清华大学毛淑徳教授访问中国西南天文研究所

Prof. Shude Mao from Tsinghua University visited SWIFAR

2020年7月20至8月5日，清华大学天文系主任毛淑徳教授应邀访问云南大学中国西南天文研究所，并分别于7月22日、24日和29日为研究所及物理与天文学院师生作系列学术讲座。

毛淑德教授研究领域包括星系形成、星系动力学、引力透镜、系外行星搜寻等。此次访问中，他为师生们讲解了微引力透镜和强引力透镜物理机制及其在天文学中的应用，包括系外行星探测、暗物质研究等, 并展望了未来的发展前景。系列讲座使同学们受益匪浅，师生就相关问题与毛淑德教授进行了深入交流。访问期间，毛淑徳教授亦与研究所科研人员就不同科学合作课题展开了讨论。

毛淑德教授简介：

       毛淑德教授于1992年获美国普林斯顿大学天体物理系博士学位。1992年起至1999年先后在美国哈佛-史密松天体物理中心和德国马克斯普朗克天体物理研究所进行博士后研究工作。2000年起受聘于英国曼彻斯特大学，先后任讲师、副教授及教授。2010年至2014年任中国科学院国家天文台研究员和星系宇宙学部主任科学家，2014年10月起任清华大学教授、天体物理中心主任、天文系主任。研究领域为星系形成、星系动力学、引力透镜、系外行星探测等。

 

    From July 20 to August 5, 2020, Prof. Shude Mao from Tsinghua University visited SWIFAR and presented a series of lectures to the students and faculty on the topic of microlensing and strong lensing.

    In the lectures, Prof. Mao first introduced the basic concepts of gravitational lensing and presented important applications of microlensing and strong lensing in astrophysics studies, including searching for exoplanets and probing the nature of dark matter. He also discussed future developments of the field. The lectures stimulated great interests amongst the students, who engaged in extensive discussions with Prof. Mao. During his stay, Prof. Mao also had fruitful discussions with the SWIFAR faculty members on different research topics and potential collaborative projects.  

Brief introduction of Prof. Shude Mao:

    Prof. Shude Mao is now a professor of astrophysics at Tsinghua University. He obtained his PhD degree at Princeton University in 1992 and conducted postdoctoral research at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and the Max-Planck Institute for astrophysics from 1992 to 1999. He was a faculty member of the University of Manchester from 2000 to 2009. In 2010, he returned to China as a research professor at NAOC. Since 2014, he has been a professor of astrophysics at Tsinghua University, and now is the chair of the Department of Astronomy there. Prof. Mao’s research interests include galaxy formation, galactic dynamics, gravitational lensing, and extrasolar planets.