Welcome to Dr. Yaoting Yan's homepage
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5574-0549I'm Yaoting Yan, an astronomer working at the Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie (MPIfR).
My research focuses on star formation history and ongoing star formation, using two different tools: isotope ratios and ammonia masers.
Isotope abundance ratios provide a powerful tool to:
- Trace stellar nucleosynthesis
- Evaluate the composition of stellar ejecta
- Constrain the chemical evolution of the Milky Way
- Serve as signposts of high-mass star formation
- Probe the excitation and kinematics of very compact regions in the close environment of young stellar objects
- Provide useful targets for the measurements of trigonometric parallax and proper motions
University Education & Professional Experience
Education
- 2012 Matriculated at Guangzhou University (GZHU)
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2019
M.Sc. in Astronomy, GZHU Excellent graduate student
Thesis: A Systematic TMRT Observational Study of Galactic 12C/13C Ratios from Formaldehyde
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October 22, 2024
Dr. rer. nat., University of Bonn Magna cum laude, 0.9
Thesis: The Influence of Stellar Objects onto the Interstellar Medium: Isotopic Compositions and Maser Lines
Professional Experience
- 2016-2019 Research for Master thesis at the Center for Astronomy, GZHU
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2019-2024
Research for Ph.D. thesis at the MPIfR
Member of the IMPRS for Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Bonn
- Since September 2023 Referee of The Astrophysical Journal (ApJ)
- Since November 2024 Postdoctoral Researcher at the MPIfR
Observational Expertise
Accumulated >2000 hours of observation experience with:
the Effelsberg 100-m
the IRAM 30-m
the TMRT 65-m
the Arecibo 305-m
the ARO 12-m
the SMT 10-m
2021, IRAM EMIR Pool observations (2 weeks volunteer)