Teachers

Basic Information

Tel: 0755-26707048

Address: Information Building L801, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen)

Email: wy@hit.edu.cn

Research Interests: Magnetic Reconnection; Particle Acceleration; Solar Wind Turbulences; Energy Dissipation; Plasma Waves; Saturn's Magnetosphere

Personal Profile

Wang Yi, Ph.D., Associated Professor, mainly researches physical processes related to magnetic reconnection and solar wind turbulence. Some of these results have been published in some notable scientific journals, such as Physical Review Letters and Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. He was invited to publish a book entitled “Magnetic Cloud Boundary Layers and Magnetic Reconnection” by Springer. He is responsible for and take part in general program, key project and major project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China.

Education

Ph.D. in Space Physics, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, 2012 Jun

B.S. in Space Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China, 2007 Jun

Professional Experience        

2017 Apr – present: Associate Professor, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen

2012 Jul – 2017 Apr: Associate Research, National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences

2013 Sep – 2014 Mar: Visiting Scholar, George Mason University

Research Interests

Magnetic Reconnection; Particle Acceleration; Solar Wind Turbulences; Energy Dissipation; Plasma Waves; Saturn's Magnetosphere

Published Books

Wang, Y., Magnetic Cloud Boundary Layers and Magnetic Reconnection, (2016), Springer.

Selected Publications

Wang, Y., F. S. Wei, X. S. Feng, X. J. Xu, J. Zhang, T. R. Sun and P. B. Zuo (2015). "Energy Dissipation Processes in Solar Wind Turbulence." The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 221(2): 34 DOI: 10.1088/0067-0049/221/2/34.

Wang, Y., F. S. Wei, X. S. Feng, S. H. Zhang, P. B. Zuo and T. R. Sun (2010). "Energetic Electrons Associated with Magnetic Reconnection in the Magnetic Cloud Boundary Layer." Physical Review Letters 105(19): 195007 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.195007.

Honors and Awards

2016, Youth Innovation Promotion Association, Chinese Academy of Sciences

2015, Springer Theses Award

2013, Excellent Doctoral Dissertation of Chinese Academy of Sciences

2012, President Award of Chinese Academy of Sciences

2012, Outstanding young Thesis Award of the 8th National Symposium on Space Weather

2010, Outstanding young Thesis Award of the 7th National Symposium on Space Weather

2007, The National First Prize in 10th National Challenge Cup

Teaching Courses

Heliosphere physics

Space exploration

Numerical simulation of space plasma

Recruitment

Recruiting graduate students and Postdoctoral Fellows in the fields of space physics, plasma physics, and space information technology. The salary of Postdoctoral Fellows is higher than 250,000/year (after tax).