2021: Rsearch Professor (Shanghai Jiaotong University, Astronomy Department)

2020: Associate Rsearch Professor (Shanghai Jiaotong University, Astronomy Department)

2017-2019: Postdoc (Kavli IPMU, Tokyo University)

2013-2016: Postdoc (ICC, Durham University)

2013: Ph.D., Shanghai Astronomical Observatory

2007: Bachelor degree, Nanjing University

My research interests are associated but not just limited to galactic dynamics, dynamical modeling of Milky Way and dwarf galaxies, galaxy formation and evolution, large scale structure and cosmology.

1. Li, S.,Wang, W., Koposov, S., et al., SpecDis: Value Added Distance Catalog for 4 Million Stars from DESI Year-1 Data,2025, ApJ

2. Yang, H., Wang,W., Zhu, L., et al., The dark matter content of Milky Way dwarf spheroidal galaxies: Draco, Sextans and Ursa Minor, 2025, ApJ
   

3. Wang, W., Yang, X., Jing, Y., et al., Luminosity and Stellar Mass Functions of Faint Photometric Satellites around Spectroscopic Central Galaxies from DESI Year-1 Bright Galaxy Survey, 2025, ApJ

4. He, J., Wang, W., Li, Z., et al., How do the velocity anisotropies of halo stars, dark matter and satellite galaxies depend on host halo properties, 2024, ApJ
   

5. Shi,R., Wang, W., Li, Z., et al., Inferring the mass content of galaxy clusters with satellite kinematics and Jeans anisotropic modeling, 2024, ApJ

6. Tan, Z.,Wang,W.,Han,J., et al., The mass and redshift dependence of halo star clustering, 2024, ApJ

7. Zhang, Y., Wang, W., Han, J., et al., Using two point correlation functions to understand the assembly histories of Milky Way-like galaxies, 2024, ApJ
   

8. Wang, W., Zhu, L., Jing, Y.P., et al., 2023, Unraveling the Complexity of Dwarf Galaxy Dynamics: A Study of Binary Orbital Motions, ApJ, 956, 91
   

9. Alonso, P., Wang, W., Zhang, J., et al., 2023, Dark against Luminous Matter around Isolated Central Galaxies: A Comparative Study between Modern Surveys and IllustrisTNG, ApJ, 947, 19

10. Wang, W., Zhu, L., Li, Z., et al., 2022, Is the Core-cusp Problem a Matter of Perspective? Jeans Anisotropic Modeling against Numerical Simulations, ApJ, 941, 108
    

11. Shi, R., Wang, W., Li, Z., et al., 2022, A machine learning approach to infer the accreted stellar mass fractions of central galaxies in the TNG100 simulation, MNRAS, 515, 3938
    

12. Wang, W., Li, X., Shi, J., et al., 2021, The stellar mass in and around isolated central galaxies: connections to the total mass distribution through galaxy-galaxy lensing in the Hyper Suprime-Cam survey, ApJ, 919, 25
    

13. Qiu, T., Wang, W., Takada, M., et al., 2021, Proper motion measurements for stars up to 100 kpc with Subaru HSC and SDSS Stripe 82, MNRAS, 501, 5149

14. Wang, W., Takada, M., Li, X., et al., 2021, A comparative study of satellite galaxies in Milky Way-like galaxies from HSC, DECaLS and SDSS, MNRAS, 500, 3776

15. Wang, W., Han, J.，Cautun, M., et al., 2020, The mass of our Milky Way, invited review by SCPMA

16. Wang, W., Han, J., Sonnenfeld, A., et al., 2019, The stellar halo of isolated central galaxies in the Hyper Suprime-Cam imaging survey, MNRAS, 487, 1580

17. Wang, W., Han, J., Cole, S., et al., 2018, What to expect from dynamical modelling of galactic haloes - II. The spherical Jeans equation,MNRAS, 476, 5669

18. Wang, W., Han, J., Cole, S., et al., 2017, What to expect from dynamical modelling of galactic haloes, MNRAS, 470, 2351

19. Wang, W., White, S., Mandelbaum, R., et al., 2016, A weak gravitational lensing recalibration of the scaling relations linking the gas properties of dark haloes to their mass, MNRAS, 456, 2301

20. Wang, W., Han, J., Cooper, A.Pl., et al., 2015, Estimating the dark matter halo mass of our Milky Way using dynamical tracers, MNRAS, 453, 377

21. Lowing, B., Wang, W., Cooper, A.P., et al., 2015, Creating mock catalogues of stellar haloes from cosmological simulations, MNRAS, 446, 2274

22. Cautun, M., Wang, W., Frenk, C.S., et al., 2015, A new spin on discs of satellite galaxies, MNRAS, 449, 2576

23. Wang, W., Sales, L.V., Henriques, B., 2014, Satellite abundances around bright isolated galaxies - II. Radial distribution and environmental effects, MNRAS, 442, 1363

24. Wang, W., White, S., 2012, Satellite abundances around bright isolated galaxies, MNRAS, 424, 2574

25. Wang, W., Jing, Y.P., Li, C., et al., 2011, Galaxy Clustering and Projected Density Profiles as Traced by Satellites in Photometric Surveys: Methodology and Luminosity Dependence, ApJ, 734, 88

General Program Funding of NSFC (2026)

General Program Funding of NSFC (2023)

the National Science Fund for Excellent Young Scholars (2021)    

Durham Junior Research Fellowship (2013-2016)