Research Interests:

 Galaxy Formation

 Numerical Simulations

 Cosmology

 Milky Way and Galactic Dynamics

Biographical Sketch:

Prof. Jing received his Ph.D. in Astrophysics from Int. Sch. Advanced Studies (SISAA) of Italy in 1992. From 1993 to 2000, he worked in University of Arizona, Max Planck Institute, Tokyo University as a research scholar in Astrophysics. Prof. Jing joined the faculty of Shanghai Astronomical Observatory in 1998, and the faculty of Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2012. He is the inaugural director of Center of Astronomy and Astrophysics in Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

Selected Publications: 

• 1.Li, C., Y.P.Jing, S.Mao, J.Han, Q.Peng, X.Yang, H.J.Mo, and F.van den Bosch, (2012), Internal Kinematics of Groups of Galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 7, The Astrophysical Journal, 758, 50 

• 2.Jiang, C., Y.Jing, and C.Li, (2012), The distribution of faint satellites around central galaxies in the CFHT Legacy Survey, ArXiv e-prints, arXiv:1209.5930; ApJ in press

• 3.Zhao, G., Y.-H.Zhao, Y.-Q.Chu, Y.-P.Jing, and L.-C.Deng, (2012), LAMOST spectral survey-- An overview, Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 12, 723-734 

• 4.Li, C., and 10 colleagues, (2012),  Autocorrelations of stellar light and mass at z~0 and ~1: from SDSS to DEEP2, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 419, 1557-1565 

• 5.Wang, W., Y.P.Jing, C.Li, T.Okumura, and J.Han, (2011), Galaxy Clustering and Projected Density Profiles as Traced by Satellites in Photometric Surveys: Methodology and Luminosity Dependence, The Astrophysical Journal, 734, 88