Research ：

Cosmology

Galaxy Groups and Clusters

Galaxy Formation

Time-domain, Stars, and Planets

Main experience：
2017 to present: Special Researcher, Shanghai Jiaotong University
2016-2017: Postdoctoral fellow at Ohio State University
2013-2016: Postdoctoral fellow at Carnegie Mellon University, USA
2008-2013: Ph.D., Ohio State University, USA
 
Research interest：
Large-scale structure of the universe
Accelerated expansion and dark energy of the universe
Formation and evolution of galaxies
Dynamics and weak gravitational lens effects of clusters
Quasar light changes and supermassive black holes
 
Main reward：
The thirteenth batch of young people in the Central Organization Department (2016)
 
Main research project：
My main research goal is to reveal the mystery behind the evolution of the galaxy and the accelerated expansion of the universe. Joined Shanghai Jiaotong University
In the next few years after the astronomy department, my research team will fully participate in the current international large-scale galaxy survey projects.
Including dark energy spectrum survey project (DESI; USA), main focus spectrometer project (PFS; Japan), and large-scale synthesis
Sky Survey Telescope Light Metering Program (LSST; USA) and using cosmological structure formation theory and statistical models of galaxies distribution
Interpret and analyze these latest survey data.

Recent major research papers：
Y. Zu, R. Mandelbaum, M. Simet, E. Rozo, and E. S. Ryko. On the Level of Cluster Assembly Bias in SDSS. MNRAS, 470, 551, 2017.
Y. Zu and R. Mandelbaum. Mapping stellar content to dark matter halos - III.Environmental dependence and conformity of galaxy colours, arXiv:1703.09219, MNRAS accepted, 2017.
R. Mandelbaum, W. Wang, Y. Zu, S. White, B. Henriques, and S. More. Strong bimodality in the host halo mass of central galaxies from galaxy-galaxy lensing. MNRAS, 457, 2016.
Y. Zu and R. Mandelbaum. Mapping stellar content to dark matter haloes - II. Halo mass is the main driver of galaxy quenching. MNRAS, 457:4360–4383, 2016.
Y. Zu, C. S. Kochanek, S. Kozłowski, and B. M. Peterson. Application of Stochastic Modeling to Analysis of Photometric Reverberation Mapping Data. ApJ, 819:122, 2016.
 
Outpatient postdoctoral and graduate doctoral students
My research team is recruiting undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral researchers.
If you are: 1) Undergraduate students interested in astrophysics and cosmology, and wish to pursue a master's or doctoral degree;
              Or 2) Ph.D. students who are about to graduate, and are interested in my research direction and postdoctoral position at Shanghai Jiaotong University.
 Please contact me by email.