About Me

When I was a very young boy, I sat in a dome at Beijing Planetarium and enjoyed the dark. Astronomy, to me, is science and more. It reveals something beyond our imaginations and discovery new worlds. Besides, astronomy is beautiful and amazing to share with everyone. I would like to investigate, teach, present and talk with you about the world that can be understood from our pale blue dot.

Now I work at DoA, BNU as a lecturer. I am working on the study of Galactic stucture, stellar binarity, and something new based on spectral survey data. Also, I publish articles and make mini videos for public outreach. I give a new lesson History of Astronomy at BNU.

Contact Details

Shuang Gao
Department of Astronomy,
Beijing Normal University
Xinjiekouwai Street 19
Haidian District
Beijing 100875, China
Local universe

sgao@bnu.edu.cn


北京市海淀区新街口外大街19号 北京师范大学京师学堂414

Education

Nat. Doc. in Astrophysics

University of Heidelberg Heidelberg, Germany

October 2008 - October 2011
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Eva K. Grebel
Thesis: Empirical Models of the Milky Way at the North Galactic Pole based on SDSS Photometric Data

M. S. in Astrophysics

Beijing Normal University Beijing, China

September 2005 - July 2008
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Biwei Jiang
Thesis: The Galactic Globular Clusters and Stellar Streams

B.S. in Astronomy

Beijing Normal University Beijing, China

September 2001 - July 2005

Work

Lecturer

Beijing Normal University July 2014 - Present

Department of Astronomy
Research, teaching and student affairs

Post-doc

National Astronomical Observatories of China November 2011 - July 2014

Stars and Stellar System group
LAMOST data and research

Fellowships

LAMOST fellowship

National Astronomical Observatories of China November 2011 - July 2014

CSC scholarship

China Scholarship Council October 2008 - October 2011




Projects

National Natural Science Foundation of China

Youth Scholar • 2016 - 2018

BNU foundation

Youth teacher • 2014 - 2016

NAOC foundation

Youth Scholar • 2013 - 2014

BNU foundation

For bachelor students • 2004 - 2005

mentoring

Master theses

Bin Yu • NIR extinction of SNR(s)

Mingxu Sun • UV extinction of SNR(s)

Bachelor theses

Yuxi Wang • Top 100 X-ray sources

Mingjie Jian • Stellar infrared intrinsic colors from spectral data

codes

Repeat submit

Usually some web-based models need to be submitted many times to collect full dataset. A python code has been developped for this application.

publications

Here is only the latest three articles.
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full list

Revision of Stellar Intrinsic Colors in the Infrared by Spectroscopic Surveys

Jian M., Gao S., Zhao H. et al., 2017, AJ, 153, 5J

ADS link; arXiv link

Sharp Chandra View of ROSAT All-Sky Survey Bright Sources — I. Improvement of Positional Accuracy

Gao S., Wang S. and Liu J., 2016, RAA, 16, 187G

ADS link; arXiv link

White-light Flares on Close Binaries Observed with Kepler

Gao Q., Xin Y., Liu J., Zhang X., Gao S. , 2016, ApJS, 224, 37G

ADS link; arXiv link

proceedings

Here is only the latest three articles.
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full list

The Velocity Distribution in the Solar Neighborhood from LAMOST Pilot Survey

Xia Q., Liu C., Xu Y., Mao S. Gao S., 2014, IAUS, 298, 447X

ADS link;

The identification of K giant stars in LAMOST pilot survey

Liu C., Yang F., Deng L., Xu Y., Cui W., Xue X., Gao S. et al., 2014, IAUS, 298, 425L

ADS link;

A detailed self-consistent vertical Milky Way disc model

Just A, Glubov O. & Gao S., 2012, EPJWC, 1910007J

ADS link;

Film

Articles

For amateurs and public

The latest three articles:

Jul. 2016,《另一种态度看世界》,《科技日报》
Jul. 2016,《招生咨询与毕业照》,《科技日报》
Jun. 2016,《有幸成为仰望者》,《光明日报》
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Book

《天文之书》

Translated from The Space Book into Chinese,
Chongqing University Press (重庆大学出版社)

Talks

TEDxNingbo

We are all star dust July 2014


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rationale

Knowledge Method Emotion

在课堂教学活动中,情感的重要程度远远大于方法,远远大于知识。
课堂内容必须有故事,故事必须有情感。
利用故事和情感首先点燃自己,释放的温度可以影响学生。

courses

History of Astronomy

for bachelor students 2 points fall semester

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学生评价——

在天文学史课上,河马老师引领我们神交先贤, 叩问苍穹。星辰如此夜,风露立中宵。


在我大一的上半年的全部课程里,河马老师的天文学史是我收获最大的。在这里你真的有学习的感觉,思考,交流,批判,仿佛真的置身古希腊“浴室”或文艺复兴时期的欧洲大学。享受着探索人类真理的过程!


To Discover Astronomy

for freshmen 1 points fall semester

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学生评价——

每当见到和天文学有关的东西,就会有亲近感。


MATLAB

for bachelor students 1 points fall semester

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学生评价——

实用。

AWard

青年教师基本功大赛一等奖

Beijing Normal University 2016 Science group

以及“最受学生喜爱”单项奖


重庆市优秀科普图书

重庆市科技委员会,重庆市文化委员会 2016