukasz; Mikołajczyk, Przemysław; Huang, Fang; Rui, Liming; Mo, Jun; Sai, Hanna; Zhang, Xinhan; Wang, Huijuan; DerKacy, James M.; Baron, Eddie; Sárneczky, K.; Bódi, A. Csörnyei, G.; Hanyecz, O.; Ignácz, B.; Kalup, Cs; Kriskovics, L.; Könyves-Tóth, R.; Ordasi, A.; Pál, A.; Sódor, Á.; Szakáts, R.; Vida, K.; Zsidi, G. et al., 2020
GRANDMA observations of advanced LIGO's and advanced Virgo's third observational campaign, Antier, S.; Agayeva, S.; Aivazyan, V.; Alishov, S.; Arbouch, E.; Baransky, A.; Barynova, K.; Bai, J. M.; Basa, S.; Beradze, S.; Bertin, E.; Berthier, J.; Blažek, M.; Boër, M.; Burkhonov, O.; Burrell, A.; Cailleau, A.; Chabert, B.; Chen, J. C.; Christensen, N. Coleiro, A.; Cordier, B.; Corre, D.; Coughlin, M. W.; Coward, D.; Crisp, H.; Delattre, C.; Dietrich, T.; Ducoin, J. -G.; Duverne, P. -A.; Marchal-Duval, G.; Gendre, B.; Eymar, L.; Fock-Hang, P.; Han, X.; Hello, P.; Howell, E. J.; Inasaridze, R.; Ismailov, N.; Kann, D. A.; Kapanadze, G.; Klotz, A.; Kochiashvili, N.; Lachaud, C.; Leroy, N.; Le Van Su, A.; Lin, W. L.; Li, W. X.; Lognone, P.; Marron, R.; Mo, J.; Moore, J.; Natsvlishvili, R.; Noysena, K.; Perrigault, S.; Peyrot, A.; Samadov, D.; Sadibekova, T.; Simon, A.; Stachie, C.; Teng, J. P.; Thierry, P.; Thöne, C. C.; Tillayev, Y.; Turpin, D.; de Ugarte Postigo, A.; Vachier, F.; Vardosanidze, M.; Vasylenko, V.; Vidadi, Z.; Wang, X. F.; Wang, C. J.; Wei, J.; Yan, S. Y.; Zhang, J. , 2020
The Young and Nearby Normal Type Ia Supernova 2018gv: UV-optical Observations and the Earliest Spectropolarimetry, Yang, Yi; Hoeflich, Peter; Baade, Dietrich; Maund, Justyn R.; Wang, Lifan; Brown, Peter. J.; Stevance, Heloise F.; Arcavi, Iair; Burke, Jamison; Cikota, Aleksandar; Clocchiatti, Alejandro; Gal-Yam, Avishay; Graham, Melissa. L.; Hiramatsu, Daichi; Hosseinzadeh, Griffin; Howell, D. Andrew; Jha, Saurabh W.; McCully, Curtis; Patat, Ferdinando; Sand, David. J. Schulze, Steve; Spyromilio, Jason; Valenti, Stefano; Vinkó, József; Wang, Xiaofeng; Wheeler, J. Craig; Yaron, Ofer; Zhang, Jujia et al., 2020
SN 2018hti: a nearby superluminous supernova discovered in a metal-poor galaxy, Lin, W. L.; Wang, X. F.; Li, W. X.; Zhang, J. J.; Mo, J.; Sai, H. N.; Zhang, X. H.; Filippenko, A. V.; Zheng, W. K.; Brink, T. G.; Baron, E.; DerKacy, J. M.; Ehgamberdiev, S. A.; Mirzaqulov, D.; Li, X.; Zhang, J. C.; Yan, S. Y.; Xi, G. B.; Hsiao, Y.; Zhang, T. M. Wang, L. J.; Liu, L. D.; Xiang, D. F.; Wu, C. Y.; Rui, L. M.; Chen, Z. H. et al., 2020
SN 2019ehk: A Double-peaked Ca-rich Transient with Luminous X-Ray Emission and Shock-ionized Spectral Features, Jacobson-Galán, Wynn V.; Margutti, Raffaella; Kilpatrick, Charles
