2021: Rsearch Professor (Shanghai Jiaotong University, Astronomy Department)

2020: Associate Rsearch Professor (Shanghai Jiaotong University, Astronomy Department)

2017-2019: Postdoc (Kavli IPMU, Tokyo University)

2013-2016: Postdoc (ICC, Durham University)

2013: Ph.D., Shanghai Astronomical Observatory

2007: Bachelor degree, Nanjing University

My research interests are associated but not just limited to galactic dynamics, dynamical modeling of Milky Way and dwarf galaxies, galaxy formation and evolution, large scale structure and cosmology.

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

General Program Funding of NSFC (2023)

the National Science Fund for Excellent Young Scholars (2021)    

Durham Junior Research Fellowship (2013-2016)