Huawei Zhang

Professor, Director of Department of Astronomy
Department of Astronomy, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China

Office: KIAA 212
Phone: (+86-10) 62758411
FAX: (+86-10) 62767900
Email: zhanghw[at]pku.edu.cn


Degrees

BS: 1991, Astrophysics, Peking University
MS: 1994, Astrophysics, Peking University
PhD: 2001, Astrophysics, National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Working Experiences

1994 - present, Department of Astronomy, School of Physics, Peking University

Visiting Experiences

11/2002 - 01/2003, Visiting Scientist, University Observatory Munich, University of Munich, Germany
10/2004 - 12/2004, Visiting Scientist, University Observatory Munich, University of Munich, Germany
06/2006 - 07/2006, Visiting Scientist, University Observatory Munich, University of Munich, Germany
07/2007 - 09/2007, Visiting Scientist, University Observatory Munich, University of Munich, Germany


Awards and Honors

2008: Second Prize for National Natural Science Awards of China
2003: Second Prize for Beijing Science and Technology Awards
1996, 2000, 2009, 2010, 2019: Teacher Awards of Peking University
2012: Society Work Award of Beijing Astronomical Society
2015: Excellent advisor for students organizations of Peking University (Youth Astronomy Society)
2021: The first prize of teaching achievement award of Peking University
2022: Teaching Excellence Award of Peking University

Teaching

Observational Astrophysics I: Optical and Infrared (Autumn)
Seminar for Astrophysics (Spring)


Research Interests

Stellar Chemical Abundance
NLTE Abundance Analysis
Galactic Archaeology
Galactic Structure and Chemical Evolution
Star Formation


Selected Papers:

1. Zhang, H.W., Zhao, G., Chemical abundance of very metal-poor stars, 2005, MNRAS, 364, 712
2. Zhang, H.W., Zhao, G., Chemical abundance of 32 mildly metal-poor stars, 2006, A&A, 449, 127
3. Zhang, H.W., Butler, K., Gehren, T., Shi, J.R., Zhao, G., Non-LTE analysis of the solar potassium abundance, 2006, A&A, 453, 723
4. Zhang, H.W., Gehren, T., Butler, K., Shi, J.R., Zhao, G., Potassium abundance in nearby metal-poor stars, 2006, A&A, 457, 645
5. Zhang, H.W., Gehren, T., Zhao, G., A non-local thermodynamic equilibrum study of scandium in the Sun, 2008, A&A, 481, 489
6. Liu, T., Zhang, H.W., Wu, Y.F., et al, Evolution of the Dust/Gas Environment around Herbig Ae/Be Stars, 2011, ApJ, 734, 22
7. Gao, H., Zhang, H.W.,, Xiang, M.S., et al., Validation of LAMOST stellar parameters with the PASTEL catalog, 2015, RAA, 15, 220
8. Huang, Y., Liu, X.W., Zhang, H.W., et al., Discovery of Two New Hypervelocity Stars from the LAMOST Spectroscopic Surveys, 2017, ApJ, 847, L9
9. Huang, Y., Chen, B.Q., Zhang, H.W., et al., Member Stars of the GD-1 Tidal Stream from the SDSS, LAMOST, and Gaia Surveys, 2019, ApJ, 877, 13
10. Huang, Y., Zhang, H.W., Wang, C., et al., A New Luminous Blue Variable in the Outskirts of the Andromeda Galaxy, 2019, ApJL, 884, L7
11. Liu, G.C., Huang, Y., Zhang, H.W., et al., Probing the Galactic Halo with RR Lyrae Stars. I. The Catalog, 2020, ApJS, 247, 68
12. Huang, Y., Schonrich, Ralph,Zhang, Huawei, et al., Mapping the Galactic Disk with the LAMOST and Gaia Red Clump Sample. I. Precise Distances, Masses, Ages, and 3D Velocities of ~140,000 Red Clump Stars, 2020, ApJS, 249, 29
13. Huang, Y., Qingzheng, Li, Zhang, H.W., et al., Discovery of a Candidate Hypervelocity Star Originating from the Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy, 2021, ApJL, 907, 42
14. Ren,F.Z., Chen, X.D., Zhang, H.W., et al., Gaia EDR3 Parallax Zero-point Offset Based on W Ursae Majoris-type Eclipsing Binaries, 2021, ApJL, 911, L20
15. Wang, F., Zhang, H.W., Huang, Y., et al., Local stellar kinematics and Oort constants from the LAMOST A-type stars, 2021, MNRAS, 504, 199
16. Ren, F.Z., de Grijs, R., Zhang, H.W., et al., Eclipsing Binary Populations across the Northern Galactic Plane from the KISOGP Survey, 2021, AJ, 161, 176
17. Zhang, M., Xiang, M.S., Zhang, H.W., et al., Most "Young" alpha-rich Stars Have High Masses but are Actually Old, 2021, ApJ, 922, 145
18. Zhou, Y.T., Wang, C.,Yan, H.L., Huang, Y., Zhang, B., Ting, Y.S., Zhang, H.W., Shi, J.R., Li-rich Giants in LAMOST Survey. III. The Statistical Analysis of Li-rich Giants, 2022, ApJ, 931, 136
19. Wang, F., Zhang, H.W., Xue, X.X., et al., Probing the Galactic halo with RR Lyrae stars - II. The substructures of the Milky Way, 2022, MNRAS, 513, 1958
20. Zhang, S., Zhang, H.W., Comte, C., et al., M Subdwarf Research. III. Spectroscopic Diagnostics for Breaking Parameter Degeneracy, 2023, ApJ, 942, 40
21. Shi, F.F., Zhang, H.W., Fu, J.N., et al., An Ap Star Catalog Based on LAMOST DR9, 2023, ApJ, 943, 147
22. Zhang, M., Xiang, M.S., Zhang, H.W., et al., Ba-enhanced dwarf and subgiant stars in the LAMOST Galactic surveys, 2023, ApJ, 946, 110
23. Chen, H.L., Huang, Y., Zhu, W.,..., Zhang, H.W., The Kinematic and Chemical Properties of the Close-in Planet Host Star 8 UMi, 2024, ApJL, 966, L27
24. Huang, Y., Feng, Q.K., Khachaturyants, T., Zhang, H.W., et al., A retrograde precessing Galactic disk warp reveals a slightly oblate dark matter halo, 2024, Nature Astronomy, 8, 1294
25. Shi, F.F., Zhang, H.W., Hurbig, S., et al., Magnetic field of the roAp star KIC 10685175: Observations versus theory, 2024, A&A, 691, 272
26. Sun, S.L., Wang, F., Zhang, H.W., et al., Identifying Galactic Substructures in 5D Space Using All-sky RR Lyrae Stars in Gaia DR3, 2025, ApJ, 979, 213
27. Huang, Y., Li, Q.Z., Liu, J.F., Dong, X.B., Zhang, H.W., Lu, Y.J., Du, C.H., A high-velocity star recently ejected by an intermediate-mass black hole in M15, 2025, NSR, 12, nwae347

Complete list of my papers in ADS

Complete list of my papers in Research Gate