Research：
Galaxy formation and evolution
Cosmology and large scale structure
Galactic dynamics and our Milky Way
Galaxy groups and clusters
Weak gravitational lensing

Bio：
2020：Researcher, Shanghai Jiaotong University
2017-2019: Project Researcher, Kavli IPMU, the University of Tokyo
2013-2016：Postdoc, Institute for Computational Cosmology, Durham University
2013：Ph.D. in Astrophysics, Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, CAS
2007： B.Sc. in Astronomy, Nanjing University

Award：
Durham Junior Research Fellowship

Excellent Young Scientists Fund

Research Interests：
Under the standard theory of structure formation in our Universe, galaxies form in the center of dark matter haloes. Smaller haloes, together with the galaxies they host, can merge with larger dark matter haloes and become the so-called substructures and satellite galaxies. These satellites, orbiting around the central massive galaxy, would gradually lose their stellar material, which form the so-called stellar streams and stellar halos around central galaxies. Under this picture, my research combines both observational data and numerical simulations. By large sample statistics, survey imaging data processing and efficient numerical computation, my research focuses on galaxy formation and evolution, galaxy-halo connection and our own Milky Way Galaxy. I compare observational facts against theoretical predictions. The more detailed content of my research involves: small satellite galaxies and near field cosmology, the connection between satellites and central galaxies, central galaxy- host dark matter halo connection, extended and faint stellar halos of centrals, weak gravitational lensing measurements, dynamical modelling of Galactic halos, Milky Way mass measurement and measuring the proper motion of stars in our Milky Way.

Recent publications:

1. Zhang, Y., Wang, W., Han, J., 2023, Using two point correlation functions to understand the assembly histories of Milky Way-like galaxies, submitted to ApJ

2. Wang, W., Zhu, L., Jing, Y.P., 2023, Unraveling the Complexity of Dwarf Galaxy Dynamics: A Study of Binary Orbital Motions, ApJ, 956, 91

3. Alonso, P., Wang, W., Zhang, J., 2023, Dark against Luminous Matter around Isolated Central Galaxies: A Comparative Study between Modern Surveys and IllustrisTNG, ApJ, 947, 19

4. Wang, W., Zhu, L., Li, Z., et al., 2022, Is the Core-cusp Problem a Matter of Perspective? Jeans Anisotropic Modeling against Numerical Simulations, ApJ, 941, 108

5. Shi, R., Wang, W., Li, Z., et al., 2022, A machine learning approach to infer the accreted stellar mass fractions of central galaxies in the TNG100 simulation, MNRAS, 515, 3938

6. Wang, W., Li, X., Shi, J., et al., 2021, The stellar mass in and around isolated central galaxies: connections to the total mass distribution through galaxy-galaxy lensing in the Hyper Suprime-Cam survey, ApJ, 919, 25

7. Qiu, T., Wang, W., Takada, M., et al., 2021, Proper motion measurements for stars up to 100 kpc with Subaru HSC and SDSS Stripe 82, MNRAS, 501, 5149

8. Wang, W., Takada, M., Li, X., et al., 2020, A comparative study of satellite galaxies in Milky Way-like galaxies from HSC, DECaLS and SDSS, MNRAS, 500, 3776

9. Wang, W., Han, J.，Cautun, M., et al., 2020, The mass of our Milky Way, invited review by SCPMA

10. Wang, W., Han, J., Sonnenfeld, A., et al., 2019, The stellar halo of isolated central galaxies in the Hyper Suprime-Cam imaging survey, MNRAS, 487, 1580

11. Wang, W., Han, J., Cole, S., et al., 2018, What to expect from dynamical modelling of galactic haloes - II. The spherical Jeans equation,MNRAS, 476, 5669

12. Wang, W., Han, J., Cole, S., et al., 2017, What to expect from dynamical modelling of galactic haloes, MNRAS, 470, 2351

13. Wang, W., White, S., Mandelbaum, R., et al., 2016, A weak gravitational lensing recalibration of the scaling relations linking the gas properties of dark haloes to their mass, MNRAS, 456, 2301

14. Wang, W., Han, J., Cooper, A.Pl., et al., 2015, Estimating the dark matter halo mass of our Milky Way using dynamical tracers, MNRAS, 453, 377

15. Lowing, B., Wang, W., Cooper, A.P., et al., 2015, Creating mock catalogues of stellar haloes from cosmological simulations, MNRAS, 446, 2274

16. Cautun, M., Wang, W., Frenk, C.S., et al., 2015, A new spin on discs of satellite galaxies, MNRAS, 449, 2576

17. Wang, W., Sales, L.V., Henriques, B., 2014, Satellite abundances around bright isolated galaxies - II. Radial distribution and environmental effects, MNRAS, 442, 1363

18. Wang, W., White, S., 2012, Satellite abundances around bright isolated galaxies, MNRAS, 424, 2574

19. Wang, W., Jing, Y.P., Li, C., et al., 2011, Galaxy Clustering and Projected Density Profiles as Traced by Satellites in Photometric Surveys: Methodology and Luminosity Dependence, ApJ, 734, 88