CV
(updated at Apr. 2025)
WORK
May 2022- Now : Assistant researcher at National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC), Beijing, China
Collaborated advisor : Prof. Ran Li
May 2019-Apr. 2022 : Post-doc at Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Peking University (KIAA-PKU), Beijing, China
Collaborated advisor : Prof. Linhua Jiang
EDUCATION
Jul. 2016 – Nov. 2018 : visiting PhD student, the Argelander-Institut für Astronomie, the University of Bonn (AIfA, Uni-Bonn), Bonn, Germany
Supervisor : Prof. Thomas Reiprich
Sep. 2014 – Jan. 2019 : PhD in astrophysics, NAOC, Beijing, China
Supervisor : Prof. Lijun Gou
Sep. 2011 – Jun. 2014 : Master in Astrophysics, NAOC, Beijing, China
Supervisor : Prof. Jinlin Han
Sep. 2007 - Jun. 2011 : Bachelor in applied physics, Shandong University (SDU), Weihai, China
RESEARCH INTEREST
• galaxy, galaxy clusters and cosmology, weak lensing, optical survey, X-ray survey
ACADEMIC SERVICE
• Reviewed for Journal: Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A)
• Reviewed for Chandra observation proposal
RESEARCH FUNDING
• NSFC young scientist program, 300k RMB, PI, 2023-2025, “the identification of very extended galaxy clusters with XMM-COSMOS and CDF-S data”
ACADEMIC PUBLICATION (13 published papers, 146 citations in total)
• As first author:
7. XMM-SERVS X-ray eXtended Galaxy Cluster (XVXGC) catalog (
Xu, W., Jiang L., et al. , 2024, a&a, 691, A300)
6. The Measurement of the Splash-back Radius of Dark Matter Halos (
Xu, W., Shan, H., et al. 2024, apj, 971, 157)
5. Catalog of X-ray-selected extended galaxy clusters from the ROSAT All-Sky Survey (RXGCC) (
Xu, W., et al., 2022, a&a, 658, A59)
4. Halo Mass-Concentration Relation at High-Mass End (
Xu, W., et al. 2021, apj, 922, 162)
3. A New X-ray Selected Sample of Very Extended Galaxy Groups from the ROSAT All-Sky Survey (
Xu, W., Ramos-Ceja, M. E., et al. 2018, a&a, a162, 17)
2. X-ray fluorescent lines from the Compton-thick AGN in M51 (
Xu, W., Liu, Z., et al. 2016,
mnras, 455, L26)
1. An efficient method to identify galaxy clusters by using SuperCOSMOS, 2MASS and WISE data (
Xu, W., Wen, Z., et al. 2014, Science China Physics, Mechanics, and Astronomy, 57, 2168)
• As co-author:
6. Assessing mass-loss and stellar-to-halo mass ratio of satellite galaxies: a galaxy-galaxy lensing approach utilizing DECaLS DR8 data (Wang C., Li R., Shan H.,
Xu W., Yao J., Jing Y., Gao L., et al., 2024, mnras, 528, 2728)
5. MaNGA DynPop - IV. Stacked total density profile of galaxy groups and clusters from combining dynamical models of integral-field stellar kinematics and galaxy-galaxy lensing (Wang C., Li R., Zhu K., Shan H.,
Xu W., Cappellari M., Gao L., et al., 2024, mnras, 527, 1580)
4. Spectroscopic Confirmation of Two X-Ray Diffuse and Massive Galaxy Clusters at Low Redshift (Chen, K.,
Xu, W., & Jiang, L. 2022, apj, 940, 79)
3. Ram Pressure Stripping of HI-rich Galaxies Infalling into Massive Clusters (Wang, J.,
Xu, W., et al. 2020, apj, 903(2):103
2. The clumpy torus around type II AGN as revealed by X-ray fluorescent lines (Liu, J., Liu, Y., […]
Xu, W., et al. 2016, mnras, 459, L100)
1. The Spin of The Black Hole in the X-ray Binary Nova Muscae 1991 (Chen, Z., Gou, L., […]
Xu, W., et al. 2016, apj, 825, 45)
OBSERVATION PROPOSALS
• AstroSat AO-12, 119ksec, ID: A10-065, observed, 2021, PI
• XMM-Newton AO-19, 60ksec, ID:86388, observed, 2019, Co-I
SELECTED TALKS
• “The NAOC workshop of physics of galaxy clusters”, July 2024, 45min talk of “X-ray galaxy clusters with low surface-brightness profile”
• Tsinghua DOA lunch talk, Nov. 2024, 40min talk, “The research of dark matter halo with galaxy-galaxy lensing method”
• Xtalk online seminars, Dec. 2024, 40min talk, “Detection of X-ray extended galaxy clusters with ROSAT and XMM-Newton data”
• The KooGiG-Junior forum (KIAA Forum on Gas in Galaxies for Early Career Scientists), online, Nov. 2021, talk (15min)
• 2020 Jing-Guang-Xia Astrophysics Meeting, Xiamen, Dec. 2020 (10min)
• Annual Meeting of Chinese Astronomical Society, Delingha, Oct. 2019 (15min)
• KIAA lunch talk, Dec. 2018, talk (45min)
• NAOC Seminar, Dec. 2017, talk (45+15 min)
• NJU Seminar, Dec. 2017, talk (45+15 min)
HONORS AND AWARDS
• 2016, National scholarship of China
• 2016, CAS-DAAD scholarship
• 2014/2015, NAOC-AMD scholarship
• Outstanding member of student union at College and Graduate school
• 2010, NAOC Scholarships
• 2009, National Encouragement scholarship
• 2007-2011, First scholarship three times and Second one for four times in SDUW