Time Domain Astronomy
High Energy Astrophysics (gamma-ray bursts, pulsars, etc.)

• Ph.D. in Astronomy September 2000 – June 2005
Department of Astronomy, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.
Supervisor: Professor Zigao Dai. 
Thesis title: Gamma-ray bursts and afterglows: jets, environments and radiation mechanisms 

• B.S. in Physics September 1996 – July 2000
Department of Intensive Instruction for Most Talented Youth, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.

   

• Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, Eberly College of Science,
Pennsylvania State University May 1, 2015 – July 31, 2015
Senior Visiting Scholar by Chinese Academy of Sciences (Host: CAS Einstein
Professor Peter Meszaros)

• Purple Mountain Observatory, May 2011 – April 2014
“Bairen” (One-Hundred Talents) Research Professor, Chinese Academy of Sciences 

• Purple Mountain Observatory, June 2005 – April 2011
Associate Research Professor 

• Joint Center for Particles, Nuclear Physics and Cosmology of Nanjing University and Purple Mountain Observatory, January 2006 – present
Member 

• Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, April 2010 – March 2011
Postdoctoral Research Associate (advisor: Prof. Bing Zhang) 

• Astronomy & Astrophysics Department, Eberly College of Science, Pennsylvania State University, April 2009 – March 2010
Visiting Postdoc Scholar (advisor: Prof. Peter Meszaros) 

• Astronomy & Astrophysics Department, Eberly College of Science, Pennsylvania State University, February 2008 –March 2009
Research Associate (advisor: Prof. Peter Meszaros) 

• Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy, California Institute of Technology, December 2006 – December 2007
Visitor in Astronomy (advisor: Prof. Re’em Sari) 

• Purple Mountain Observatory, June 2005 – June 2007
Postdoc (advisor: Prof. Tan Lu)

• Journal Club (with Li Ji, Shijun Lei, & Shuinai Zhang): graduate course,
Purple Mountain Observatory, Fall 2013 

• Introduction to Astrophysics: undergraduate course, 
School of Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Fall 2013 (September 17, October 17) 

• Lectures on Modern Astronomy: one talk delivered in the undergraduate course, 
School of Astronomy and Space Science, Nanjing University, Fall 2012
 
• Space Science and High Energy Astrophysics (with Siming Liu, Li Ji and Yizhong Fan): undergraduate course, 
Department of Astronomy, University of Science and Technology of China, Summer 2012 

• High Energy Astrophysics (with Yizhong Fan): graduate course, 
School of Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Fall 2011 

• Lectures on Modern Astronomy: one talk delivered in the undergraduate course, 
School of Astronomy and Space Science, Nanjing University, Fall 2011 

• Fundamental Astrophysics (Astro 502): graduate course, 
Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Penn State University, Fall 2008 (TA of Prof. Peter Meszaros) 

• Gamma-Ray Bursts: graduate course, 
Department of Physics, Nanjing University, Spring 2006

• Special Funding for National Excellent Young Scientist
September 2013
National Science Funding of China 

• IAU Member 
September 2012
International Astronomical Union 

• Member of Youth Innovation Promotion Association 
May 2011
Chinese Academy of Sciences 

• “Purple Mountain Observatory Research Achievement on Gamma-Ray Bursts in the Swift and Fermi Era” (PI) selected in “2009 China’s Top 10 Scientific and Technological Progress in Astronomy”
March 2010
National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences
 
• Member of Chinese Astronomical Society
November 2009
Chinese Astronomical Society

• The Outstanding Paper Award for Young Scientists 
July 2008
The Committee on Space Research, COSPAR 

• National Excellent Doctoral Dissertation of China 
July 2007
Ministry of Education and Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council of P. R. China 

• Excellent Doctoral Dissertation of Jiangsu Province 
August 2006
Education Department of Jiangsu Province 

• Excellent Doctoral Dissertation of Nanjing University 
June 2006
Nanjing University 

• K. C.Wong Postdoc Award 
December 2005
K. C. Wong Education Foundation, Hong Kong 

• Chinese Academy of Sciences Fellowship 
March 2005
Chinese Academy of Sciences 

• Outstanding Graduate Student 
June 2002, April 2004, April 2005
Nanjing University 

• Liu Yong-Ling Fellowship 
November 2003
Nanjing University 

• Excellent PhD Student Fellowship 
September 2001 – June 2002
Nanjing University 

• Dai Wen-Sai Fellowship 
September 2000 – June 2001
Department of Astronomy, Nanjing University 

• Outstanding Graduate of Nanjing University 
June 2000
Nanjing University 

• People’s Fellowship 
1996 – 1997, 1997 – 1998, 1998 – 1999
Nanjing University 

• 2nd Prize of National Chemistry Olympic Competition of Jiangsu Province 
1995
Chinese Chemical Society 

• 2nd and 3rd Prizes of National Physics Olympic Competition of Jiangsu Province 
1994, 1995
Chinese Physical Society 

• 2nd Prize of National JuniorMiddle SchoolMathematics League Tournament
1993
Chinese Mathematical Society

   

Refereed Journal Papers:

1. "High energy emission from gamma-ray bursts”
   Zhang, B., & Wu, X. F., 2015, Scientia Sinica Physica, Mechanica & Astronomica (Chinese), accepted
2. “Utilizing the updated gamma-ray bursts and Type Ia supernovae to constrain the Cardassian expansion model and dark energy”
   Wei, J. J., Ma, Q. B., & Wu, X. F., 2015, Advances in Astronomy accepted (arXiv:1504.02308)
3. “A unified energy-reservoir model containing contributions from 56Ni and neutron stars and its implication for luminous Type Ic supernovae”
   Wang, S. Q., Wang, L. J., Dai, Z. G., & Wu, X. F., 2015, ApJ, 807, 147 (arXiv:1504.04704)
4. “GRB 080503 late afterglow re-brightening: signature of a magnetar powered merger-nova”
   Gao, H., Ding, X., Wu, X. F., Dai, Z. G., & Zhang, B., 2015, ApJ, 807, 163 (arXiv:1506.06816)
   
5. “Constraints on the bulk Lorentz factors of GRB X-ray flares”
   Yi, S. X.,Wu, X. F.,Wang, F. Y., & Dai, Z. G., 2015, ApJ, 807, 92 (arXiv:1505.04233)
   
6. “The age-redshift relationship of old passive galaxies”
   Wei, J. J., Wu, X. F., Melia, F., Wang, F. Y., & Yu, H., 2015, AJ, 150, 35 (arXiv:1505.07671)
   
7. “Research developments in Li-Paczy`nski novae (I): theoretical aspect”
   Wang, S. Q., Dai, Z. G., &Wu, X. F., 2015, Progress in Astronomy (Chinese), 33, 205
   
8. “Radio afterglows and host galaxies of gamma-ray bursts”
   Li, L. B., Zhang, Z. B., Huang, Y. F., Wu, X. F., Kong, S. W., Li, D., Chang, H. Y., & Choi, C. S., 2015, MNRAS, 451, 1815 (arXiv:1505.00311)
9. “Signature of a spin-up magnetar from multi-band afterglow rebrightening of GRB 100814A"
   Yu, Y. B., Huang, Y. F., Wu, X. F., Xu, M., & Geng, J. J., 2015, ApJ, 805, 88 (arXiv:1504.01824)
10. “A correlated study of optical and X-ray afterglows of GRBs"
    Li, L., Wu, X. F., Huang, Y. F., Wang, X. G., Tang, Q. W., Liang, Y. F., Zhang, B. B., Wang, Y., Geng, J. J., Liang, E. W., Wei, J. Y., Zhang, B., & Ryde, F., 2015, ApJ, 805, 13 (arXiv:1503.00976)
11. “Testing cosmological models with Type Ic super luminous supernovae"
    Wei, J. J.,Wu, X. F., & Melia, F., 2015, AJ, 149, 165 (arXiv:1503.06378)
12. “A comparative analysis of the Supernova Legacy Survey sample with LambdaCDM and the Rh=ct Universe"
    Wei, J. J.,Wu, X. F., Melia, F., & Maier, R. S, 2015, AJ, 149, 102 (arXiv:1501.02838)
13. “Superluminous supernovae powered by magnetars: late-time light curves and hard emission leakage"
     Wang, S. Q., Wang, L. J., Dai, Z. G., & Wu, X. F., 2015, ApJ, 799, 107 (arXiv:1411.5126)
14. “Cosmological tests using the angular size of galaxy clusters”
    Wei, J. J.,Wu, X. F., &Melia, F., 2015, MNRAS, 447, 479-485 (arXiv:1411.5678)
15. “A comparison of cosmological models using strong gravitational lensing galaxies”
    Melia, F., Wei, J. J., & Wu, X. F., 2015, AJ, 149, 2 (arXiv:1410.0875)
16. “Fall back accretion and energy injections in gamma-ray bursts”
    Yu, Y. B., Wu, X. F., Huang, Y. F., Coward, D. M., Stratta, G., Gendre, B., & Howell, E. J., 2015, MNRAS, 446, 3642-3650 (arXiv:1312.0794)
17. “GRB 130427A/SN 2013cq and the gamma-ray burst - supernova associations”
    Wang, S. Q., Dai, Z. G., &Wu, X. F., 2014, Progress in Astronomy (Chinese), 32, 481-515
18. “The optical luminosity function of GRBs deduced from ROTSE-III observations”
    Cui, X. H., Wu, X. F., Wei, J. J., Yuan, F., Zheng, W. K., Liang, E. W., Akerlof, C.W., Ashley, M. C. B., Flewelling, H. A., G¨oˇg¨u¸s, E., G¨uver, T., K？z？loˇglu, ¨ U., McKay, T. A., Pandey, S. B., Rykoff, E. S., Rujopakarn, W., Schaefer, B. E., Wheeler, J. C., Yost, S. A., 2014, ApJ, 795, 103 (arXiv:1409.4189)
19. “Distributions of gamma-ray bursts and blazars in the Lp-Ep plane and possible implications for their radiation physics”
    Lyu, F., Liang, E. W., Liang, Y. F., Wu, X. F., Zhang, J., Sun, X. N., Lu, R. J., Zhang, B., 2014, ApJ, 793, 36 (arXiv:1407.6159)
20. “Revisiting the emission from relativistic blastwaves in a density-jump medium”
    Geng, J. J., Wu, X. F., Li, L., Huang, Y. F., & Dai, Z. G., 2014, ApJ, 792, 31 (arXiv:1407.0588)
21. “A comparison of cosmological models using time delay lenses”
    Wei, J. J., Wu, X. F., & Melia, F., 2014, ApJ, 788, 190 (arXiv:1405.2388)
22. “Variability of the giant X-ray bump in GRB 121027A and possible origin”
    Hou, S. J., Gao, H., Liu, T., Gu. W. M., Lin, D. B., Li, Y. P., Meng, Y. P., Wu, X. F., Lei, W. H., & Lu, J. F., 2014, MNRAS, 441, 2375-2379 (arXiv:1404.1420) 
23. “The origin of the plateau and late rebrightening in the afterglow of GRB 120326A”
    Hou, S. J., Geng, J. J., Wang, K., Wu, X. F., Huang, Y. F., Dai, Z. G., & Lu, J. F., 2014, ApJ, 785, 113 (arXiv:1402.6545)
24. “Cosmological tests using GRBs, the star formation rate and possible abundance evolution”
    Wei, J. J., Wu, X. F., Melia, F., Wei, D. M., & Feng, L. L., 2014, MNRAS, 439, 3329 (arXiv:1306.4415)
25. “Time evolution of flares in GRB 130925A: jet precession in black hole accretion system”
    Hou, S. J., Liu, T., Gu. W. M., Lin, D. B., Sun, M. Y., Wu, X. F., & Lu, J. F., 2014, ApJL, 781, L19 (arXiv:1401.2699)
26. “A double neutron star merger origin for the cosmological relativistic fading source PTF11agg?”
    Wu, X. F., Gao, H., Ding, X., Zhang, B., Dai, Z. G., & Wei, J. Y., 2014, ApJL, 781, L10 (arXiv:1308.1280)
27. “A supra-massive magnetar central engine for short GRB 130603B”
    Fan, Y. Z., Yu, Y. W., Xu, D., Jin, Z. P., Wu, X. F., Wei, D. M., & Zhang, B., 2013, ApJL, 779, L25 (arXiv:1311.7185)
28. “A complete reference of the analytical synchrotron external shock models of gamma-ray bursts”
    Gao, H., Lei, W. H., Zou, Y. C., Wu, X. F., & Zhang, B., 2013, NewAR, 57, 141 (arXiv:1310.2181)
29. “Delayed energy injection model for gamma-ray burst afterglows”
    Geng, J. J., Wu, X. F., Huang, Y. F., & Yu, Y. B., 2013, ApJ, 779, 28 (arXiv:1307.4517)
30. “Compton scattering of self-absorbed synchrotron emission”
    Gao, H., Lei, W. H., Wu, X. F., & Zhang, B., 2013, MNRAS, 435, 2520 (arXiv:1204.1386)
31. “Signature of gravitational radiation in afterglows of short Gamma-Ray Bursts?”
    Fan, Y. Z., Wu, X. F., & Wei, D. M., 2013, PRD, 88, 7304, (arXiv:1302.3328)
32. “Is the late near-infrared bump in short-hard GRB 130603B due to the Li-Paczynski kilonova?”
    Jin, Z. P., Xu, D., Fan, Y. Z., Wu, X. F., & Wei, D. M., 2013, ApJL, 775, L19 (arXiv:1310.3008)
33. “Possible high-energy neutrino and photon signals from gravitational wave bursts due to double neutron star mergers”
    Gao, H., Zhang, B.,Wu, X. F., & Dai, Z. G., 2013, PRD, 88, 3010 (arXiv:1306.3006)
34. “Early afterglows of gamma-ray bursts in a stratified medium with a power-law density distribution”
    Yi, S. X., Wu, X. F., & Dai, Z. G., 2013, ApJ, 776, 120 (arXiv:1308.6095)
35. “Interpretation of the unprecedentedly long-lived high-energy emission of GRB 130427A”
    Liu, R. Y., Wang, X. Y., &Wu, X. F., 2013, ApJL, 773, L20 (arXiv:1306.5207)
36. “A comprehensive study of gamma-ray burst optical emission: II. Afterglow onset and late re-brightening components”
    Liang, E. W., Li, L., Gao, H., Zhang, B., Liang, Y. F., Wu, X. F., Yi, S. X., Dai, Z. G., Tang, Q. W., Chen, J. M., L¨u, H. J., Zhang, J., Lu, R. J., Lv, L. Z., Wei, J. Y., 2013, ApJ, 774, 13 (arXiv:1210.5142)
37. “The gamma-ray burst Hubble Diagram and its cosmological implications” 
    Wei, J. J., Wu, X. F., & Melia, F., 2013, ApJ, 772, 43 (arXiv:1301.0894)
38. “Bright broad-band afterglows of gravitational wave bursts from mergers of binary neutron stars”
    Gao, H., Ding, X., Wu, X. F., Zhang, B., & Dai, Z. G., 2013, ApJ, 771, 86 (arXiv1301.0439)
39. “Giant X-ray bump in GRB 121027A: evidence for fall-back disk accretion”
    Wu, X. F., Hou, S. J., & Lei, W. H., 2013, ApJL, 767, L36 (arXiv:1302.4878)
40. “GRB 110721A: photosphere “death line” and the physical origin of the GRB Band function”
    Zhang, B., Liang, E. W., Lu, R. J., & Wu, X. F., 2012, ApJL, 758, L34 (arXiv:1208.1812)
41. “Modeling photodisintegration-induced TeV photon emission from low-luminosity gamma-ray bursts”
    Liu, X. W., Wu, X. F., & Lu, T., 2012, AJ, 143, 115
42. “Physical origin of multi-wavelength emission of GRB 100418A and implications for its progenitor”
    Jia, L. W., Wu, X. F., L¨u, H. J., Hou, S. J., & Liang, E. W., 2012, RAA, 12, 411-418 (arXiv:1204.0575)
43. “Panchromatic observations of the textbook GRB 110205A: constraining physical mechanisms of prompt emission and afterglow”
    Zheng, W., Shen, R. F., Sakamoto, T., Beardmore, A. P., Pasquale, M., Wu, X. F., Gorosabel, J., Urata, Y., Sugita, S., Zhang, B., Pozanenko, A., Nissinen, M., Sahu, D. K., Im, M., Ukwatta, T. N., Andreev, M., Klunko, E., Volnova, A., Akerlof, C. W., Anto, P., Barthelmy, S. D., Breeveld, A., Carsenty, U., Castillo-Carri’on, S., Castro-Tirado, A. J., Chester, M. M., Chuang, C. J., Cunniffe, R., Postigo, A., Duffard, R., Flewelling, H., Gehrels, N., Guver, T., Guziy, S., Hentunen, V. P., Huang, K. Y., Jelnek, M., Koch, T. S., Kub’anek, P., Kuin, P., McKay, T. A., Mottola, S., Oates, S. R., O’Brien, P., Page, M. J., Pandey, S. B., Pulgar, C., Rujopakarn, W., Rykoff, E., Salmi, T., S’anchez-Ramrez, R., Schaefer, B. E., Sergeev, A., Sonbas, E., Sota, A., Tello, J. C., Yamaoka, K., Yost, S. A., Yuan, F., 2012, ApJ, 751, 90 (arXiv:1111.0283)
44. “A photometric redshift of z 9.4 for GRB 090429B”
    Cucchiara, A., Levan, A. J., Fox, D. B., Tanvir, N., Ukwatta, T. N., Berger, E., Kr¨uler, T., K¨upc¨u Yoldas, A., Wu, X. F., Toma, K., Greiner, J., Olivares, F. E., Rowlinson, A., Amati, L., Sakamoto, T., Roth, K., Stephens, A., Fritz, Alexander, Fynbo, J. P. U., Hjorth, J., Malesani, D., Jakobsson, P., Wiersema, K., O’Brien, P. T., Soderberg, A. M., Foley, R. J., Fruchter, A. S., Rhoads, J., Rutledge, R. E., Schmidt, B. P., Dopita, M. A., Podsiadlowski, P., Willingale, R., Wolf, C., Kulkarni, S. R., D’Avanzo, P., 2011, ApJ, 736, 7 (arXiv:1105.4915)
45. “Photosphere-internal shock model of gamma-ray bursts: case studies of Fermi/LAT bursts”
    Toma, K.,Wu, X. F., &Meszaros, P., 2011, MNRAS, 415, 1663-1680 (arXiv:1002.2634)
46. “On the high energy emission of the short GRB 090510”
    He, H. N., Wu, X. F., Toma, K., Wang, X. Y., & Meszaros, P., 2011, ApJ, 733, 22 (arXiv:1009.1432)
47. “A statistical model for the -ray variability of the Crab nebula”
    Yuan, Q., Yin, P. F., Wu, X. F., Bi, X. J., Liu, S., & Zhang, B., 2011, ApJL 730, L15 (arXiv:1012.1395)
48. “A comprehensive analysis of Fermi gamma-ray burst data. I. spectral components and the possible physical origins of LAT/GBM GRBs”
    Zhang, B. B., Zhang, B., Liang, E. W., Fan, Y. Z., Wu, X. F., Pe’er, A., Maxham, A., Gao, H., & Dong, Y. M., 2011, ApJ, 730, 141 (arXiv:1009.3338)
49. “Detection of a spectral cut-off in the extra hard component of GRB 090926A”
    Fermi Collaboration, Ackermann, M., 2011, ApJ, 729, 114
50. “The late peaking afterglow of GRB 100418A”
    Marshall, F. E., Antonelli, L. A., Burrows, D. N., Covino, S., de Pasquale, M., Evans, P. A., Fugazza, D., Holland, S. T., Liang, E. W., O’Brien, P. T., Osborne, J. P., Pagani, C., Sakamoto, T., Siegel, M. H., Wu, X. F., & Zhang, B., 2011, ApJ, 727, 132
51. “The afterglow and host galaxy of GRB 090205: evidence for a Ly- emitter at z = 4.65”
    D’Avanzo, P., Perri, M., Fugazza, D., Salvaterra, R., Chincarini, G., Margutti, R., Wu, X. F., Thoene, C. C., Fernandez-Soto, A., Ukwatta, T., Burrows, D. N., Gehrels, N., Meszaros, P., Toma, K., Zhang, B., Covino, S., Della Valle, M., & Piranomonte, S., 2010, A&A, 522, A20 (arXiv:1005.0800)
52. “Fermi observations of high-energy gamma-ray emission from GRB 090217A”
    Fermi Collaboration, Ackermann, M., et al., 2010, ApJL, 717, L127-L132 (arXiv:1007.3409)
53. “Fermi observations of GRB 090510: a short hard gamma-ray burst with an additional, hard power-law component from 10 keV to GeV energies”
    Fermi Collaboration, Ackermann, M., et al., 2010, ApJ, 716, 1178-1190 (arXiv:1005.2141)
54. “Klein-Nishina effects on the high-energy afterglow emission of gamma-ray bursts”
    Wang, X. Y., He, H. N., Li, Z., Wu, X. F., & Dai, Z. G., 2010, ApJ, 712, 1232-1240 (arXiv: 0911.4189)
55. “Diffuse high energy neutrinos and cosmic rays from hyperflares of soft-gamma repeaters”
    Liu, X. W., Wu, X. F., & Lu, T., 2010, NewA, 15, 292-296 (arXiv:0908.4371)
56. “Fermi detection of delayed GeV emission from the short GRB 081024B”
    Fermi Collaboration, Abdo, A. A., et al., 2010, ApJ, 712, 558-564 (arXiv:1002.3205)
57. “Magnetic energy injection in GRB 080913”
    Liu, X. W., Wu, X. F., & Lu, T., 2010, Science in China Series G, 53 (S1), 262-264 (arXiv:0907.1767)
58. “Late-time detections of the X-ray afterglow of GRB 060729 with Chandra - the latest detections of an X-ray afterglow ever”
    Grupe, D., Burrows, D. N., Wu, X. F., Wang, X. Y., Zhang, B., Liang, E. W., Garmire, G., Nousek, J. A., Gehrels, N., Ricker, G. R., & Bautz, M. W., 2010, ApJ, 711, 1008-1016 (arXiv:0903.1258)
59. “Swift and Fermi observations of the early afterglow of the short gamma-ray burst 090510”
    Swift and Fermi Collaborations, De Pasquale, M., et al. 2010, ApJL, 709, L146-L151 (arXiv:0910.1629)
60. “A limit on the variation of the speed of light arising from quantum gravity effects”
    Fermi Collaboration, Abdo, A. A., et al., 2009, Nature, 462, 331-334 (arXiv:0908.1832)
61. “Fermi observations of high-energy gamma-ray emission from GRB 080916C”
    Fermi Collaboration, Abdo, A. A., 2009, et al., Science, 323, 1688-1693
62. “An up-scattered cocoon emission model of Gamma-Ray Burst high-energy lags”
    Toma, K.,Wu, X. F., &Meszaros, P., 2009, ApJ 707, 1404-1416 (arXiv:0905.1697)
63. “Discerning the physical origins of cosmological gamma-ray bursts based on multiple observational criteria: the cases of z=6.7 GRB 080913, z=8.3 GRB 090423, and some short/hard GRBs”
    Zhang, B., Zhang, B. B., Virgili, F. J., Liang, E. W., Kann, D. A., Wu, X. F., Proga, D., Lv H. J., Toma, K., Meszaros, P., Burrows, D. N., Roming, P. W. A., & Gehrel, N., 2009, ApJ, 703, 1696-1724 (arXiv:0902.2419)
64. “GRB 080913 at redshift 6.7”
    Greiner, J., Kruehler, T., Fynbo, J. P. U., Rossi, A., Schwarz, R., Klose, S., Savaglio, S., Tanvir, N. R., McBreen, S., Totani, T., Zhang, B. B., Wu, X. F., et al., 2009, ApJ, 693, 1610-1620 (arXiv:0810.2314)
65. “Early afterglows from radially structured outflows and the application to X-ray shallow decays”
    Liu, X.W.,Wu, X. F., Zou, Y. C., & Lu, T., 2009, RAA, 9, 911-920 (arXiv:0908.4511)
66. “Broadband observations of the naked-eye -ray burst GRB080319B”
    Racusin, J. L., Karpov, S. V., Sokolowski, M., Granot, J., Wu, X. F., et al., 2008, Nature, 455, 183-188 (arXiv:0805.1557)
67. “GRB 060206: Hints of precession of the central engine?”
    Liu, X. W., Wu, X. F., & Lu, T., 2008, A&A, 487, 503-508 (arXiv:0808.1172)
68. “X-ray flares from late internal and late external shocks”
    Wu, X. F., Dai, Z. G., Wang, X. Y., Huang, Y. F., Feng, L. L., & Lu, T., 2007, AdSpR, 40, 1208-1213 (astro-ph/0512555)
69. “Estimation of the detectability of optical orphan afterglows”
    Zou, Y. C., Wu, X. F., & Dai, Z. G., 2007, A&A, 461, 115-119 (astroph/0601292)
70. “X-ray flares from postmerger millisecond pulsars”
    Dai, Z. G.,Wang, X. Y.,Wu, X. F., & Zhang, B., 2006, Science, 311, 1127-1129 (astro-ph/0602525)
71. “Gamma-ray bursts and Einstein’s relativity”
    Wu, X. F., & Lu, T., 2006, Progress in Physics (in Chinese), 26(1), 1-21
72. “Testing the gamma-ray burst jet structures by the distribution of the isotropic gamma-ray energy releases”
    Xu, L.,Wu, X. F., & Dai, Z. G., 2005, ApJ, 634, 1155-1165 (astro-ph/0508324)
73. “Early afterglows in wind environments revisited”
    Zou, Y. C., Wu, X. F., & Dai, Z. G., 2005, MNRAS, 363, 93-106 (astroph/0508602)
74. “A two-component explosion model for the giant flare and radio afterglow from SGR1806-20”
    Dai, Z. G., Wu, X. F., Wang, X. Y., Huang, Y. F., & Zhang, B., 2005, ApJL, 629, L81-L84 (astro-ph/0507337)
75. “An energetic blast wave from the December 27 giant flare of the soft gammaray repeater 1806-20”
    Wang, X. Y., Wu, X. F., Fan, Y. Z., Dai, Z. G., & Zhang, B., 2005, ApJL, 623, L29-L32 (astro-ph/0502085)
76. “Gamma-ray bursts: polarization of afterglows from two-component jets”
    Wu, X. F., Dai, Z. G., Huang, Y. F., & Lu, T., 2005, MNRAS, 357, 1197-1204 (astro-ph/0412011)
77. “Analytical light curves in the realistic model for GRB afterglows”
    Wu, X. F., Dai, Z. G., Huang, Y. F., & Lu, T., 2005, ApJ, 619, 968-982 (astro-ph/0411024)
78. “Testing the predictions of the universal structured jet model of gamma-ray bursts by simulations”
    Liang, E. W., Wu, X. F., & Dai, Z. G., 2004, MNRAS, 354, 81-85 (astroph/0407443)
79. “Jet break time – flux density relationship and constraints on physical parameters of GRB afterglows”
    Wu, X. F., Dai, Z. G., & Liang, E. W., 2004, ApJ, 615, 359-365 (astroph/0407442)
80. “The luminosity-Ep relation in gamma-ray bursts and the implications for fireball models”
    Liang, E. W., Dai, Z. G., & Wu, X. F., 2004, ApJL, 606, L29-L32 (astroph/0403397)
81. “Afterglow light curves of jetted gamma-ray burst ejecta in stellar winds”
    Wu, X. F., Dai, Z. G., Huang, Y. F., & Ma, H. T., 2004, ChJAA, 4, 455-472 (astro-ph/0311358)
82. “Rebrightening of XRF 030723: further evidence for a two-component jet in a gamma-ray burst”
    Huang, Y. F., Wu, X. F., Dai, Z. G., Ma, H. T., & Lu, T., 2004, ApJ, 605, 300-306 (astro-ph/0309360)
83. “GRB 030226 in a density jump medium”
    Dai, Z. G., & Wu, X. F., 2003, ApJL, 591, L21-L24 (astro-ph/0305426)
84. “Optical flashes and very early afterglows in wind environments”
    Wu, X. F., Dai, Z. G., Huang, Y. F., & Lu, T., 2003, MNRAS, 342, 1131-1138 (astro-ph/0304110)
85. “Gamma-ray bursts from neutron star kicks”
    Huang, Y. F., Dai, Z. G., Lu, T., Cheng, K. S., & Wu, X. F., 2003, ApJ, 594, 919-923 (astro-ph/0303365) 

Refereed Proceeding Papers:

• “Distributions of gamma-ray bursts and Blazars in the Lp - Ep plane and possible implications for their radiation physics"
  Lyu, F., Liang, E. W., & Wu, X. F., 2014, cosp, 40, E1912
• “The High Energy cosmic-Radiation Detection (HERD) Facility onboard China’s future space station”
  Zhang, S. N., Adriani, O., Albergo, S., Ambrosi, G., An, Q., Bao, T. W., Battiston, R., Bi, X. J., Cao, Z., Chai, J. Y., Chang, J., Chen, G. M., Chen, Y., Cui, X. H., Dai, Z. G., D’Alessandro, R., Dong, Y. W., Fan, Y. Z., Feng, C. Q., Feng, H., Feng, Z. Y., Gao, X. H., Gargano, F., Giglietto, N., Gou, Q. B., Guo, Y. Q., Hu, B. L., Hu, H. B., He, H. H., Huang, G.S., Huang, J., Huang, Y. F., Li, H., Li, L., Li, Y.G., Li, Z., Liang, E. W., Liu, H., Liu, J. B., Liu, J.T., Liu, S. B., Liu, S. M., Liu, X., Lu, J. G., Mazziotta, M. N., Mori, N., Orsi, S., Pearce, M., Pohl, M., Quan, Z., Ryde, F., Shi, H.L., Spillantini, P., Su, M., Sun, J. C., Sun, X. L., Tang, Z. C., Walter, R., Wang, J. C., Wang, J. M., Wang, L., Wang, R. J., Wang, X. L., Wang, X. Y., Wang, Z. G., Wei, D. M., Wu, B. B., Wu, J., Wu, X., Wu, X. F., Xia, J. Q., Xiao, H. L., Xu, H. H., Xu, M., Xu, Z. Z., Yan, H. R., Yin, P. F., Yu, Y. W., Yuan, Q., Zha, M., Zhang, L., Zhang, L., Zhang, L. Y., Zhang, Y., Zhang, Y. J., Zhang, Y. L., Zhao, Z. G., 2014, SPIE, 9144E, 0X (arXiv:1407.4866)
• “Is there a relation between duration and Eiso in gamma-ray bursts"
  Hou, S. J., Liu, T., Lin D. B., Wu, X. F., & Lu, J. F., 2013, IAUS, 290, 223 (arXiv:1210.5787)
• “Late-time observations of the X-ray afterglow of GRB 060729”
  Grupe, D., Burrows, D. N., Wu, X. F., Zhang, B., & Garmire, G., 2012, 2012 GRB conference, article id.79
• “Discovery of the most distant object in the Universe at z ~ 9.4”
  Fritz, A., Cucchiara, A., Levan, A. J., Fox, D. B., Tanvir, N., Ukwatta, T. N., Berger, E., Kr¨uler, T., K¨upc¨u Yoldas, A., Wu, X. F., Toma, K., Greiner, J., Olivares, F. E., Rowlinson, A., Amati, L., Sakamoto, T., Roth, K., Stephens, A., Fynbo, J. P. U., Hjorth, J., Malesani, D., Jakobsson, P., Wiersema, K., O’Brien, P. T., Soderberg, A. M., Foley, R. J., Fruchter, A. S., Rhoads, J., Rutledge, R. E., Schmidt, B. P., Dopita, M. A., Podsiadlowski, P., Willingale, R., Wolf, C., Kulkarni, S. R., D’Avanzo, P., 2012, Italian national Swift meeting: Swift and Surprising Sky, article id.34
• “Chandra and XMM-Newton observations of the extraordinary GRB 060729”
  Grupe, D., Burrows, D. N., Zhang, B., &Wu, X. F., 2011, The X-ray Universe 2011, article id.216
• “A statistical model to explain the gamma-ray variability and flares of the Crab nebula”
  Yuan, Q., Yin, P. F., Wu, X. F., Bi, X. J., Liu, S., & Zhang, B., 2011, 32nd ICRC proceedings, id.1337 (arXiv:1109.0075)
• “GRB 090510: Early LAT Emission is not from External Shock”
  He, H. N., Wu, X. F., Toma, K., Meszaros, P., & Wang, X. Y., 2011, AIPC, 1358, 191-194
• “The Late-time detections of the X-ray Afterglow of GRB 060729 with Chandra”
  Grupe, D., Burrows, D. N.,Wu, X. F., Zhang, B., & Garmire, G., 2011, AIPC, 1358, 125-129
• “A Photosphere-Internal Shock Model of Fermi/LAT GRBs”
  Toma, K., Wu, X. F., & Meszaros, P., 2011, AIPC, 1358, 98-101
• “Models of the prompt and high energy emission of GRB”
  Meszaros, P., Toma, K., Wu, X. F., & He, H. N., 2010, AIPC, 1279, 13
• “Spectral lags from structured jets”
  Wang, X. S., Wu, X. F., Toma, K., & Meszaros, P., 2010, Bulletin of AAS, 41, 229
• “An external inverse Compton emission model of gamma-ray burst high-energy lags”
  Toma, K., Wu, X. F., & Meszaros, P., 2009 Fermi Symposium, eConf Proceedings C091122 (arXiv:0912.3277)
• “GRB polarimetry with POET”
  McConnell, M. L., Angelini, L., Baring, M. G., Barthelmy, S., Black, J. K., Bloser, P. F., Dennis, B., Emslie, A. G., Greiner, J., Hajdas, W., Harding, A. K., Hartmann, D. H., Hill, J. E., Ioka, K., Kaaret, P., Kanbach, G., Kniffen, D., Legere, J. S., Macri, J. R., Morris, R., Nakamura, T., Produit, N., Ryan, J. M., Sakamoto, T., Toma, K., Wu, X. F., Yamazaki, R., Zhang, B., 2009, AIPC, 1133, 64-66
• “The everlasting X-ray afterglow of GRB 060729”
  Grupe, D., Burrows, D. N., Wang, X. Y., Wu, X. F., Zhang, B., Garmire, G., 2009, AIPC, 1133, 163-169
• “POET: POlarimeters for Energetic Transients”
  Hill, J. E., McConnell, M. L., Bloser, P., Legere, J., Macri, J., Ryan, J., Barthelmy, S., Angelini, L., Sakamoto, T., Black, J. K., Hartmann, D. H., Kaaret, P., Zhang, B., Ioka, K., Nakamura, T., Toma, K., Yamazaki, R., Wu, X. F., 2008, AIPC, 1065, 331-337
• “GRB 060206: Evidence of precession of central engine”
  Liu, X. W., Wu, X. F., & Lu, T., 2008, AIPC, 1000, 456-458
• “External shock model for the radio afterglows of giant flares from soft gammaray repeaters”
  Wang, X. Y, Wu, X. F., Fan, Y. Z., Dai, Z. G., & Zhang, B., 2006, AIPC, 836, 72-75
• “Optical flash and radio flare in wind environment”
  Wu, X. F., Dai, Z. G., Huang, Y. F., & Lu, T., 2003, IAUS, 214, 343-344

I am a theoretical astrophysicist. My research fields are high energy astrophysics, time domain astronomy and cosmology. I am interested with all of the high energy astrophysical sources, like gamma-ray bursts, supernovae, etc. My main concerns are (magneto-) hydrodynamic (relativistic or non-relativistic shock waves, accretion and outflow) and radiation (thermal or non-thermal) processes in these spectacular phenomena, and the physical nature of the remnants (compact objects, such as black holes, neutron stars, and white dwarfs). I am also interested in using astronomical data to probe the Universe as well as to test fundamental physics.

Conference Talks 

• Physics of cosmic violent explosions
presented (with Yunpeng Men) at the “Preliminary Meeting for the Completion of XTP Background Researches”, Beijing, July 27-28, 2015
• Research highlight: EM counterparts of double neutron star mergers
invited talk (with He Gao) at the Annual Meeting and Mid-term Review Meeting of 973 Program “Research on Gamma-Ray Bursts and Related Frontier Physics”, Nanjing, July 23-24, 2015
• Gamma-ray burst cosmology: Hubble diagram and star formation history 
invited talk at the Cosmology from GRBs session of “14th Marcel Grossmann Meeting”, Rome, July 13-18, 2015
• Chinese Antarctic Astronomical Observatory at Kunlun Station
invited talk at the “2015 Chinese Young Astronomers Forum”, Nanjing, May 21-22, 2015
• GRB polarization simulation with POLAR
invited talk at “2015 POLAR Science Workshop”, Beijing, April 17, 2015
• Fundamental physics tests with GRBs
invited talk at the “ISSI-BJ Workshop on Gamma-Ray Bursts: a tool to explore the young Universe”, Beijing, April 13-17, 2015
• Black hole candidates in gamma-ray bursts
invited talk at the “Nanjing-Beijing Bilateral Astrophysics Workshop”, Nanjing University, April 2-3, 2015
• Black hole candidates in gamma-ray bursts
invited talk at the “Black Holes and Friends”, Fudan University, March 30- April 1, 2015
• Gamma-ray burst optical observations with AST3
solicited talk at the “2015 International Collaboration Meeting on Antarctic Survey Telescopes”, Hong Kong, March 8-11, 2015
• Gamma-ray bursts and their high energy emission
invited talk (with Prof. XiangyuWang) presented at the 518th Xiangshan Science Meeting “Interdiscipline Frontier Research of Cosmic Ray Origin in Astronomy and Physics”, Beijing, December 17-19, 2014
• Black hole candidates in gamma-ray bursts
presented at the Annual Meeting of 973 Program “Research on Gamma-Ray Bursts and Related Frontier Physics”, Nanjing, November 23-25, 2014
• Black hole candidates in gamma-ray bursts
presented at the “2014 Gamma-Ray Bursts and High Energy Astrophysics Meeting”, Suzhou, November 8-10, 2014
• New models for EM signals from gravitational wave bursts from mergers of binary neutron stars
solicited talk presented at the “China Symposium on Polar Science 2014”, Qingdao, October 14-16, 2014
• Highlight work report: EM counterparts of double neutron star mergers
solicited talk at the Mid-term Review Meeting of 973 Program “Research on supernova cosmology and exoplanets using Antarctic Survey Telescopes”, Nanjing, August 5, 2014
• GRB studies with XTP, 
solicited talk at the “LOFT-XTP Meeting”, Geneva, July 8-9, 2014
• Gamma-ray bursts,
solicited talk at the “2014 International Collaboration Meeting on Antarctic Survey Telescopes”, Nanjing, June 6-8, 2014
• Science of extragalactic transients and variables with Einstein Probe,
invited talk at the “Exploring the Dynamic X-ray Universe Forum”, Beijing, May 6-7, 2014
• Observational and theoretical progress on GRB and afterglow polarization, 
invited talk at the Kick-Off Meeting on Data Analysis and Research Platform of GRB Polarization of the 973 Program “Research on Gamma-Ray Bursts and Related Frontier Physics” and the Arraning Meeting for POLAR Scientific Team, Beijing, March 22, 2014
• Unveiling the physics of cosmic violent explosions: preliminary results of GRB X-ray polarization simulations, 
presented at the Workshop on the XTP Scientific Objectives and Simulation, Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing, January 21, 2014
• EM counterparts of double neutron star mergers, 
invited talk at the Kick-Off Meeting of 973 Program “Research on Gamma-Ray Bursts and Related Frontier Physics”, Nanjing, January 4, 2014
• Gamma-ray bursts in the KDUST era, 
invited talk at the “First South-Pole Star Workshop for Young Astronomers”, Nanjing, October 10-12, 2013
• Search for EM counterparts of gravitational wave events, 
presented at the “Workshop on Scientific Objects for Einstein Probe”, Beijing, October 15, 2013
• Unveiling the physics of cosmic violent explosions, 
presented at the Workshop on the XTP Scientific Objectives and Simulation, Beijing, October 14, 2013
• Bright broad-band afterglows of gravitational wave bursts from mergers of binary neutron stars, 
presented at the High-Energy Astrophysics Symposium of “General Assembly of Chinese Astronomical Society”, Suzhou, October 27 - 31, 2013
• Limit on the Lorentz Invariance Violation with Gamma-Ray Bursts, 
invited talk at the Frontiers of Cosmic Rays and Related Astrophysics, Nanjing, October 10-14, 2013
• A double neutron star merger origin for the cosmological relativistic fading source PTF11agg, 
presented at the 2013 Time Domain Astronomy Workshop, Tsinghua University, Beijing, September 24-26, 2013
• X-ray emission and polarization in gamma-ray bursts, 
presented at the Workshop on the XTP Scientific Objectives and Simulation, Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing, August 29, 2013
• Gamma-ray bursts and gravitational wave bursts, 
presented at the Consultation Meeting on Bright Star Survey Telescope, Nanjing University, Nanjing, August 26, 2013
• Bright broad-band afterglows of gravitational wave bursts from mergers of binary neutron stars, 
presented at the “Annual Meeting of the 973 Project on Antarctic Survey Telescopes”, Xi’an, August 15-17, 2013
• Bright broad-band afterglows of gravitational wave bursts from mergers of binary neutron stars, 
presented at the “2rd Chinese Young Astronomers’s Symposium”, Kunming, August 1-3, 2013
• Photosphere emission in gamma-ray bursts, 
presented at the “4th Fermi Asian Network Workshop”, Hongkong, July 8-12, 2013
• Bright broad-band afterglows of gravitational wave bursts from mergers of binary neutron stars, 
presented at the “Beijing Gravitational Waves Workshop”, Beijing, July 1-2, 2013
• XTP scientific objectives in GRBs, 
presented at the “XTP/GRAVITAS Workshop”, Beijing, June 26-27, 2013
• Bright broad-band afterglows of gravitational wave bursts from mergers of binary neutron stars, 
presented at the “2013 International Collaboration Meeting on Antarctic Survey Telescopes”, Tengchong, May 26-29, 2013
• Bright broad-band afterglows of gravitational wave bursts from mergers of binary neutron stars, 
presented at the “2013 Multi-Messenger Transient Astrophysics Workshop”, Beijing, May 6-10, 2013
• Bright broad-band afterglows of gravitational wave bursts from mergers of binary neutron stars, 
presented at the “2nd Panda Symposium”, XiAn, April 22-25, 2013
• Electromagnetic signals of gravitational wave bursts, 
presented at the “Workshop on Scientific Objects for Einstein Probe”, Beijing, April 18, 2013
• Polarized X-ray emission in Gamma-Ray Bursts, 
presented at the “Review Meeting on Preliminary Scientific Objects for X-ray Transient Polarimeter”, Beijing, April 16-17, 2013
• Gamma-Ray Burst Cosmology: Hubble Diagram, 
presented at the “2013 Type Ia Supernovae Workshop”, Lincang, April 11-15, 2013
• Photospheric emission of gamma-ray bursts, 
presented at the “7th Annual Meeting on Black Holes”, Xishuangbanna, November 9-14, 2012
• Polarization of gamma-ray bursts and afterglows, 
presented at the “China Symposium on Polar Science 2012”, Hangzhou, October 24-28, 2012
• Photospheric emission of gamma-ray bursts, 
presented at the “Gamma-Ray Bursts and Other Explosive Objects”, Beihai, July 29-31, 2012
• Constraints on Lorentz invariance violation using gamma-ray bursts, 
presented at the “Workshop on Extragalactic High-Energy Gamma-Ray Sources and LHAASO Science”, Beihai, November 20-22, 2011
• Constraints on Lorentz invariance violation using gamma-ray bursts, 
presented at the High-Energy Astrophysics Symposium of “General Assembly of Chinese Astronomical Society”, Nanchang, October 31 - November 2, 2011
• Photosphere-Internal Shock Model of Gamma-Ray Bursts, 
presented at the “Four Party Meeting on High Energy Astrophysics of China”, One-Hundred-Island Lake, Hangzhou, August 23-24, 2011
• X-ray afterglow from photosphere of a long lasting engine-drived wind, 
presented at the “Workshop on Gamma-Ray Bursts and Other Explosive Events”, Xiamen, August 30- September 2, 2011
• Gamma-ray bursts and Pop III stars, 
presented at the “Workshop on Antarctic KDUST optical-infrared telescopes”, Hefei, May 28 - 29, 2011
• Constraints on Lorentz invariance violation using gamma-ray bursts, 
invited talk at the “Workshop on Lorentz and CPT Violation in Astrophysics and Cosmology”, Beijing, May 9 - 10, 2011
• Gamma-ray bursts in the Swift and Fermi era, 
invited talk at the “12th Annual Symposium on Chinese-American Frontiers of Science”, Kunming, September 26 - 28, 2009
• Jets in gamma-ray bursts, 
invited talk at the “2009 IAU General Assembly, Joint Discussion 7”, Rio de Janeiro, August 6 - 7, 2009
• Gamma-ray bursts, 
invited talk at the “2009 Annual Symposium on Chinese Frontiers of Science”, Beijing, May 23 - 24, 2009
• Modeling GRB 080319B, 
invited talk at the “2008 Nanjing GRB Conference”, Nanjing, June 23 - 27, 2008
• X-ray flares: central engine, hydrodynamics, and light curves, 
presented at the meeting “Supernovae: One Millennium after SN 1006”, Hangzhou, May 16 - 23, 2006
• Gamma-ray bursts and X-ray flares, 
invited talk at the 1st annual workshop on the black hole physics in China, Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing, April 22 - 24, 2006
• Gamma-ray bursts and their X-ray flares, 
invited talk at the first workshop of the Joint Center for Particles, Nuclear Physics and Cosmology of Nanjing University and Purple Mountain Observatory, Nanjing, January 8 - 9, 2006
• Recent breakthroughs in short gamma-ray bursts and their afterglows, 
presented at the meeting on “AMS Physics and Dark Matter”, Institute of Theoretical Physics, Beijing, January 4 - 5, 2006
• Jet break relationship and its constraint on physical parameters of GRB afterglows, 
presented at the annual meeting of Chinese Astronomical Society, Xiamen University, November 7 - 12, 2004
• GRB afterglows and pre-burst environments, 
presented at the annual meeting of Chinese Astronomical Society, Beijing, October 28 - 30, 2003 

Colloquium/Seminar Talks
• Gamma-Ray Bursts, 
presented to the Visiting Undergraduate Students from University of Science and Technology of China, Purple Mountain Observatory, Nanjing, 
July 23, 2014
• Gamma-Ray Bursts,
presented at the Purple Mountain Observatory Summer Camp for Undergraduate Students, Purple Mountain Observatory, Nanjing, 
July 15, 2014
• Gamma-Ray Bursts,
presented to the Visiting Undergraduate Students from Beijing Normal University, Purple Mountain Observatory, Nanjing, 
June 30, 2014
• Observations and theoretical models of GRB radio afterglows,
presented at the seminar on High Energy Astrophysics of Guizhou University, April 23 - 26, 2014
• EM counterparts of double neutron star mergers, 
presented at the colloquium of Department of Astronomy, University of Science and Technology of China, March 4, 2014
• Gamma-Ray Bursts as Probes of Cosmology and New Physics, 
presented at the colloquium of Department of Astronomy, Beijing Normal University, December 10, 2013
• Open questions in the prompt emission of gamma-ray bursts, 
presented at the Gamma-Ray Bursts and Related Physics Salon, Beihai, July 29, 2013
• Cosmological Gamma-Ray Bursts, 
presented at the Summer Camp for Undergraduate Students of School of Kuang Ya-Ming, Nanjing University (Xianlin Campus), Nanjing, July 19, 2013
• Limit on the Lorentz Invariance Violation with Gamma-Ray Bursts, 
presented at the Purple Mountain Observatory Summer Camp for Undergraduate Students, Purple Mountain Observatory, Nanjing, July 19, 2013
• Request for infrared observations of high-energy transients, 
presented at the Seminar on Scientific Request for Infrared CCDs, Purple Mountain Observatory, Nanjing, January 15, 2013
• Optical observations of Gamma-Ray Bursts, 
presented at the Seminar on Time Domain Astronomy with Medium-Sized Large Field-of-View Optical Telescopes, Purple Mountain Observatory, Nanjing, November 30, 2012
• Gamma-Ray Bursts, 
presented at the Seminar on Data System of KDUST Telescope, Purple Mountain Observatory, Nanjing, October 23, 2012
• Gamma ray astronomy and Gamma-Ray Bursts, 
presented at the Purple Mountain Observatory Summer Camp for Undergraduate Students, Purple Mountain Observatory, Nanjing, July 23, 2012
• Polarization of GRBs and afterglows,
 presented at the Guangxi University - Chinese National Astronomical Observatory Joint Center for Astrophysics and Space Science, School of Physics, Guangxi University, Nanning, June 9, 2011
• X-ray afterglow from photosphere of a long lasting engine-drived wind, 
presented at the Guangxi University - Chinese National Astronomical Observatory Joint Center for Astrophysics and Space Science, School of Physics, Guangxi University, Nanning, June 7, 2011
• X-ray afterglow from photosphere of a long lasting engine-driven wind, 
presented at the Astro Journal Club, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, November 12, 2010
• Constraint on Lorentz invariance violation by Fermi/LAT GRBs, 
presented at the Swift MOC building, Penn State University, October 16, 2009
• Theoretical models and implications of gamma-ray bursts in light of the Fermi LAT-GBM observations, 
presented at the “Program on GRB Physics at KIAA - Peking University”, Beijing, May - June 2009
• GeV emission from the recent Fermi/LAT GRBs and its implication, 
presented at the journal club of the Center for Particle Astrophysics, Penn State University, February 12, 2009
• Polarization of gamma-ray bursts and their afterglows, 
presented in the GRB group of University of Nevada, Las Vegas, November 14, 2007
• Gamma-ray burst and afterglow polarization, 
presented at National Astronomical Observatory of China, Beijing, June 23, 2006
• Lectures on gamma-ray burst, 
presented at the Xinglong observatory, National Astronomical Observatory of China, Beijing, June 24 - 30, 2006
• Polarization of gamma-ray bursts and their afterglows, 
presented at Purple Mountain Observatory, October 18, 2005
• Gamma-ray bursts and their progenitors, 
presented at the innovative seminar of Department of Astronomy, Nanjing University, December 29, 2003 

Conference Posters
• Delayed energy injection model for gamma-ray burst afterglows 
Geng, J. J., Wu, X. F., Huang, Y. F., & Yu, Y. B., 
presented at the “4th Fermi Asian Network Workshop”, Hongkong, July 8-12, 2013
• The gamma-ray burst Hubble diagram and its implications for cosmology 
Wei, J. J., Wu, X. F., & Melia, F., 
presented at the “4th Fermi Asian Network Workshop”, Hongkong, July 8-12, 2013
• Multi-color Blackbody Emission in GRB 081221 
Hou, S. J., & Wu, X. F., 
presented at the “4th Fermi Asian Network Workshop”, Hongkong, July 8-12, 2013
• On the re-brightening in the optical afterglow of GRB 081029 
Yu, Y. B., Huang, Y. F., Geng, J. J., & Wu, X. F., 
presented at the “2nd Panda Symposium”, XiAn, April 22-25, 2013
• Is there a relation between duration and Eiso in gamma-ray bursts 
Hou, S. J., Liu, T., Lin D. B., Wu, X. F., & Lu, J. F., 
presented at “IAU Symposium 290: Feeding Compact Objects: Accretion on All Scales ”, Beijing, August 20-24, 2012
• X-ray afterglow from photosphere of a long lasting engine-driven wind 
Wu, X. F., & Zhang, B., 
presented at “Gamma-Ray Bursts 2010 Conference”, Annapolis, November 1-4, 2010
• On the High Energy Emission of the Short GRB 090510 
Hao, H. N., Wu, X. F., Toma, K., Wang, X. Y., & Meszaros, P., 
presented at “Gamma-Ray Bursts 2010 Conference”, Annapolis, November 1-4, 2010
• The late-time detections of the X-ray afterglow of GRB 060729 with Chandra 
Grupe, D., Burrows, D. N., Wu, X. F., Zhang, B., & Garmire, G., 
presented at “Gamma-Ray Bursts 2010 Conference”, Annapolis, November 1-4, 2010
• The late peaking afterglow of GRB 100418A 
Marshall, F. E., Antonelli, L. A., Burrows, D. N., Covino, S., de Pasquale, M., Evans, P. A., Fugazza, D., Holland, S. T., Liang, E. W., O’Brien, P. T., Osborne, J. P., Pagani, C., Sakamoto, T., Siegel, M. H., Wu, X. F., & Zhang, B., 
presented at “Gamma-Ray Bursts 2010 Conference”, Annapolis, November 1-4, 2010
• GRB 090429B as an Extreme-Redshift Gamma-Ray Burst 
Cucchiara, A., Levan, A. J., Fox, D. B., Tanvir, N., Ukwatta, T. N., Berger, E., Wu, X. F., Toma, K., K¨upc¨u Yolda¸s, A., Rowlinson, A., Greiner, J., Olivares, F., Kr¨uler, T., Amati, L., Sakamoto, T., Wiersema, K., Roth, K., Stephens, A., Soderberg, A. M., Foley, R. J., Rutledge, R. E., Dopita, M. A., Schmidt, B. P., Podsiadlowski, P., Wolf, C., & Kulkarni, S. R., 
presented at “Gamma-Ray Bursts 2010 Conference”, Annapolis, November 1-4, 2010
• Fast rotating black holes in GRBs 060729 and 080913? 
Wu, X. F., Toma, K., Grupe, D., Zhang, B., Burrows, D., & Meszaros, P., 
presented at “Swift Mission Conference: Celebrating 5 Years”, State College,
November 17-20, 2009
• An up-scattering cocoon emission model of gamma-ray burst high-energy lags 
Toma, K.,Wu, X. F., & Meszaros, P., 
presented at “Swift Mission Conference: Celebrating 5 Years”, State College, November 17-20, 2009
• Spectral lags from structured jets (Poster Competition Winner Prize) 
Wang, X. S.,Wu, X. F., Toma, K., & Meszaros, P., 
presented at “Swift Mission Conference: Celebrating 5 Years”, State College, November 17-20, 2009
• Plasma effect on the lower limit of the quantum gravity mass? 
Wu, X. F., Toma, K., & Meszaros, P., 
presented at “The 2009 Fermi Symposium”, Washington DC, November 2-5, 2009
• An up-scattering cocoon emission model of gamma-ray burst high-energy lags 
Toma, K., Wu, X. F., & Meszaros, P., presented at “The 2009 Fermi Symposium”, Washington DC, November 2-5, 2009
• GRB 060206: evidence of precession of central engine 
Liu, X. W, Wu, X. F., & Lu, T., 
presented at “The 2009 Fermi Symposium”, Santa Fe, November 5-9, 2007
• X-ray flares from late internal and late external shocks 
Wu, X. F., Dai, Z. G., Wang, X. Y., Huang, Y. F., Feng, L. L., & Lu, T., 
presented at “The 36th COSPAR Scientific Assembly”, Beijing, July 16-23, 2006
• Optical flash and radio flare in wind environment 
Wu, X. F., Dai, Z. G., Huang, Y. F., & Lu, T., 
presented at “IAU Symposium 214: High Energy Processes and Phenomena in Astrophysics”, Suzhou, August 5-10, 2002 

Conference/Seminar Organization 
• 2015 Chinese Young Astronomers Forum,
Co-organizer, Nanjing, May 20-22, 2015
• 2015 Work Plan of the Chinese Center for Antarctic Astronomy, 
Coorganizer, Nanjing, December 26-28, 2014
• 2014 Annual Meeting of the Chinese Center for Antarctic Astronomy,
Organizer, Nanjing, December 11-12, 2014
• The 2rd Seminar of the PMO Youth Forum, 
Chair, Nanjing, November 11, 2014
• 2014 Gamma-Ray Bursts and High Energy Astrophysics Meeting, 
Co-organizer, Suzhou, November 8-10, 2014
• 3rd Young Astronomers Forum of China, 
Convenor of high energy astrophysics session, Shanghai, July 12-13, 2014
• 2014 International Collaboration Meeting on Antarctic Survey Telescopes,
LOC member, Nanjing, June 6-8, 2014
 • CAS Einstein Professorship Lecture & 2013 High Energy Astrophysics and Cosmology Workshop, 
LOC member, Nanjing, October 25, 2013
• 2013 International Collaboration Meeting on Antarctic Survey Telescopes,
LOC member, Tengchong, May 26-29, 2013
• 2013 Multi-Messenger Transient Astrophysics Workshop, 
LOC member, Beijing, May 6-10, 2013
• Kick-Off Meeting of 973 Program “Research on supernova cosmology and exoplanets using Antarctic Survey Telescopes”, 
LOC, Beijing, November 20, 2012
• Seminar on Data System of KDUST Telescope, 
LOC member, Nanjing, October 23, 2012
• Collaboration Meeting on Antarctica Survey Telescopes, 
LOC member, Lijiang, August 16-17, 2012
• Mini-Workshop on Frontiers of High-Energy Astrophysics, 
SOC member, Yellow Mountain, August 4 - 7, 2012
• Gamma-Ray Bursts and Other Explosive Objects, 
SOC member, Beihai, July 29-31, 2012
• Workshop on Frontiers of Astrophysics and Physics, 
LOC member, Nanjing, February 23 - 25, 2012
• 2008 Nanjing GRB Conference, 
LOC member, Nanjing, June 23 - 27, 2008

Collaborative projects:
2008-2011, GRB theory team, NASA Swift satellite,
2008-2011, GRB team, NASA Fermi Satellite,
2012 -, GRB leader of China-Australia Collaboration on Antarctic Astronomy,
2013 -, member of scientific team on cosmic violent explosions, X-ray Timing and Polarization (XTP) Telescope,
2013 -, leader of scientific team on high energy transients, Einstein Probe (EP) Telescope, 
2014 -, member of scientific team on theoretical models, GRB polarization instrument POLAR,
2014 -, member of scientific team on high energy gamma-rays, High Energy cosmic-Radiation Detection (HERD) Telescope,
2014 -, member of scientific team on time domain astronomy, Thirty-Meter Telescope (TMT),
2015 -, member of the science team of the X-ray Imaging Polarimetry Explorer (XIPE),
2015 -, member of the science team of the PAir productioN Gamma-ray Unit (PANGU),
2015 -, member of the science team of the Solar Energetic Emission and Particle Explorer (SEEPE),
2015 - 2018, Primary Investigator of Sub-project (Exploring the physics in extreme environments and ultra-violent explosive phenomena) of Strategic Priority Research Program (The emergence of cosmological structures, PI: Prof. Shu-De Mao. Jan. 2014 – Dec. 2018) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (No. XDB09000000).


Long-term collaborations:
 
Profs. Zi-Gao Dai, Yong-Feng Huang, Xiang-Yu Wang, Fa-Yin Wang (Nanjing University);
Profs. Tan Lu, Long-Long Feng, Da-Ming Wei, Yi-Zhong Fan, Zhi-Ping Jin (Purple Mountain Observatory);
Prof. En-Wei Liang (Guangxi University);
Profs. Yuan-Chuan Zou, Wei-Hua Lei (Huazhong University of Science and Technology)
Prof. Bing Zhang (University of Nevada, Las Vegas);
Prof. Peter Meszaros (Pennsylvania State University);
Prof. Fulvio Melia (University of Arizona);
Prof. He Gao (Beijing Normal University);
Prof. David Coward (University of Western Australia).

• Dr. He Gao, Pennsylvania State University, 2015 July 8 - 2015 July 20
• Prof. Fulvio Melia, University of Arizona, 2015 May 10 - 2016 January 15
• Mr. Liang Li, University of Stockholm, 2015 April 1 - 2015 May 23
• Prof. David Coward, University of Western Australia, 2015 March 8 - 2015 March 17
• Houjun Lv, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2015 January 7 - 2015 January 10
• Yinzhe Ma, University of Manchester, 2014 December 24 - 2014 December 31
• He Gao, Pennsylvania State University, 2014 December 6 - 2015 January 6
• Fulvio Melia, University of Arizona, 2014 August 12 - 2015 January 10
• Jun Tian, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 2014 July 13 - 2014 August 13
• Liang Li, University of Stockholm, 2014 June 28 - 2014 August 28
• Bing Zhang, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2014 May 24 - 2014 June 10
• David Coward, University ofWestern Australia, 2013 September 1 - 2014 September 14
• He Gao, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2013 August 21 - 2014 July 31 
• Yinzhe Ma, University of British Columbia, 2013 December 31
• Peter Meszaros, Pennsylvania State University, 2013 October 20 - 2013 October 26
• Ruoyu Liu, Max-Planck Institute of Nuclear Physics, 2013 July 28 - 2014 August 31
• Weihua Lei, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 2013 January 21 - 2013 February 21
• Enwei Liang, Guangxi University, 2013 January 16 - 2013 January 22
• Lucas Uhm, Peking University, 2012 December 9 - 2012 December 23
• Bing Zhang, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2012 December 1 - 2013 April 30
• Xiaohong Cui, National Astronomical Observatories of China, 2012 November 30 - 2013 January 3
• Houjun Lv, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2012 June 10 - 2012 August 20
• Wei Deng, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2012 June 10 - 2012 August 20
• He Gao, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2012 May 20 - 2013 August 20
• Rosalba Perna, University of Colorado, 2006 July 12 - 2006 July 16

Postdoc Supervision
• Bo Zhang, Purple Mountain Observatory, August 2013 - July 2016 (supervisor)

Graduate Supervision
• Tianrui Sun, graduate student, Purple Mountain Observatory, September 2015 - June 2018 (supervisor)
• Yanzhi Meng, PhD student, Purple Mountain Observatory, September 2013 - May 2015 (supervisor Prof. Xianzhong Zheng) - June 2018 (supervisor)
• Qingbo Ma, PhD student, Purple Mountain Observatory, September 2011 -December 2014 (supervisor Prof. Tan Lu) - June 2017 (supervisor)
• Fen Lyu, PhD student, Purple Mountain Observatory, September 2014 - June 2017 (supervisor)
• Songbo Zhang, PhD student, Purple Mountain Observatory, September 2014 - June 2019 (supervisor)
• Zhixing Luo, graduate student, Purple Mountain Observatory, September 2013 - June 2016 (supervisor)
• Fen Lyu, graduate student, Guangxi University, November 2012 - May 2014 (co-advisor, supervisors Prof. Enwei Liang)
• Junjie Wei, PhD student, Purple Mountain Observatory, September 2012 - June 2015 (supervisor)
• Xinyu Yao, graduate student, Purple Mountain Observatory, September 2012 - June 2015 (supervisor)
• Shujin Hou, PhD student, Xiamen University, February 2012 - April 2014 (coadvisor, supervisors Profs. Jufu Lu and Taotao Fang)
• Xuan Ding, graduate student, Purple Mountain Observatory, September 2011 - November 2014 (supervisor)
• Xuewen Liu (Ph.D.), Purple Mountain Observatory, September 2005 - September 2009 (co-advisor, supervisor Prof. Tan Lu)
• Xuesong Wang, PhD student, Penn State University, March 2009 - March 2010 ( co-advisor, supervisor Prof. Peter Meszaros)

Undergraduate Supervision
• Tianrui Sun, undergraduate student, Wuhan University, Spring 2015 (dissertation for bachelor’s degree)
• Songbo Zhang, undergraduate student, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Spring 2014 (2rd class of excellent dissertations for bachelor’s degree, HUST)
• Yunpeng Men, undergraduate student, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, April - September 2014 (academic internship)
• Yunpeng Men, undergraduate student, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, August 2013 (summer internship)
• Songbo Zhang, undergraduate student, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, August 2013 (summer internship)
• Yating Chai, undergraduate student, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, August 2013 (summer internship)
• Jingxian Yu, undergraduate student, Beijing Normal University, July 2011 (summer internship)
• Yunpeng Men, undergraduate student, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, July 2012 - August 2012 (summer internship)
• Xiebo Zhou, undergraduate student, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, July 2012 - August 2012 (summer internship)
• Ruihai Tong, undergraduate student, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, July 2012 - August 2012 (summer internship)
• Rui Luo, undergraduate student, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, July 2012 - August 2012 (summer internship)
• Wen Wang, undergraduate student, Beijing Normal University, June 2011 - July 2011 (summer internship)

• referee for The Astrophysical Journal, Monthly Notices of Royal Astronomical Society, Advances in Space Research, Chinese Journal of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Science in China, Acta Physica Sinica, Chinese Physics C, Progress in Astronomy, Journal of USTC
• referee for NSFC proposals in 2006, 2007, 2009 - now
• referee for proposals for 2013-2014 Special Financial Funding by National Astronomical Observatories of China
• referee for proposals of China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (since 2012) 
• member of the Committee on Scholarly Communication, Purple Mountain Observatory (2007 - 2013) 
• Chair, The Youth Association of Purple Mountain Observatory (2014 - present)
• Guest Editor of Advances in Astronomy, Special Issue on gamma-ray bursts in Swift and Fermi era (2014-2015)

• Lei Liu and Xue-Feng Wu, ``The Kunlun Antarctic Astronomical Observatory of China'', 2014, Modern Physics (Chinese), 26(5): 60-64
• Public Talk ``Cosmological Gamma-Ray Bursts'' at Jinling Library, Nanjing, July 26, 2014
• consultant expert on astronomy, Shanghai FeiLaiFeiQu New Media Exhibition Design Co., Ltd, 2014.1 - 2016.1
• “The Secret of the Cosmic Age'', based on the interview with the journalists Mrs. Yumei Hu and Yi Wu about the new Cosmology results by the Planck satellite, published on Volume 219, Pages A25 - A27 of the journal Discovery Weekly of Modern Express, April 1 of 2013.
• Xue-Feng Wu and Tan Lu, ``Unveiling the Enigma of Gamma-Ray Bursts'', 2011, Chinese National Astronomy

Grants (as PI)
• NSFC Excellent Young Scientist Grant (No. 11322328): Gamma-Ray Bursts. Total amount: 1000,000 CNY. Jan. 2014 – Dec. 2016 
• NSFC Grant for International Meeting Held in China: 3rd International Collaboration Meeting on Antarctic Survey Telescopes . Total amount: 30,000 CNY. Jun. 2014
• “One-Hundred-Talent” (Bairen) Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences: Time domain astronomy in Chinese Antarctic Observatory. Total amount: 2000,000 CNY. July 2012 – December 2015
• Natural Foundation of Science of Jiangsu Province (No. BK2012890): Researches on GRBs with Antarctic Survey Telescopes at Chinese Antarctic Observatory. Total amount: 100,000 CNY. July 2012 – June 2015
• Start-up Funding for “One-Hundred-Talent” (Bairen) Program from Purple Mountain Observatory: Time domain astronomy in Chinese Antarctic Observatory. Total amount: 700,000 CNY. May 2011 – May 2014
• CAS Youth Innovation Promotion Association Membership (No.2011231): Total amount: 400,000 CNY. May 2011 – May 2015
• Special Funding for National Distinguished PhD Thesis from Chinese Academy of Sciences: GRB researches in the Fermi era. Total amount: 400,000 CNY. Jan. 2009 – Dec. 2011
• NSFC Young Researcher Grant (No. 10503012): Researches on GRBs and their multi-wavelength afterglows and their application in high-redshift cosmology. total amount: 300,000 CNY. Jan. 2006 – Dec. 2008
• Postdoc Award from K. C. Wong Education Foundation (No. 20051010130350): Using high-redshift gamma-ray bursts and their afterglows as a probe of cosmology. Award amount: 20,000 CNY. Nov. 2005 – June 2007
• Postdoc Program of China (No. 20060390296): Researches on the X-ray afterglows of GRBs. Total amount: 60,000 CNY. June 2005 – June 2007
• Postdoc Program of Jiangsu Province: Researches on the central engine and afterglows of short GRBs. Total amount: 30,000 CNY. June 2005 – June 2007 

Grants (as Co-I) 
• NSFC Key Program (No. 11433009): The research on the physical processes of double neutron star mergers. PI: Prof. Da-Ming Wei. Jan. 2015 – Dec. 2019
• Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (XDB09000000): The emergence of cosmological structures. PI: Prof. Shu-De Mao. Jan. 2014 – Dec. 2018
• National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program No. 2014CB845800): Studies on gamma-ray bursts and related frontier physics. PI: Prof. Zi-Gao Dai. Jan. 2014 – Dec. 2018
• National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program No. 2013CB834900): Research on supernova cosmology and exoplanets using Antarctic Survey Telescopes (AST3). PI: Prof. Li-Fan Wang. Jan. 2013 – Dec. 2017
• Fermi Guest Investigator Program (NASA NNX09AT72G): Theoretical models of Gamma Ray Bursts in light of the Fermi LAT-GBM observations. PI: Prof. Peter Meszaros. Aug. 2009 – Aug. 2010
• National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program No. 2009CB824800): Researches on black holes and other compact objects. PI: Prof. Shuang-Nan Zhang. Jan. 2009 – Dec. 2013
• NSFC Key Program (No. 10633040): Cosmic star formation and starbursts-active galactic nuclei connection. PI: Prof. Long-Long Feng. Jan. 2007 – Dec. 2010
• NSFC Innovative Group (Nos. 10621303, 10921063): Origin and formation of stars in the universe. PI: Prof. Ji Yang. Jan. 2007 – Dec. 2009 and Jan. 2010 – Dec. 2012