Home People Teaching Staff YAN Renbin

Education:

• PhD in Astrophysics, University of California, Berkeley (2007)
• MA in Astrophysics, University of California, Berkeley (2003)
• BSc in Physic, Peking University (2001)

Position:

• 2021-now: Associate Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
• 2018-2021: Associate Professor, University of Kentucky
• 2012-2018: Assistant Professor, University of Kentucky
• 2010-2012: Assistant Research Scientist, New York University
• 2007-2010: Ontario Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Toronto

Research Interest:

• Astronomical Instrumentation
• Interstellar Medium
• Galaxy Evolution

Honours and Awards:

• Ontario Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2007

Selected Recent Publications:

• "The Prototype Telescope and Spectrograph System for the AMASE Project", Renbin Yan et al., Proceeding of the SPIE, 11447, 114478Y (2020)
• "Constraining the Photoionization Models With a Reprojected Optical Diagnostic Diagram", Xihan Ji & Renbin Yan, MNRAS, 499, 5749 (2020)
• "Upper boundaries of active galactic nucleus regions in optical diagnostic diagrams", Xihan Ji, Renbin Yan, et al., MNRAS; 496; 1262 (2020)
• "SDSS-IV MaStar: A Large and Comprehensive Empirical Stellar Spectral Library", Renbin Yan et al., ApJ, 883, 175 (2019)
• "Shocks or Photoionization: Direct Temperature Measurements of the Low-Ionization Gas In Quiescent Galaxies", Renbin Yan, MNRAS, 481, 476 (2018)
• "Nitrogen-to-Oxygen Abundance Ratio Variation In Quiescent Galaxies", Renbin Yan, MNRAS, 481; 467 (2018)
• "Recovering stellar population parameters via two full-spectrum fitting algorithms in the absence of model uncertainties", Junqiang Ge, Renbin Yan, et al., MNRAS, 478, 2633 (2018)
• "Inside-out growth or inside-out quenching? Clues from colour gradients of local galaxies", Jianhui Lian, Renbin Yan, Michael Blanton, Xu Kong, MNRAS, 472, 4679 (2017)
• "SDSS-IV MaNGA: the Impact of Diffuse Ionized Gas on Emission-line Ratios, Interpretation of Diagnostic Diagrams, and Gas Metallicity Measurements", Kai Zhang, Renbin Yan, et al., MNRAS, 466, 3217 (2017)
• "Quenching time scale and quenching rate of galaxies", Jianhui Lian, Renbin Yan, Kai Zhang, Xu Kong, ApJ, 832, 29 (2016)
• "SDSS-IV MaNGA: SDSS-IV MaNGA IFS Galaxy Survey --- Survey Design, Execution, and Initial Data Quality", Renbin Yan et al., AJ, 152; 197 (2016)
• "The Data Reduction Pipeline for the SDSS-IV MaNGA IFU Galaxy Survey", AJ, 152, 83 (2016)
• "SDSS-IV/MaNGA: Spectrophotometric Calibration Technique", Renbin Yan et al., AJ. 151, 8 (2016)
• "Observing Strategy for the SDSS-IV/MaNGA IFU Galaxy Survey", David Law, Renbin Yan, et al., AJ, 150, 19 (2015)
• "The MaNGA Integral Field Unit Fiber Feed System for the Sloan 2.5m Telescope", Niv Drory et al., AJ, 149, 77 (2015)
• "Overview of the SDSS-IV MaNGA Survey: Mapping Nearby Galaxies at Apache Point Observatory", Kevin Bundy, Matthew Bershady, David R. Law, Renbin Yan, et al., ApJ, 798, 7 (2015)
• "The Nature of LINER-like Emission in Red Galaxies", Astrophys. J., 747, 61 (2012)