Wenjin Yang (杨文锦)

I am now a postdoc in the Nanjing University.
I mainly work on astronomical masers in star formation regions, evolved stars and supernova remnants.

Education

Ph.D., Astrophysics
Thesis: Observational studies of class I methanol masers

2010/09 – 2014/06, Wuhan University
Bachelor, Geographical Information System (GIS)

Employment

2023/09 – present, Nanjing Univeristy, Nanjing, China
Postdoc Researcher

2020/11 – 2023/06, Max Planck Institut für Radioastronomie, Bonn, Germany
Postdoc Researcher
2023/03 - 2023/06, postdoc position of SOFIA/GREAT
2023/07 - 2025/10, guest of Menten's group

Interests
◆ Astronomical masers
◆ Supernova remnants
◆ Circumstellar envelop of AGB stars
◆ Star formation
◆ Kinematics and dynamics of interstellar medium
Selected presentations

◆ 2024.02 [talk] The second Cross-Strait Workshop on Radio Astronomy, Shanghai, China, "Methanol masers and absorption features in massive star formation regions"
◆ 2023.10 [talk] Group meeting of Millimeter and Submillimeter Astronomy in MPIfR, Bonn, Germany, "Maser Investigation toward Off-Plane Stars (MIOPS): detection of SiO masers in the Galactic thick disk and halo"
◆ 2023.06 [talk] Nanjing University, China, "Masers in star formation regions and evolved stars"
◆ 2023.03 [poster+flash talk] IAU 380 Cosmic Masers, Kagoshima, Japan, "ATLASGAL: Methanol masers at 3 mm"
◆ 2022.06 [poster] The MPIfR's Scientific Advisory Committee (Fachbeirat), Bonn, Germany, "Probing infall in high-mass star-forming regions from red-shifted absorption of CH3OH and HNCO"
◆ 2021.11 [invited-talk (on-line)] Guangzhou University, China, "How to use RADEX code"