"We are made of star stuff."

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Yan Gong (龚䶮)

I am an astronomer working at Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie.

Marital Status

Married to Wenjin Yang on 2020 Jan 15

living with Lunar since 2021 Mar 1

Education

Bachelor of Science in physics
Sep. 2005--July 2009, Central China Normal University
Wuhan, China
Ph.D. in astrophysics
Sep. 2009--July 2016, Purple Mountain Observatory
Nanjing, China
Dec. 2012--Mar. 2015, MPIFR
Bonn, Germany

Professional appointments

July 2016--August 2017, PMO, research assistant

September 2017-- September 2020, MPIFR, postdoc

September 2020-- , MPIFR, Scientific Staff

Teaching experience

Master:
Manali Jeste (Co-supervised with Prof. Karl. M. Menten)
Ashly Sebastine (Co-supervised with Prof. Karl. M. Menten)

PhD:
Manali Jeste (Co-supervised with Prof. Karl. M. Menten): publication
Zsófia Szabó (Co-supervised with Prof. Karl. M. Menten): publication

Award

Oral commendations by Prof. Dr. Rui-qing Mao, Dr. Christian Henkel, and Prof. Dr. Karl M. Menten

2016 the Zhu-Li Yuehua outstanding doctoral award of Chinese Academy of Sciences

2017 Excellent Doctoral Dissertation of Chinese Academy of Sciences

Language

Chinese (Mandarin): mother tongue
English: fluent
German: A1

Contact

Address: Auf dem Hügel 69, 53121 Bonn, Germany
Email: ygong@mpifr-bonn.mpg.de, gongyan2444@gmail.com
Homepage: http://gongyan2444.github.io

Miscellaneous

paper antenna model

Markdown:daily reading, a better design:Wenjin's notes

small html tools: luminosity calculator

VNC connection to MPIFR: tutorial

python: tutorial, python-environ for Mac, W44, W3, filter, polarimeter, rfi, Hill5, NH3 hfs tau two-point correlation, notes, scikit-learn, smooth-image, Multi-colored-line, Julian-Calendar, Luminosity calculator

IDL:blackbody

GILDAS:noise-map, update old data, hfs fitting + HC3N (2-1) parameters, three-color images, main beam efficiency

Effelsberg:startup, Calibration note -- offline, SpecPol setup, test180213, test1809, test1901, test1904, test1907,test1908, test1909,GLO1911,GLO1912,GLO2004, GLO2005, GLO2006, GLO2007, GLO2008, GLO2009, GLO2011, GLO2104, GLO2105, GLO2107, GLO2108, GLO2109, GLO2110, GLO2204, GLO2205, GLO2206, GLO2207, GLO2208, GLO2209, GLO2210, GLO2211, GLO2212, GLO2306, GLO2307, GLO2308, offline-Cband

GLOSTAR-progress

Astronomical and physical constants

APEX:apecsmemo, VISA

HIFI:hipe, fits2class

private

distances to known sources

Commonly used line tracers

HERA pako

APEX example Macros

3D sis10