Phone (852) 39436362
Email rbyan(at)cuhk.edu.hk
Office Room 344, 3/F, Science Centre North Block
Education:PhD in Astrophysics, University of California, Berkeley (2007)
MA in Astrophysics, University of California, Berkeley (2003)
BSc in Physic, Peking University (2001)
Position:2021-now: Associate Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
2018-2021: Associate Professor, University of Kentucky
2012-2018: Assistant Professor, University of Kentucky
2010-2012: Assistant Research Scientist, New York University
2007-2010: Ontario Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Toronto
Research Interest:Astronomical Instrumentation
Interstellar Medium
Galaxy Evolution
Honours and Awards:Ontario Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2007
Selected Recent Publications:"The Prototype Telescope and Spectrograph System for the AMASE Project
Constraining the Photoionization Models With a Reprojected Optical Diagnostic Diagram
Upper boundaries of active galactic nucleus regions in optical diagnostic diagrams
SDSS-IV MaStar: A Large and Comprehensive Empirical Stellar Spectral Library
Shocks or Photoionization: Direct Temperature Measurements of the Low-Ionization Gas In Quiescent Galaxies
Nitrogen-to-Oxygen Abundance Ratio Variation In Quiescent Galaxies
Recovering stellar population parameters via two full-spectrum fitting algorithms in the absence of model uncertainties
Inside-out growth or inside-out quenching? Clues from colour gradients of local galaxies
SDSS-IV MaNGA: the Impact of Diffuse Ionized Gas on Emission-line Ratios, Interpretation of Diagnostic Diagrams, and Gas Metallicity Measurements
Quenching time scale and quenching rate of galaxies
SDSS-IV MaNGA: SDSS-IV MaNGA IFS Galaxy Survey --- Survey Design, Execution, and Initial Data Quality
The Data Reduction Pipeline for the SDSS-IV MaNGA IFU Galaxy Survey
SDSS-IV/MaNGA: Spectrophotometric Calibration Technique
Observing Strategy for the SDSS-IV/MaNGA IFU Galaxy Survey
The MaNGA Integral Field Unit Fiber Feed System for the Sloan 2.5m Telescope
Overview of the SDSS-IV MaNGA Survey: Mapping Nearby Galaxies at Apache Point Observatory
The Nature of LINER-like Emission in Red Galaxies", Astrophys. J., 747, 61 (2012)
