Dr. Xu KONG, Director of Department of Astronomy, USTC

xkong@ustc.edu.cn

0086-551-3600657 (phone/fax)

I am a professor of astronomy at the University of Science and Technology of China(USTC). I have broad interests in astronomy but most of my work is in the area of the physical properties of galaxies, from nearby to high redshift galaxies, with data from NAOC2.16m telescope, BATC, SDSS, LAMOST, COSMOS and so on.

Academic profile

1. Sep 1994 - Jun 1997: (M.Sc., Astrophysics) from USTC, China
2. Jul 1997 - Jun 2000: (Ph.D., Astrophysics) from USTC, China

Research Interest:

1. stellar population synthesis and its application
2. two dimension properties of low-z/high-z galaxies
3. formation and evolution of low-z/high-z galaxies
4. dust attenuation and the IRX-beta relationship

Professional experience:

1. Jul 2000 - Jun 2001: Lector at University of Science and Technology of China
2. Jul 2001 - Oct 2003: AvH Fellow and Postdoc at MPI for Astrophysics, Germany
3. Oct 2003 - Nov 2005: JSPS Research Fellow at National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Japan
4. Nov 2005 - Present : Professor at Department of Astronomy, USTC,University of Science and Technology of China, China.

My papers