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I am Dr. Xiaoying Pang, an Associate Professor in the Department of Physics at the School of Mathematics and Physics at XJTLU. My research interests include the formation and evolution of star clusters, binary evolution in star clusters, and the morphology of open clusters. My work in these areas has been published in several prestigious journals, including the Astrophysical Journal Letters, the Astrophysical Journal, the Astrophysical Journal Supplements, the Astronomical Journal, and Research in Astrophysics and Astronomy. I have led two research programs to completion under the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), and I am currently the Principal Investigator (PI) of an NSFC general program, a China Space Station Telescope (CSST) program, and a Co-Investigator of an NSFC Key program. In 2022, a paper of which I am the corresponding author was awarded the IOP Top Cited Paper Award 2022 in Astronomy and Astrophysics.

Beside research, I also enthusiastic at outreach activity. One of my successful outreach activities is the play entitled "Space Meet Cute," which I wrote to popularize the science of searching for the second earth-like planet. The play debuted on November 18, 2022, at XJTLU and generated a lot of buzz on campus, drawing a significant crowd to the performance. The overwhelmingly positive response to the play was a testament to its effectiveness in engaging the audience and making science accessible to the general public.

In addition to my research work, I am also actively involved in teaching activities. I have developed the "Scientists Creation 101" program, which provides undergraduate students with hands-on research experience. Ten students have been involved in five paper publications through this program. I have also incorporated superheroes into my physics teaching and initiated the "XJTLU Superhero Design Contest" in 2021, which has become an annual event for students to design their own superheroes with the physics they have learned. I received the Highly Commended award for the Most Innovative Teaching Practice in the 2019/2020 Annual XJTLU Learning and Teaching Award, and in 2020, I won the third prize in the micro-teaching video competition in Jiangsu Province. I have been awarded the titles of 2019-2020 Excellent Educator in Suzhou City, Excellent Educator in Suzhou Industrial Park District, Teaching Qinglan Talent Award of Jiangsu Province, and Teaching and Research Talent Award of Suzhou City (苏州市先进教育工作者，苏州工业园区先进教育工作者，江苏省青蓝工程教师骨干，苏州市科教骨干人才).

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Qualifications
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) of the UK Professional Standards Framework 2020 for teaching and learning support in higher education, Fellowship reference: PR201304 (September 2020-present)
- PhD: Heidelberg University (2008-2012)
Experience
- Associate Professor: Department of Physics, Xi'an Jiaotong Liverpool University (September 2022-present)
- Assistant Professor: Department of Physics, Xi’an Jiaotong Liverpool University (February 2019 - August 2022)
- Lecturer: School of Science, Shanghai Institute of Technology (September 2013 - 2019 January)
- Postdoctoral Fellow: National Astronomical Observatory of China, Chinese Academy of Sciences (September 2012 - August 2013)
Research interests
- Probing the Structure of the Milky Way Galaxy via open clusters
- The formation, evolution and disruption of star cluster in the Milky Way
- Data reduction of Gaia DR2 / DR3 via machine learning neural network
- Big data reduction of Million particle N-body simulation.
Articles
- Pang, X., Li, Y.; Tang, S.-H.; Wang, L.; Wang, Y.; Li Z.-Y.; Wang, D.; Pasquato, M.; Kouwenhoven, M.B.N. 2022. Astrophysical Journal Letters. Dynamical Origin for the Collinder 132-Gulliver 21 Stream: A Mixture of Three Comoving Populations with an Age Difference of 250 Myr
- Pang, X., Shu, Q.; Wang, L.; Kouwenhoven, M.B.N. Submitted to the Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Investigating the UV-excess in star clusters with 𝑁-body simulations: predictions for future CSST observations. 2022, under review.
- Li, C., Zheng, Z.; Li, X.; Pang, X.; Tang, B.; Milone, A. P.; Wang, Y.; Wang, H.; Jiang, D. Submitted to the Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Searching for multiple populations in star clusters using the China Space Station Telescope. under review.
- Pang, X., Tang, S.-H.; Li, Y.; Yu, Z.; Wang, L.; Li, J.; Li, Y.; Wang, Y.; Wang, Y.; Zhang, T.; Pasquato, M.; Kouwenhoven, M.B.N. Astrophysical Journal. 3D Morphology of Open Clusters in the Solar Neighborhood with Gaia EDR 3 II: Hierarchical Star Formation Revealed by Spatial and Kinematic Substructures. 2022, accepted for publication; https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2022arXiv220406000P/abstract
- Li, Y., Pang, X.∗ (correspondent); Tang, S.-H. Research Notes of the AAS. Evidence of Early-stage Tidal Structures of Open Clusters Revealed by Kinematics with Gaia EDR3. 2021, Vol.5, id.173; https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021RNAAS...5..173L/abstract
- Pang, X., Yu, Z.; Tang, S.-H.; Hong, J.; Yuan, Z.; Pasquato, M.; Kouwenhoven, M.B.N. Astrophysical Journal. Disruption of Hierarchical Clustering in the Vela OB2 Complex and the Cluster Pair Collinder 135 and UBC7 with Gaia EDR3: Evidence of Supernova Quenching. 2021, Vol.923, P.20; https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021ApJ...923...20P/abstract
- Pang, X., Li, Y.; Yu, Z.; Tang, S.-H.; Dinnbier, F.; Kroupa, P.; Pasquato, M.; Kouwenhoven, M.B.N. Astrophysical Journal. 3D Morphology of Open Clusters in the Solar Neighborhood: its Relation to Cluster Dynamics. 2021, Vol.912, P.27; https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021ApJ...912..162P/abstract
- Shu, Q., Pang, X.∗ (correspondent); Flammini Dott, F.; Kouwenhoven, M.B.N.; Arca Sedda, M.; Spurzem, R. Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. The long-term evolution of main-sequence binaries in DRAGON simulations. 2021, Vol.253, P.19; https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021ApJS..253...14S/abstract
- Pang, X., Li, Y.; Tang, S.; Pasquato, M.; Kouwenhoven, M.B.N. Astrophysical Journal Letters. Different Fates of Young Star Clusters after Gas Expulsion. 2020, Vol.900, P.4; https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2020ApJ...900L...4P/abstract
- Fan, Z., Chen, B.; Pang, X.; Ren, J.; Wang, S.; Wang, J.; Tan, K.; Song, N.; Li, C.; Zheng, J.; Zhao, G. Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. Comparisons of Different Fitting Methods for the Physical Parameters of A Star Cluster Sample of M33 with Spectroscopy and Photometry. 2020, Vol.251, P.13; https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2020ApJS..251...13F/abstract
- Zhang Y., Chen W.P.; Tang S.; Pang, X.; Liu J. Astrophysical Journal. Diagnosing the Stellar Population and Tidal Structure of the Blanco1 Star Cluster. 2020, Vol.889, P.99; https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2020ApJ...889...99Z/abstract
- Liu, L., Pang, X.∗ (correspondent), Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. A Catalog of Newly Identified Star Clusters in Gaia DR2. 2019, Vol.245, P.32; https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2019ApJS..245...32L/abstract
- Tang, S., Pang, X.∗ (correspondent); Yuan, Z.; et al., Astrophysical Journal. Title: Discovery of Tidal Tails in Disrupting Open Clusters: Coma Berenices and a Neighbor Stellar Group. 2019, Vol.877, P.12; https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2019ApJ...877...12T/abstract
- Pang, X., Shen, S.; Shao, Z. Astrophysical Journal Letters. Title: The fundamental plane of open cluster. 2018, Vol.868, P.9; https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018ApJ...868L...9P/abstract
- Pang, X., Shen, S. Progress in Astronomy. Title: The Tilt of Fundamental Plane: from Elliptical Galaxies to Globular Clusters. 2017, Vol.35, P.390.
- Pang, X., Olczak1, C.; Guo, D.F.; Spurzem, R.; Kotulla R. Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Title: GalevNB: a conversion from N-body simulations to observations. 2016, Vol.16, P.37; https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016RAA....16...37P/abstract
- Pang, X., Pasquali, A.; Grebel, E. K. Astronomical Journal. Title: The gray extinction of the ionizing cluster in NGC 3603 from Ultraviolet to optical wavelengths. 2016, Vol.151, P.23; https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016AJ....151...23P/abstract
- Pang, X., Grebel, K.E.; Allison R.J.; Goodwin S.P.; Altmann M.; Harbeck D.; Moffat A.F.J.; Drissen L. Astrophysical Journal. Title: On the origin of mass segregation in NGC 3603. 2013, Vol.764, P.73; https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2013ApJ...764...73P/abstract
- Pang, X., Pasquali, A.; Grebel, E.K. Astronomical Journal. Title: A two-dimensional map of the color excess in NGC 3603. 2011, Vol.142, P.132; https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011AJ....142..132P/abstract
- Pang, X., Journal of Shanghai Institute of Technology (Natural Science). Title: Investigation of UV-Upturn Via N-BODY Simulations of Star Clusters. 2016, Vol.16, P.159
- Pang, X., Zhang. J. Journal of Art Education. Title: The combination of science and theatre – Investigation on the Application of Science Situation Comedy to College Physics Lab Course. 2019, Vol.9, P.116
- Pang, X., Wang, H.; Huang, Y. Journal of Inner Mongolia University for Nationalities. Title: Study on the teaching of college physics experiment based on ASSURE Model. 2016, Vol.31, P.388
Conference presentations
- 22 April 2022, Contributed talk in 2022 China Space Station Telescope online conference: 3D Morphology of Open Clusters in the Solar Neighborhood with Gaia EDR 3 II: Hierarchical Star Formation Revealed by Spatial and Kinematic Substructures.
- 21 April 2022, Contributed talk in 2022 China Space Station Telescope online conference: Investigating the UV-excess in star clusters with N-body simulations: prediction for future CSST. observations.
- 19 May 2021, Contributed talk in Dali China Space Station Telescope seminar: NBODY simulations of UV-upturn in star clusters.
- 20-21 May 2021, Contributed talk in Zhang Heng Astronomy Conference: Dynamical disruption of open clusters.
- 15-17 May 2021, Contributed talk in Guo Shuo Jing Astronomy Conference: Disruption of open clusters-from Galactic to extra-Galactic.
- 6 April 2021, Contributed talk in the star cluster workshop in Purple Mountain observatory: 3D morphology Disruption of open clusters in the Galactic disk with Gaia EDR 3.
- 7-8 December 2020, Contributed talk in the 2020 Cross-Strait Star Cluster online Conference: 3D morphology of open clusters in the solar neighborhood.
- 22 July 2019, Contributed talk in the white paper symposium on near field cosmology of China Space Station Telescope: Star cluster study based on CSS-OS.
- 19 April 2019, Contributed talk in the 2019 Cross-Strait Star Cluster Meeting: 3d morphology of open clusters in the solar neighborhood.
Grants
- Pang, Xiaoying: Co-Investigator, Stellar populations in star cluster; KEY PROGRAM OF THE NATIONAL NATURAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION OF CHINA (NSFC). Grant No.12233013.
- Pang, Xiaoying: Principle investigator. Investigation of 3D morphology of open clusters in the process of disruption. GENERAL PROGRAM OF THE NATIONAL NATURAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION OF CHINA (NSFC). Grant No.12173029.
- Pang, Xiaoying: Principle investigator. UV upturn of star clusters in the Local Group galaxies. Funded by CHINA MANNED SPACE office. Grant No. CSST-2022-A08-HTW-010.
- Pang, Xiaoying: Principle investigator. 3D morphology of open clusters in solar neighborhood. THE PROJECT WAS A RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT FUND SUPPORTED BY XI’AN JIAOTONG LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY. Grant No:RDF-18-02-32.
- Pang, Xiaoying; Principle investigator. A marvelous physics learning experience with superheroes. THE PROJECT WAS SUPPORTED BY THE TEACHING DEVELOPMENT FUND OF THE XI’AN JIAOTONG LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY. Grant No:19/20-R19-124.
Professional service activities
- In 2023, I am the SOC of the meeting: 星团的结构、形成与演化, which is held in Zhuhai. https://stellar-physics.com/. In this meeting, I gave an invited talk on the topic: From the Within Comes the Appearance: The Fascinating Journey of Open Star Clusters from Formation to Evolution.
- 21-22 April 2022, Chair of the LOC of 2022 China Space Station Telescope (CSST) online conference. We host the 2022 China Space Station Telescope online conference during 21-22 April. I design the conference structure and style of talks and discussion. There were 24 contributed talks on six topics of CSST research teams in this online conference, with totally 68 registered participants from China mainland. The PI of CSST Milky way research highly praised the organization of this online meeting, in which members of CSST six research teams successfully made thorough discussion and summary of the 1.5 year research results by far.
- March 2021, Internal examiner of PhD VIVA.
- 7-8 December 2020, Chair of the SOC and LOC of 2020 Cross Strait Star Cluster online conference. As the main organizer, we host the 2020 Cross-Strait Star Cluster online conference during 7-8 December 2020. There were 30 contributed talks on the topic of star clusters in this online conference, with totally 56 registered participants from Taiwan, China mainland, Germany, Russian and Kazakhstan.
- January 2020, Teaching seminar in Physics department. I invited Prof. Yinzhe Ma from the University of KwaZulu-Natal to be the speaker of a teaching seminar organized by me on the topic of Teaching multi-cultural, multi-level and multi- disciplinary physics classes: my experiences in South Africa. Speaker Prof. Yinzhe Ma is a popular physics teacher in the University of KwaZulu-Natal. Since both his university and XJTLU have similar multi-cultural environment, this seminar triggered discussions among our physics teachers on how to improve our physics teaching in multi-cultural environment. Different teaching methods were discussed, including assessment techniques. We not only had lecturers attended the seminar, but also students. One student came from Africa.
- November 2020, Training workshop for for students attending 11th University Physics Competition. There were about 40 students attended the 11th University Physics Competition in November 2019. I organized a two-day training workshop to equip students with modeling techniques and physics might be involved in the competition. In 2020, three teams won bronze medals from XJTLU at the 11th University Physics Competition in the end.
- November 2019, Training workshop for for students attending 10th University Physics Competition. There were about 100 students attended the 10th University Physics Competition in November 2019. I organized a two-day training workshop to equip students with modeling techniques and physics might be involved in the competition. The workshop was effective and had fruitful results. In 2019, three teams won silver medals and nine teams won bronze medals from XJTLU at the 10th University Physics Competition in the end. The report about the UPC achievement is available at XJTLU news release: https://www.xjtlu.edu.cn/en/news/2020/03/meiguodaxuewulijingsai
- 31 May 2020, Online Public Talk on Astronomy. I organized an online public talk evening on 31 May 2020 for all undergraduate students on the topic of ``Where are we in the Universe?'' The talk was delivered by Prof. Wen-Ping Chen from Central University in Taiwan. There were 80 attendances in the public talk. Students were excited and asked questions for one hour after the two-hour talk by Prof. Chen. The new release of the public talk is available at: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/vRUPCXtlUentNq8ZfDgMwA.
- August 2020-present: global engagement officer of the Department of Physics.
- 2019-2020: innovative teaching technique officer in the Mathematical Sciences Cluster.
Teaching activities
- I wrote an astronomy drama: Space Meet Cute, which is about searching for the habitable exoplanets. This is a new version of my old drama script Planets, fight back!. From September to November 2022, I selected students as actors and actresses to play the roles in the drama. I was also the director of the drama performance, teaching students to perform and act. The drama has featured the method to searching for exoplanets and the characteristics of habitable planets. The performance of the astronomy drama was scheduled on 18 November 2022, one show in the afternoon at 14:00, and one at 19:00 in the evening. Totally we have 700 students and staff as the audience. The drama has been a sensation on campus and received complement from students and teachers. At the end of the show, there was an astronomy quiz. Audience were active in answering the astronomy questions which they can find the solution when watching the drama. The report of the astronomy drama on 18 November 2022 is available online https://www.xjtlu.edu.cn/zh/news/2022/11/tianwenkepuhuaju
- Scientist creation 101 program: As I am doing research on astronomy, I would like to inspire more students to become future scientists. Therefore, I initiated the ``scientist creation 101'' program, aiming at training undergraduate students with hands-on experience in astronomy research and data reduction, using the statistics technique they learnt from MTH,113. Ten students are voluntary to participate in this program. Tutorials on the programming language ``Python'' and astronomy background knowledge are provided each week. Currently, students are working on the data from the satellite Gaia launched by the European Space Agency. Four papers have been published together with seven students on the topic of star clusters in the solar neighborhood. I also supervised students in the program to participate in the 4th XJTLU student Competition for Research-led learning. Two teams won the third and second prizes. The reports of undergraduate students' involvement in scientific publication under the ``scientist creation 101 program'' are available at 1) https://www.xjtlu.edu.cn/en/news/2020/11/discovery-recognised-by-astrophysics-journal; 2) https://www.xjtlu.edu.cn/zh/news/2022/03/kexuejiapeiyangxiangmu.
- Physics teaching with superheroes: I refer to popular culture, superhero, in my physics classroom and help students to learn academic things within their realm of experience. Three or four Students form a group to work out the physics behind the superhero, which offers an opportunity for students to gain deep processing in the learning experience. Since 2019, my superhero teaching has been carried out for 3 semesters in PHY002. See the XJTLU new release on this teaching practice: https://www.xjtlu.edu.cn/en/news/2021/06/superheroes-spark-students-success-in-science.
- Video competition on looking for physics in daily lives: When the teaching switch to online mode due to the corona virus outbreak in early 2020, I organized a physics video competition among PHY002 students to engage online learning. The topic of the video competition was "Looking for physics in daily lives". Students could choose any subject in daily lives to make a video. The video should explain the physics for the subject. They could use cartoon, screen-recording, home-made experiment in the videos. We received fantastic videos made by students when they were home studying. Finally six students were awarded first, second and the third prizes.At the same time, I also organized the awarding ceremony (18 November 2020), in which prize students each gave a five-minute presentation sharing their learning experience in making the physics video. News of the video competition is available online : https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/wgT19g2ekGvQ-nIB0oIu_Q
Courses taught
- Final Year Project: MTH301
- Introduction to Statistical Methods (MTH 205)
- Introduction to statistics and probability (MTH113)
- Physics (PHY002)
Awards and honours
- 2022，Teaching and Research Talent Award of Suzhou City.
- 2021，Teaching Qinglan Talent Award of Jiangsu Province
- 2021, Excellent Advisor Award in the 4th XJTLU student Competition for Research-led learning, Xi'an Jiaotong Liverpool University.
- 2020, Third prize in the micro-teaching video competition of Jiang Su province, Xi’an Jiaotong Liverpool University.
- 2020, Excellent Educator in Suzhou City, Xi’an Jiaotong Liverpool University.
- 2020, Excellent Educator in Suzhou industrial park district, Xi’an Jiaotong Liverpool University.
- 2020, Highly commended of Academic Year 2019/2020 Annual XJTLU Learning and Teaching award for THE MOST INNOVATIVE TEACHING PRACTICE, Xi’an Jiaotong Liverpool University.
- 2018, Best teaching award, in the annual evaluation of teaching in the Physics division of School of Science, Shanghai Institute of Technology.
- 2017, Second prize in annual teaching achievement, Shanghai Institute of Technology.
- 2016, First Price in the micro-teaching video competition, Shanghai Institute of Technology.

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+86 (0)51281889020
电子邮件
Xiaoying.Pang@xjtlu.edu.cn
地址
MB238(SIP Campus-Mathematics Building)
Suzhou Dushu Lake Science and Education Innovation District
Suzhou Industrial Park
Suzhou
P.R.China
215123

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