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https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5574-0549I'm Yaoting Yan, a Project Research Fellow working at National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ).
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
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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
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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
- 2012 Matriculated at Guangzhou University (GZHU)
- Since February 2026 Project Research Fellow at National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ)
- Nov. 2025-Oct. 2026 Guest Researcher at Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie (MPIfR)
- Since June 2025 Referee of Astronomy & Astrophysics
- Nov. 2024-Oct. 2025 Postdoctoral Researcher at MPIfR
- Since September 2023 Referee of The Astrophysical Journal (ApJ)
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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
- 2016-2019 Research for Master thesis at the Center for Astronomy, GZHU
Accumulated >2000 hours of observation experience with:
IRAM EMIR Pool observations (5 weeks volunteer, April - June 2021 and April - July 2025)