General
Shude Mao
Email: smao@nao.cas.cn
Tel: +86-10-64806084 Fax: +86-10-64806237
Address: National Astronomical Observatories , Chinese Academic of Sciences , A20 Datun Rd, Chaoyang District , Beijing 100012, P. R. China
Website: info.bao.ac.cn/sdm/
www.jb.man.ac.uk/~smao/
Email: smao@nao.cas.cn
Tel: +86-10-64806084 Fax: +86-10-64806237
Address: National Astronomical Observatories , Chinese Academic of Sciences , A20 Datun Rd, Chaoyang District , Beijing 100012, P. R. China
Website: info.bao.ac.cn/sdm/
www.jb.man.ac.uk/~smao/
Research Areas
The research of Prof. Shude Mao spans a diverse range from planet hunting tocosmology, with particular interests in galaxy formation, gravitational lensing and dynamics, near-field cosmology.
Education
October 1992
PhD in Astrophysics, Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University
June1988
BScinPhysics, University of Science and Technology of China
Experience
October 2010 – present
Full professor of Astrophysics
National Astronomical Observatory of China
August 2006 – present
Full professor of Astrophysics
Univ. of Manchester, Manchester, UK
October 2002 – July 2006
Reader in Astrophysics
Univ. of Manchester, Manchester, UK
January 2000 – September 2002
Lecturer in Astrophysics
Max-Planck-Institute for Astrophysics ,Garching, Germany
September 1995 – December 1999
Long-term Postdoctoral Fellow
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Cambridge, MA
September 1992 – August 1995
Harvard-Smithsonian Postdoctoral Fellow
Princeton University Princeton, NJ
September 1988 – August 1992
Graduate Research Assistant
University of Science and Technology of China Hefei, Anhui
September 1987 – June 1988
Research Assistant in high temperature superconductivity
Professional society:
International Astronomical Union
Royal Astronomical Society
Full professor of Astrophysics
National Astronomical Observatory of China
August 2006 – present
Full professor of Astrophysics
Univ. of Manchester, Manchester, UK
October 2002 – July 2006
Reader in Astrophysics
Univ. of Manchester, Manchester, UK
January 2000 – September 2002
Lecturer in Astrophysics
Max-Planck-Institute for Astrophysics ,Garching, Germany
September 1995 – December 1999
Long-term Postdoctoral Fellow
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Cambridge, MA
September 1992 – August 1995
Harvard-Smithsonian Postdoctoral Fellow
Princeton University Princeton, NJ
September 1988 – August 1992
Graduate Research Assistant
University of Science and Technology of China Hefei, Anhui
September 1987 – June 1988
Research Assistant in high temperature superconductivity
Professional society:
International Astronomical Union
Royal Astronomical Society
Honors & Distinctions
Prof. Shude Mao has made important contributions to galaxy formation, gravitational lensing and exoplanet search with gravitational microlensing. He won the Bessel Research Award in 2007, which is in recognition of his outstanding research record, from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, and has held visiting professor positions at Princeton, Cambridge and the Max-Planck Institute for Astrophysics in Germany. He has published over 140 papers, amassing more than 5,000 citations.
Publications
Selected publications
A distortion of very-high-redshift galaxy number counts by gravitational lensing
Wyithe, J.; Stuart B.; Yan, Haojing; Windhorst, Rogier A.; Mao, Shude, 2011,Nature, 469, 181-184
Substructure lensing: effects of galaxies, globular clusters and satellite streams, Xu, D. D.; Mao, Shude; Cooper, Andrew P.; Wang, Jie; Gao, Liang; Frenk, Carlos S.; Springel, V., 2010, MNRAS, 408, 1721-1729.
Effects of Dark Matter Substructures on Gravitational Lensing: Results from the Aquarius Simulations
Xu, D. D., Mao, S., Wang, J., Springel, V., Gao, L., White, S. D. M., Frenk, C. S., Jenkins, A., Li, G. L., Navarro, J. F. 2009, MNRAS,398, 1235-1253
Anomalous Flux Ratios in Gravitational Lenses: For or against Cold Dark Matter?
Mao, S., Jing, Y. P., Ostriker, J. P., Weller, J. 2004, ApJ, 604, 5
Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment. OGLE-1999-BUL-32: the Longest Ever Microlensing Event -- Evidence for a Stellar Mass Black Hole?,
Mao, S., Smith M.C., Wozniak P., Udalski, A., et al. 2002, MNRAS, 329, 349
The Influence of Central Black Holes on Gravitational Lenses
Mao, S., Witt, H.J., Koopmans L.V.E. 2001, MNRAS, 323, 301
Evidence for substructure in lens galaxies?
Mao, S., & Schneider, P. 1998, MNRAS, 295, 587
The Formation of Galactic Disks
Mo, H.J., Mao, S., & White, S.D.M. 1998, MNRAS, 295, 319
On the Cosmological Model of Gamma-Ray Bursts
Mao, S., & Paczynski, B. 1992, ApJ, 339, L1.
Gravitational Microlensing by Double Stars and Planetary Systems
Mao, S., & Paczynski, B. 1991, ApJ, 374, L37
A distortion of very-high-redshift galaxy number counts by gravitational lensing
Wyithe, J.; Stuart B.; Yan, Haojing; Windhorst, Rogier A.; Mao, Shude, 2011,Nature, 469, 181-184
Substructure lensing: effects of galaxies, globular clusters and satellite streams, Xu, D. D.; Mao, Shude; Cooper, Andrew P.; Wang, Jie; Gao, Liang; Frenk, Carlos S.; Springel, V., 2010, MNRAS, 408, 1721-1729.
Effects of Dark Matter Substructures on Gravitational Lensing: Results from the Aquarius Simulations
Xu, D. D., Mao, S., Wang, J., Springel, V., Gao, L., White, S. D. M., Frenk, C. S., Jenkins, A., Li, G. L., Navarro, J. F. 2009, MNRAS,398, 1235-1253
Anomalous Flux Ratios in Gravitational Lenses: For or against Cold Dark Matter?
Mao, S., Jing, Y. P., Ostriker, J. P., Weller, J. 2004, ApJ, 604, 5
Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment. OGLE-1999-BUL-32: the Longest Ever Microlensing Event -- Evidence for a Stellar Mass Black Hole?,
Mao, S., Smith M.C., Wozniak P., Udalski, A., et al. 2002, MNRAS, 329, 349
The Influence of Central Black Holes on Gravitational Lenses
Mao, S., Witt, H.J., Koopmans L.V.E. 2001, MNRAS, 323, 301
Evidence for substructure in lens galaxies?
Mao, S., & Schneider, P. 1998, MNRAS, 295, 587
The Formation of Galactic Disks
Mo, H.J., Mao, S., & White, S.D.M. 1998, MNRAS, 295, 319
On the Cosmological Model of Gamma-Ray Bursts
Mao, S., & Paczynski, B. 1992, ApJ, 339, L1.
Gravitational Microlensing by Double Stars and Planetary Systems
Mao, S., & Paczynski, B. 1991, ApJ, 374, L37