Zhi-Yu Zhang(张智昱)

Currently working with Rob Ivison at both the University of Edinburgh and ESO , as a postdoc fellow. Working on the project COSMICISM. Got my Ph.D. degree in Purple Mountain Observatory (PMO) , Nanjing, China, supervised by Yu Gao in the SFIG group of PMO, and Christian Henkel in the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy (MPIfR) .

Specialised in observational radio astronomy and physical conditions of interstellar medium. Currently working on the impact of the Cosmic Microwave Background to mm/sub-mm observations of galaxies in the early Universe. Especially interested in the physical connection between dense molecular gas (traced by CS, HCN, HCO+, high-J CO, etc.), star formation and its feedback in galaxies near and far. Working on models to derive the excitation physical conditions from multiple molecular transitions and multiple species. Interaction between supernova remnants and molecular clouds is also what I am interested in.

Experienced in observations using radio/mm/sub-mm telescopes (both single dish and interferometers), including Arecibo, GBT, Effelsberg, IRAM 30m, PMO 14m, MOPRA, ARO 12m, CSO, (HH)SMT, APEX, (J)VLA, ALMA, etc.