Xue-Bing Wu

Professor of Astrophysics & Department Chair,
Department of Astronomy, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
Associate Director,
Kavli Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics

Office: Room 2903S, No. 2 Science Building / KIAA 209
Phone: (+86-10) 62758635/62765998; FAX: (+86-10) 62765031/62767900
Email: wuxb[et]pku.edu.cn

Teaching

Undergraduate course: Frontiers of Astrophysics (Spring, before 2010), Fundamental Astronomy (Spring, after 2013)
Postgraduate courses: Active Galactic Nuclei (Spring, before 2019); Radiative Processes in Astrophysics (Autumn,before 2013)

Research Interests

Accretion disks; Black hole physics; LAMOST extragalactic survey; Quasars and active galactic nuclei; X-ray binaries

Research Assistants in My Group

Present stars (you are welcome to join us!):
Postdoc: Su Yao (2017-); Ravi Joshi (2017-)
Postgraduates:  Xiaotong Feng (2016-), Yuming Fu (2016-), Qinchun Ma (2015-)
Undergraduate: Bohan Yue (2018-), Fangwen Li (2018-), Xiao Wei (2018-)
LAMOST Postdoctoral Fellowship advertisement

Former stars and their current positions:
Postdocs: Xiaoyi Dong (2014-2016), Yanli Ai (2012-2014, postdoc at Zhongshan Univ.); Chengliang Jiao (2009-2011, postdoc at KASI, Korea); Zhaoyu Chen (2009-2011, postdoc at NAOC)
Postgraduates: Qian Yang (2012-2018,PhD;UIUC postdoc), Jinyi Yang (2011-2017,PhD,UArizona postdoc), Feige Wang (2012-2017,PhD, UCSB postdoc), Wenwen Zuo (2009-2014, PhD; Staff at SHAO), Zhaoyu Li (2006-2011, PhD; Faculty at SHAO), Zhendong Jia (2008-2011, MSc; Google Shanghai), Ran Wang (2004-2009, PhD; Faculty at KIAA-PKU), Lei Qian (2004-2009, PhD; NAOC faculty), Bingxiao Xu (2003-2007, Msc; PhD student in Johns Hopkins U.), Fan Zhang (2003-2005, MSc.), Rui Chen & Tianzhi Zhang (2001-2003, industry)
Jointly Supervised Postgraduates in Other Institutes: Weimin Yi (2015, PhD of Yunnan Observatory), Ligang Hou (2012, PhD of NAOC), Minzhi Kong (2006, PhD of NAOC, Associate professor in Hebei Normal U.)
Undergraduates: Zhenzi He (2017-2018), Bingquan Wang (2017-2018), Ziqi He (2016-2018), Haowen Zhang (2016-2017), Siwei Huang (2016-2017), Haoran Wang (2016-2017), Zefeng Li (2015-2017), Chen Zhang (2014-2015), Qitong Chen (2013-2015), Minghao Yue (2014-2015), Heng Xu (2014-2015), Wenzhuo Huang (2014-2015), Fengyang Jiang (2014-2015), Tianyu He (2014-2016), Shu Wang (2013-2014, PKU), Mengtao Tang (2013-2014, Arizona), Datao Wang (2013-2014, Tsinghua), Jianqun Luo (2012-2013,PKU-Shenzhen), Rui Guo (2012-2013,NAOC), Yifei Jin (2011-2012,Tsinghua), Zhan Bai (2011-2012,PKU), Zhihua Liu (2011-2012,BNU), Guoqiang Hao (2010-2011,PKU), Xiaping Tang (2008-2009, U. Virginia), Jing Luan (2007-2008, Caltech), Jie Zhou (2006-2007, NAOC), Chaolun Wu (2004-2006, U. Virginia), Qi Hu (2004-2006, U. Colorado), Yongzhe Gui (2005-2006, PKU), Sheng Chen & Jinwu Qi (2004-2005, NAOC), Wei Zhang (2002-2003, U. Washington St. Louis), Shaokun Yang (2001-2002, industry)
Visitor: Weiwei Na (2018-2019), Jie Tang (2010-2011)

Publications (>150):
An imcomplete list of my papers in ADS

News Media Coverages:

My Recent Talks (incomplete):
2012-2015

Degrees

B.Sc., 1986, Physics, Central China Normal Univ.
M.Sc., 1989, Astrophysics, Central China Normal Univ.
Ph.D., 1996, Astrophysics, Beijing Astronomical Observatory(now NAOC), Chinese Academy of Sciences

Working Experiences

1989-1993, Teaching Assistant, Lecturer, Dept. of Physics, Central China Normal Univ.
1996-1998, Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
1998-2000, Research Associate, Beijing Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2000-2001, Associate Professor, Department of Astronomy, Peking University
2001-present, Professor (as Department Chair in 2011-2014 and Deputy Chair in 2003-2011), Department of Astronomy, Peking University

Visiting Experiences

10/1995-01/1996, Research Assistant, Dept. of Physics, The University of Hong Kong, China
04/1997-07/1997, Visiting Scientist, Max-Plank Institut fuer Extraterrestriche Physik, Germany
07/1097-08/1997, Visiting Scientist, Max-Plank Institut fuer Astrophysik, Germany
01/1999-07/1999, Visiting Scientist, Dept. of Physics, University of Alabama in Huntsville, USA
08/1999-12/2000, Visiting Scientist, Max-Plank Institut fuer Astrophysik, Germany
04/2004-05/2004, Visiting Scientist, Academic Sinica, Institute of Astronomy & Astrophysics, Taipei
05/2005-06/2005, Visiting Scientist, Dept. of Physics, Purdue University, USA
02/2011-05/2011, Senior Visiting Fellow, Dept. of Astronomy/Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, USA

Professional Memberships and Services

Awards and Honors

Astronomy & Astrophysics links

Some nice introductions of Neutron Stars , Black Holes, and Active Galactic Nuclei
Want to visit a black hole and read my article on it (in chinese)? Go with me!!