CURRICULUM VITAE
Shude Mao
Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
Place and date of birth: Zhejiang, China, Nov. 1966
Education
Honors
PhD in Astrophysics
Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University
Thesis Advisor: Prof. Bohdan Paczyński
Thesis title: Gravitational Lensing and Gamma-ray Bursts
October 1992
BSc in Physics
University of Science and Technology of China
June 1988
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award
April 2007
Harvard-Smithsonian Postdoctoral Fellowship
1992
USTC – Hua-xing Prize
1988
Ranked number seventh in the (nationwide) China U.S. Physics Examination and
Application sponsored by Nobel Prize Laureate, Prof. T.D. Lee
1987
Professional Society
Member, International Astronomical Union
Fellow, Royal Astronomical Society
Experience
Univ. of Manchester
August 2006 – present
Full professor of Astrophysics
Manchester, UK
Univ. of Manchester
October 2002 – July 2006
Reader in Astrophysics
Manchester, UK
Univ. of Manchester
January 2000 – September 2002
Lecturer in Astrophysics
Manchester, UK
Max-Planck-Institute for Astrophysics
September 1995 – December 1999
Long-term Postdoctoral Fellow
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
September 1992 – August 1995
Harvard-Smithsonian Postdoctoral Fellow
Garching, Germany
Cambridge, MA
Princeton University
September 1988 – August 1992
Graduate Research Assistant
University of Science and Technology of China
September 1987 – June 1988
Research Assistant in high temperature superconductivity
Princeton, NJ
Hefei, Anhui
Visiting Posts
Max-Planck Institute for Astrophysics
April. 1, 2007 - August 31, 2007
Visiting astronomer supported by the Humboldt Foundation.
Garching, Munich
Durham/Cambridge
March. 1, 2007 - March 30, 2007
Visitor, University of Durham and University of Cambridge
Sept. 1, 2006 - Dec. 30, 2006
Visiting professor, Shanghai/Beijing Astronomical Observatory, China
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Beijing, China
2004 - present
One of six distinguished members of the Chinese Theoretical Astrophysics Centre
Tianjin Normal University
2007 - 2010
Tianjin Visiting Professor
Tianjin, China
Tianjin Normal University
2004 - present
Visiting full professor
Tianjin, China
Princeton University
June 1 - June 30 2002
Visiting research staff member
Princeton, USA
Princeton University
June 1 - June 30 2002
Visiting research staff member
Princeton, USA
Research Grants
NASA
$50,000
June 2002 - June 2004
Co-I (PI: Bohdan Paczyński), NAG5-12212: “Astrometric Gravitational Microlensing: an HST perspective”
PPARC
September 2006 - September 2009
£100,000
PI for postdoctoral research fellow grant on “gravitational microlensing”
PPARC
£150,000
September 2003 - September 2006
PI for postdoctoral research fellow grant on “gravitational microlensing”
STFC
£2,000,000
September 2009 - September 2014
PI for grant on “From Planck to Planets: Probing the structure of the Universe”
Teaching Experience
I have taught advanced undergraduate courses, “Stellar Evolution”, “Galaxies”,
“Galactic dynamics”
Supervised PhD students:
Martin Smith (2000-2003, now at Cambridge), Alex Wood (2002-2006), Szymon
Kozlowski (2004-2008, now at Ohio State), Richard Long (2005-), Dandan Xu
(2006-), Sarah Bryan (2007-)
Supervised Master students:
Sooyoung Kim (2002-2003), David Ault (2003-2004), Emily Hall (2005-2006), Simon Clee (2008-), Vincent Lau (2008-)
Editorial Board and Panel Membership
Far Universe Advisory Panel of Science and Technology Facility Council, March
2009 –
Editor, Science in China G, 2008–Present
Selected conference talks, seminars and colloquiums
– Co-Chair, Joint European-National Astromy Meeting (April 2009), “Three
Decades of Gravitational Lensing”
– Scientific Organising Committe, International Conference on Gravitational
Microlensing, Paris (Jan. 2009)
– Colloquium, Alfa, University of Bonn (August 11, 2008)
– Colloquium, ITA, University of Heidelberg (August 6, 2008)
– Colloquium, Imperial College London (June 11, 2008)
– Invited Review, Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics Opening symposium (June 2008, Beijing)
– Colloquium, Imperial College London (June 11, 2008)
– Invited talk, IAU Symposium 249 - Exoplanets: Detection, Formation and
Dynamics (October 2007)
– Scientific Organising Committe, International Conference on Gravitational
Microlensing, Manchester (Jan. 2008)
– Colloquium, Institute of High Energy Physics (Jan. 25, 2007)
– Colloquium, National Astronomical Observatories of China (Jan. 23, 2007)
– Colloquium, Beijing Normal University (Jan. 22, 2007)
– Colloquium, Shanghai Astronomical Observatory (Nov., 2006)
– Invited talk, the 7th sino-Germany Workshop on “galaxies, super-massive
black holes and the cosmic web” (Sept. 25-Sept. 28, 2006)
– Three invited lectures, “Gravitational Microlensing”(Yunnan Astronomical
Observatory, China, Jan. 3 – Jan. 6, 2006)
– Invited participant, “Earth Hunters (with microlensing)” (Heidelberg, Germany, Nov. 5-6, 2005)
– Member of the UK delegation (11 members in total), UK-China Astronomy
Workshop (Beijing, 19-23 September 2005)
– Seminar, University of Cambridge (March 2007)
– Seminar, University of Durham (March 9, 2007)
– Seminar, National Astronomical Observatory of China (June 5, 2005)
– Colloquium, Shanghai Astronomical Observatory (May 31, 2005)
– Astrophysics Network for Galaxy LEnsing Studies (ANGLES) meeting (Crete,
Greece) “Substructures and Satellites in galaxies” (April 6, 2005)
– Munich Joint Colloquium, Max-Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Munich,
Germany (Nov 4 2003)
– Invited talk at IAU symposium 220, “Lensing Diagnostics of Halo Substructures” (2003, Sydney, Australia) Scientific Organization Committee,
– “Microlensing 2000: A New Era of Microlensing Astrophysics” (Cape Town,
South Africa)
– Invited review talk on Galactic microlensing in “Gravitational Lensing: Recent Progress and Future Goals” (July 1999, Boston, USA)
– Contributed talk in “Birth of Galaxies” (July 1998, Blois, France)
– Contributed talk in “the Third International Workshop on Gravitational Microlensing Surveys” (March 1997, Notre Dame, USA)
– Contributed talk in “the First International Workshop on Gravitational Microlensing Surveys” (Jan. 1994, Lawrence Livermore, USA)
– Astronomy colloqium, Nottingham University (March 13 2002)
– Astronomy seminar, Carnegie Institution of Washington (March 1999)
– Astronomy department colloquium, Ohio State University (1997)
– Astrophysics colloquium, Yale University (1995)
– Theoretical astrophysics seminar, Fermilab (1994)
PUBLICATIONS
(As of Jan. 4, 2008)
Academic journals, refereed
[1] Mao, S., & Paczyński, B. 1991, “Gravitational Microlensing by Double Stars and Planetary
Systems”, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 374, L37-L40
[2] Mao, S. 1991, “Gravitational Lensing Statistics: the Uncertainties”, Astrophysical Journal,
380, 9-14
[3] Gott III, J. R., Mao, S., Park, C., & Lahav, O., 1991 “The Topology of Large-Scale Structure.
V. Two Dimensional Topology of Sky Maps”, Astrophysical Journal, 385, 26-31
[4] Rauch, K., Mao, S., Wambsganss, J., Paczyński, B. 1992 “Caustic-Induced Features in Microlensing Magnification Probability Distributions”, Astrophysical Journal, 386, 30-35
[5] Mao, S. 1992, “Gravitational Microlensing by a Single Star Plus External Shear”, Astrophysical
Journal, 389, 63-67
[6] Mao, S. 1992, “Gravitational Lensing, Time Delay and Gamma-Ray Bursts”, Astrophysical
Journal Letters, 389, L41-L44
[7] Mao, S., & Paczyński, B. 1992 “On the Galactic Disk and Halo Models of Gamma-Ray Bursts”,
Astrophysical Journal Letters, 389, L13-L16
[8] Mao, S., & Paczyński, B. 1992, “On the Cosmological Model of Gamma-Ray Bursts”, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 388, L45-L48
[9] Mao, S. 1993, “Gravitational Microlensing of Gamma-Ray Bursts”, Astrophysical Journal,
402, 382-386
[10] Mao, S., Narayan, R., & Piran, T. 1994, “On The Bimodal Distribution of Gamma-Ray
Bursts”, Astrophysical Journal, 420, 171-176
[11] Mao, S., & Kochanek, C. S. 1994, “Limits on Galaxy Evolution”, Monthly Notices of the
Royal Astronomical Society, 268, 569-580
[12] Witt, H., & Mao, S. 1994, “Interpretation of Microlensing Events in Q2237+0305”, Astrophysical Journal, 429, 66-76
[13] Mao, S., & Yi, I. 1994, “Relativistic Beaming and Gamma-Ray Bursts”, Astrophysical Journal
Letters, 424, L131-L134
[14] Yi, I., & Mao, S. 1994, “Can Relativistic Beaming of Gamma-Ray Bursts Mimic Cosmological
Time Dilation?”, Phys. Rev. Letters, 72, 3750-3753
[15] Witt, H., & Mao, S. 1994, “Can Lensed Stars by Regarded as Pointlike for Microlensing by
Machos?”, Astrophysical Journal, 430, 505-510
[16] Loeb, A., & Mao, S. 1994, “Evidence From Gravitational Lensing For A Non-Thermal
Pressure Support In The Cluster of Galaxies A2218”, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 435, L109L112
[17] Udalski, A., Szymański, M., Mao, S., Di Stefano, R. I., Kalużny, J., Kubiak, M., Mateo, M.,
Krzemiński, W. 1994, “The Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment. OGLE #7: Binary
Microlens or a New Unusual Variable?”, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 436, L103-L106
[18] Mao, S., & Di Stefano, R. 1995, “Interpretation of Gravitational Microlensing by Binary
Systems”, Astrophysical Journal, 440, 22-27
[19] Witt, H., Mao, S., & Schechter, P. L. 1995, “On the Universality of Microlensing in Quadruple
Gravitational Lenses”, Astrophysical Journal, 443, 18-28
[20] Witt, H., & Mao, S. 1995, “On the Minimum Magnification Between Caustic Crossings for
Microlensing by Binary and Multiple Stars”, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 447, L105-L108
[21] Alard, C., Mao, S., & Guibert, J., 1995, “Object DUO 2: a new binary lens candidate?”,
Astronomy and Astrophysics Letters, 300, L17-L20
[22] Di Stefano, R., & Mao, S. 1996, “Do Microlensing Events Repeat?”, Astrophysical Journal,
457, 93-101
[23] Wu, X.-P., & Mao, S. 1996, “The Cosmological Constant and Statistical Lensing of Giant
Arcs”, Astrophysical Journal, 463, 404-408
[24] Lennon, D.J., Mao, S., Fuhrmann, K., & Gehren, T. 1996, “The First Spectroscopic Observations of Caustic Crossing in a Binary Microlensing Event”, Astrophysical Journal Letters,
471, L23-L26
[25] Mao, S., & Paczynski, B. 1996, “Mass Determination with Gravitational Microlensing”,
Astrophysical Journal, 473, 57-64
[26] Zhao, H.S., & Mao, S. 1996, “On the microlensing optical depth of the Galactic bar”, Monthly
Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 283, 1197-1213
[27] Witt, H., & Mao, S. 1997, “ Probing the Structure of Lensing Galaxies with Quadruple
Lenses: The Effect of the External Shear”, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society,
291, 211-218
[28] Xia, X.-Y., Boller, Th., Wu, H., Deng, Z.-G., Gao, Y., Zou, Z.-L., Mao, S., Borner, G.B. 1998,
“An X-ray Luminous, Dwarf Seyfert Companion of Mrk 273”, Astrophysical Journal Letters,
496, L9-L12; erratum, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 507, L99-L99
[29] Mo, H.J., Mao, S., & White, S.D.M. 1998, “The Formation of Galactic Disks”, Monthly
Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 295, 319-336
[30] Mao, S., & Schneider, P. 1998, “Evidence for substructure in lens galaxies?”, Monthly Notices
of the Royal Astronomical Society, 295, 587-594
[31] Mao, S., & Mo, H.J. 1998, “On the Physical Connections between Galaxies of Different
Types”, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 296, 847-855
[32] Mao, S., Mo, H.J., & White, S.D.M. 1998, “The Evolution of Galactic Disks”, Monthly
Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 297, L71-L75
[33] Mao, S., Reetz, J., Lennon, D.J. 1998, “Detecting Luminous Gravitational Microlenses Using
Spectroscopy”, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 338, 56-61
[34] Mao, S., Witt, H. 1998, “Extended Source Effects in Astrometric Gravitational Microlensing”,
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 300, 1041-1046
[35] Mao, S., & Mo, H.J. 1998, “The Nature of the Host Galaxies for Gamma-Ray Bursts”,
Astronomy and Astrophysics Letters, 339, L1-L4
[36] Xia, X.-Y., Mao, S., Wu, H., Boller, Th., Deng, Z.-G., & Zou, Z.-L. 1998, “Ultraluminous
IRAS galaxy 10026+4347”, Astronomy and Astrophysics Letters, 341, L13-L16
[37] Mo, H.J., Mao, S., & White, S.D.M. 1999, “The Structure and Clustering of Lyman Break
Galaxies”, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 304, 175-184
[38] Syer, D., Mao, S., & Mo, H.J. 1999, “Observational constraints on disk galaxy formation”,
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 305, 357-364
[39] Bloom, et al. 1999, “The Host Galaxy of GRB 990123”, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 518,
L1-L4
[40] Zheng, Z., Wu, H., Mao, S., Xia, X.-Y., Deng, Z.-G., Zou, Z.-L 1999 “An HST Surface
Photometric Study of Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies”, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 349,
735-350
[41] Mao, S. 1999 “An Ongoing Parallax Microlensing Event OGLE-1999-CAR-1 Toward Carina”
Astronomy and Astrophysics Letters, 350, L19-L22
[42] Xia, X.-Y., Mao, S., Wu, H., Liu, X.-W., Gao, Y., Deng, Z.-G., &, Zou, Z.-L. 1999, “The
Nature of H ii Regions and the X-Ray Companion In the Mrk 273 Field” Astrophysical Journal,
524, 746-752
[43] Witt, H. J., Mao, S. 2000, “On the Magnification Relations in Quadruple Lenses: A Moment
Approach”, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 311, 689-697
[44] Witt, H.J., Mao, S., Keeton, C. S. 2000, “Analytic Time Delays and H0 Estimates for
Gravitational Lenses”, Astrophysical Journal, 544, 98-103
[45] Mo, H.J., Mao, S. 2000 “Tully-Fisher Relation and its Implications for Halo Density Profile
and Self-interacting Dark Matter”, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 318,
163-172
[46] Keeton, C. S., Mao, S., Witt, H. J. 2000, “Gravitational Lenses With More Than Four
Images: I. Classification of Caustics”, Astrophysical Journal, 537, 697-707
[47] Kong, X. et al. 2000, “Spatially Resolved Spectrophotometry of M81: Age, Metallicity, and
Reddening Maps”, Astronomical Journal, 119, 2745-2756
[48] Phillips, P. M. et al. 2000, “A new quadruple gravitational lens system: CLASS B0128 +
437”, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 319, L7-L11
[49] Mao, S., Witt, H. J., Koopmans L.V.E. 2001, “The Influence of Central Black Holes on
Gravitational Lenses”, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 323, 301-307
[50] Zhao, G., Qiu, H.M., Mao, S. 2001, “High Resolution Spectroscopic Observations of Hipparcos
Red Clump Giants: Metallicity and Mass Determinations”, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 511,
L85-L88
[51] Mao, S., Loeb, A. 2001, “Gravitational Microlensing of Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglows by
Single and Binary Stars,” Astrophysical Journal Letters, 547, L97-L101
[52] Cui, J. Xia, X.-Y., Deng, Z.-G. Mao, S., Zou, Z.-L. 2001, “Statistical properties of ultraluminous IRAS galaxies from an HST imaging survey”, Astronomical Journal, 63-82
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[53] Phillips, P. M. et al. 2001, “The JVAS/CLASS 6 to 15 Lens Search”, Monthly Notices of
the Royal Astronomical Society, 328, 1001
[54] Soszyński, I., Żebruń, K., Woźniak, P. R., Mao, S., et al. 2001, “OGLE 2000-BUL-43: A
Spectacular Ongoing Parallax Microlensing Event. Difference Image Analysis.”, Astrophysical
Journal, 552, 731
[55]
Chae†1 , K.-H., Mao, S. Augusto, P. 2001, “Modelling Two Plane Lens: The Case of
B2114+022” Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 326, 1015-1026
[56] Jaroszynski, M., Mao, S. 2001, “Predicting the Second Caustic Crossing in Binary Microlensing Events”, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 325, 1546-1552
[57] Shu, C.G., Mao, S., Mo, H.J. 2001, “The Host Haloes of Lyman Break Galaxies and Submillimeter Sources”, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 327, 895-906
[58] Xia, X.Y., Xue, S.J., Mao, S., Boller, Th., Deng, Z. G., Wu, H. 2002, “Chandra Observations
of MRK 273: Unveiling the Central AGN and the Extended Hot Gas Halo” Astrophysical
Journal, 564, 196
[59] Mao, S., Smith, M. C., Wozniak P., Udalski, A., Szymanski, Kubiak, M. M., Pietrzynski,
G., Soszynski, I., Zebrun, K., 2002 “Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment. OGLE-1999BUL-32: the Longest Ever Microlensing Event – Evidence for a Stellar Mass Black Hole?”,
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 329, 349
[60] Mo H. J., Mao, S., 2002, MNRAS, “Galaxy formation in pre-heated intergalactic media”,
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 333, 768
[61] Wu H., Xue S. J., Xia, X.-Y., Deng Z. G., Mao, S. 2002, “The nature of ultra-luminous X-ray
sources in NGC 4565”, Astrophysical Journal, 576, 738
[62] Smith† , M. C., Mao, S., Wozniak, P., Udalski, A., Szymanski, Kubiak, M. M., Pietrzynski,
G., Soszynski, I., Zebrun, K., 2002, “Parallax microlensing events in the OGLE II data base
toward the Galactic bulge” Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 332, 962
[63] Smith† , M. C., Mao, S., Wozniak, P., Udalski, A., Szymanski, Kubiak, M. M., Pietrzynski,
G., Soszynski, I., Zebrun, K., 2002, “Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment. OGLE-1999BUL-19: The First Multi-Peak Parallax Event” Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical
Society, 336, 670
[64] Zheng, X. Z., Xia, X. Y., Mao, S., Wu, H., Deng, Z. G. 2002, “Spectroscopic Properties of
QSOs Selected from Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxy Samples”, Astronomical Journal, 124, 18
[65] Mao, S., Paczynśki, B. 2002, “Constraining the Galactic Bar Parameters With Red Clump
Giants” Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 337, 895
[66] Chae, K.-H., Biggs, A. D., Blandford, R. D., et al., 2002, “Constraints on Cosmological
Parameters from the Analysis of the Cosmic Lens All Sky Survey Radio-Selected Gravitational
Lens Statistics”, Phys. Rev. Lett., 89, 151301
[67] Chae† , K.-H., Mao, S., 2003, “Limits on the Evolution of Galaxies from the Statistics of
Gravitational Lenses”, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 599, L61
[68] Koopmans, L. V. E., Biggs, A., Blandford, R. D., Browne, I. W. A., Jackson, N. J., Mao,
S., Wilkinson, P. N., de Bruyn, A. G., Wambsganss, J. 2003, “Extrinsic Radio Variability of
JVAS/CLASS Gravitational Lenses”, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 595, 712
[69] Smith† , M. C., Mao, S., Wozniak, P. 2003, “A Brown Dwarf Microlens Candidate from
the Second Phase of the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment”, Astrophysical Journal
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Papers with a dagger are first-authored by my student and postdoc associate while I am the second-author.
Letters, 585, 65
[70] Smith†, M. C., Mao, S., Paczyński B., 2003, “Acceleration and parallax effects in gravitational
microlensing”, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 339, 925
[71] Biggs, A. D., Wucknitz, O., Porcas, R. W., Browne, I. W. A., Jackson, N. J., Mao, S.,
Wilkinson, P. N. 2003 “Global 8.4-GHz VLBI observations of JVAS B0218+357”, Monthly
Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 338, 599.
[72] Mao, S., Jing, Y. P., Ostriker, J. P., Weller, J. 2004, “Anomalous Flux Ratios in Gravitational
Lenses: For or against Cold Dark Matter?” Astrophysical Journal, 604, L5-L9
[73] Huo, Z. Y., Xia, X. Y., Xue, S. J., Mao, S., Deng, Z. G. 2004, “Chandra Observations of Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies: Extended Hot Gaseous Halos in Merging Galaxies”, Astrophysical
Journal, 611, 208
[74] Mo, H. J., Mao, S. 2004, “Galaxy formation in pre-processed dark haloes”, Monthly Notices
of the Royal Astronomical Society, 353, 829
[75] Yang, Y. B., Huo, Z. Y., Zhou, X., Xue, S.J., Mao, S., Ma, J., Chen, J. S., 2004, “Chandra
X-Ray Observations of Galaxy Cluster A168”, Astrophysical Journal, 614, 692
[76] McKean, J. P., Browne, I. W. A., Jackson, N. J., Koopmans, L. V. E., Norbury, M. A., Treu,
T., York, T. D., Biggs, A. D., Blandford, R. D., de Bruyn, A. G., Fassnacht, C. D., Mao,
S., Myers, S. T., Pearson, T. J., Phillips, P. M., Readhead, A. C. S., Rusin, D., Wilkinson,
P. N. 2005, “CLASS B2108+213: a new wide-separation gravitational lens system”, Monthly
Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 356, 1009.
[77] Hao, C. N., Xia, X. Y., Mao, S., Wu, H., Deng, Z. G. 2004, “The Physical Connections
Among IR QSOs, PG QSOs and Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 Galaxies”, Astrophysical Journal,
2005, Astrophysical Journal, 625, 78
[78] Smith, Martin C., Wozniak, Przemyslaw, Mao, S., Sumi, T. 2007, “Blending in gravitational
microlensing experiments: source confusion and related systematics”, Monthly Notices of the
Royal Astronomical Society, 380, 805
[79] Kang† , X., Mao, S., Gao, L., Jing, Y. P. 2005, “Are Great Disks Defined by Satellite Galaxies
in Milky-Way Type Halos Rare in ΛCDM model?”, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 437, 383
[80] Smith, M. C., Belokurov, V., Evans, N. W., Mao, S., An, J. H. 2005, “The Nature of Parallax
Microlensing Events Towards the Galactic Bulge” Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical
Society, 361, 128[81] Wood† , A., Mao, S., 2005, “Optical Depths and Timescale Distributions in Galactic Microlensing”, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 362, 945
[82] Shu, C. G., Mo, H. J., Mao, S., 2005, “An Analytic Model of Galactic Winds and Mass
Outflows”, Chinese Journal of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 5, 327
[83] Li† , G. L., Mao, S., Jing, Y. P., Bartelmann, M., Kang, X., Meneghetti, M. 2005, “Is the
Number of Giant Arcs in LCDM Consistent With Observations?”, Astrophysical Journal, 635,
795
[84] Wang, H. Y., Jing, Y. P., Mao, S., Kang, X. 2005, “The phase-space distribution of infalling
dark matter subhalos”, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 364, 424
[85] Rattenbury† , N. J., Mao, S. 2006, “Inteferometric Visibility and Closure Phase of Microlensing
Events with Finite Source Size”, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 365, 792
[86] Pen, U.-L., Mao, S. 2006, “Rotation in gravitational lenses”, Monthly Notices of the Royal
Astronomical Society, 367, 1543
[87] Yang, X. H., van den Bosch, F. C., Mo, H. J., Mao, S., Kang, X, Weinmann, S. M., Guo, Y.
C., Jing, Y. P. 2006, ”The alignment between the distribution of satellites and the orientation
of their central galaxy”, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 369, 1293
[88] Kozlowski, S., Wozniak, P. R., Mao, S. , Smith, M. C., Sumi, T. Vestrand, W. T., Wyrzykowski,
L., 2006, “Mapping stellar kinematics across the Galactic bar: HST measurements of proper
motions in 35 fields”, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 370, 435
[89] Hao, C. N.† , Mao, S., Deng, Z. G., Xia, X. Y., Wu, H. “Isophotal Shapes of Elliptical/S0
Galaxies from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey”, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical
Society, 370, 1339
[90] Gould, A., Udalski, A., An, D., Bennett, D. P., Zhou, A.-Y., Dong, S., Rattenbury, N. J.,
Gaudi, B. S., Yock, P. C. M., Bond, I. A., Christie,G.W., Horne, K., Anderson, J., Stanek,
K. Z., DePoy, D. L., Han, C., McCormick, J., Park, B.-G., Pogge, R. W., Poindexter, S. D.,
Soszynski, I., Szymanski, M. K., Kubiak, M., Pietrzynski, G., Szewczyk, O., Wyrzykowski,
L., Ulaczyk, K., Paczynski, B., Bramich, D. M., Snodgrass, C., Steele, I. A., Burgdorf, M. J.,
Bode, M. F., Botzler, C. S., Mao, S., Swaving, S. C., 2006, “Microlens OGLE-2005-BLG-169
Implies Cool Neptune-Like Planets are Common”, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 644, L37
[91] Li, G. L.† , Mao, S., Jing, Y. P., Kang, X., Bartelmann, M., 2006, “Smoothing Algorithms
and High-order Singularities in Gravitational Lensing”, Astrophysical Journal, 652, 43
[92] Wang, J. L., Xia, X. Y., Mao, S., Cao, C., Wu, H. Deng, Z. G., 2006, “Morphology of
Luminous Infrared Galaxies in the Local Universe”, Astrophysial Journal, 649, 722-729
[93] Chae, K.-H., Mao, S., Kang, X. 2006, ”Constraints on the velocity profiles of galaxies from
strong lensing statistics and semi-analytical model of galaxy formation”, Monthly Notices of
the Royal Astronomical Society, 373, 1369-1378
[94] Li, G. L.† , Mao, S., Jing, Y. P., Mo, H. J., Gao, L., Lin, W. P. 2006, “The giant arc statistics in
the three-year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe cosmological model”, Monthly Notices
of the Royal Astronomical Society, 372, L73-L77
[95] Wyrzykowski, L., Udalski, A., Mao, S., Kubiak, M., Szymanski, M. K., Pietrzynski, G.,
Soszynski, I., Szewczyk, O. 2006, Acta Astronomica, 56, 145
[96] Lin, W. P., Jing, Y. P., Mao, S., Gao, L., McCarthy, I. G. 2006, “The Influence of Baryons
on the Mass Distribution of Dark Matter Halos”, The Astrophysical Journal, 651, L636
[97] Kang, X., van den Bosch, F. C., Yang, X., Mao, S., Mo, H. J., Li, C., Jing, Y. P. 2007,
“The Alignment between Satellites and Central Galaxies: Theory vs. Observations”, Monthly
Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 378, 1531
[98] Kozlowski, S., Wozniak, P. R., Mao, S., Wood, A, 2007, The first direct detection of a
gravitational microlens toward the Galactic bulge. ArXiv Astrophysics e-prints arXiv:astroph/0701488.
[99] Li, G. L.† , Mao, S., Jing, Y. P., Lin, W. P., Oguri, M. 2007, “Properties of Wide-separation
Lensed Quasars by Clusters of Galaxies in the SDSS”, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 378, 469
[100] Rattenbury† , N. J., Mao, S., Sumi, T., Smith, M. C., 2007, “Modelling the Galactic bar
using OGLE-II red clump giant stars”, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society,
378, 1064; erratum, 382, 1376
[101] Rattenbury† , N. J., Mao, S., Debbattista, V. P., Sumi, T., Gerhard, O., de Lorenzi, F.
2007, “Proper motion dispersions of red clump giants in the galactic bulge: observations and
model”, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 378, 1165
[102] Faltenbacher, A., Li, C., Mao, S., van den Bosch, F. C., Yang, X. H., Jing, Y. P., Pasquali,
A, Mo, H. J. 2007, “Three Different Types of Galaxy Alignment within Dark Matter Halos”,
Astrophysical Journal, 662, L71
[103] Dominik, M., Rattenbury, N. J., Allan, A., Mao, S., Bramich, D. M., Burgdorf, M. J.,
Kerins, E., Tsapras, Y., Wyrzykowski, L. 2007, “An anomaly detector with immediate feedback
to hunt for planets of Earth mass and below by microlensing”, Monthly Notices of the Royal
Astronomical Society, 380, 792
[104] Faltenbacher, A., Jing, Y. P., Li, C., Mao, S., Mo, H. J., Pasquali, A, 2008, “Spatial and
kinematic alignments between central and satellite halos”, Astrophysical Journal, in press
[105] Liu, F. S., Xia, X. Y., Mao, S., Wu, H., Deng, Z. G. 2008 “Photometric Properties and
Scaling Relations of Early Type Brightest Cluster Galaxies”, Monthly Notices of the Royal
Astronomical Society, 385, 23
[106] Hao, C. N., Xia, X. Y., Mao, S., Deng, Z. G., Wu, H. 2008, “The Growth of Black Holes and
Their Host Spheroids in (Sub)mm-loud QSOs at High Redshift”, Chin. J. Astron. Astrophys,
8, 12
[107] Rattenbury, N. J.† , Mao, S. 2008, “OGLE-II high proper motion stars towards the Galactic
Centre”, Monthly Notices of Royal Astronomical Society, 385, 905.
[108] Cao, C., Xia, X. Y., Wu, H., Mao, S., Hao, C. N., Deng, Z. G., “OGLE-II high proper motion
stars towards the Galactic Centre”, Monthly Notices of Royal Astronomical Society, 390, 336
[109] Bryan, S. E., Mao, S., Kay, S. T. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, “Luminous satellite galaxies in gravitational lenses”, 391, 959
[110] Skowron, J., Wyrzykowski, L., Mao, S., Jaroszynski, M. 2009, “Repeating microlensing events
in the OGLE data”, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 393, 999
[111] Faltenbacher, A., Li, C., White, S. D. M., Jing, Y. P., Mao, S., Wang, J. 2009, “Alignment
between galaxies and large-scale structure”, Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics 9, 41
Invited Review Articles:
[112] Mao, S. 2001 “ Gravitational Microlensing: Past, Present and Future” in Gravitational
Lensing: Recent Progress and Future Goals eds. T.G. Brainerd and C.S. Kochanek, ASP
conference series, 237, 215-226.
[113] Mao, S. 2008 “Introduction to Microlensing”, in Proceedings of the Manchester Microlensing
Conference: The 12th International Conference and ANGLES Microlensing Workshop, eds. E.
Kerins, S. Mao, N. Rattenbury and L. Wyrzykowski. Published online at SISSA, Proceedings
of Science., p.2
Conference contributions, refereed
[114] Mao, S., Kerins, E., Rattenbury, N. J. 2008, in Exoplanets: Detection, Formation and
Dynamics, Eds. Y.-S. Sun, S. Ferraz-Mello & J.-L. Zhou, in IAU symposium 249, in press
Conference contributions, other/unrefereed
[115] Mao, S. 1992, “Strong Microlensing and BL Lac Objects”, in Gravitational Lenses, eds. R.
Kayser, T. Schramm and L. Nieser (Springer-Verlag), 376.
[116] Mao, S. 1992, “Statistics of Cosmological Gamma-Ray Bursts”, in Bulletin of American
Astronomical Society, 24, 690.
[117] Mao, S. 1993, “Gravitational Lensing of Gamma-Ray Bursts”, in Frontiers of Astronomy
in 1990s, ed. Q. Li (World Scientific: Singapore), 94.
[118] Mao, S., and Chen, W. 1993, “Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory”, (Chinese) Science, 45,
10.
[119] Mao, S., and Chen, W. 1993, “Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory: Two Years’ Scientific
Results”, (Chinese) Science, 45, 18.
[120] Witt, H.J., & Mao, S. 1993, “Microlensing in the Gravitational Lens System 0414+0534:
Prediction vs. Observations”, American Astronomical Society Meeting, 183, 2405.
[121] Mao, S. et al. 1994, “The MACHO Project: Independent Evidence of a Binary Lensing
Event”, American Astronomical Society Meeting, 185, 1705.
[122] Mao, S., & Di Stefano, R. 1995, “Learning about Binaries and Planets Through Microlensing”, American Astronomical Society Meeting, 187, 4708.
[123] Mao, S. 1997, “spectroscopic Observations of Microlensing Event(s)”, in the Third International Workshop on Gravitational Microlensing Surveys.
[124] Lennon, D.J., Mao, S., Reetz, J., Gehren, T., Yan, L., Renzini, A. 1997, “Real-Time
Spectroscopic Observations of Gravitational Microlensing Events - Probing the Evolution of
the Galactic Bulge”, the Messenger, 90, 30.
[125] Mao, S. 1997, “Gravitational microlensing, dark matter and Galactic structure”, in Annual
report 1996 for Max-Planck-Institut fur Astrophysik, eds. H.-Th. Janka & S.D.M. White, 19.
[126] Mao, S., Mo, H.J., White, S.D.M. 1998, “Formation of disk galaxies”, in Annual report 1997
for Max-Planck-Institut fur Astrophysik, eds. H.-Th. Janka & S.D.M. White, 20.
[127] Mao, S., Petters, A.O., & Witt, H.J. 1999, “Properties of Point Mass Lenses On A Regular Polygon and The Problem of Maximum Number of Images” in the Proceedings of the
Eighth Marcel Grossmann Meeting on General Relativity, Eds. T. Piran and R. Ruffini, World
Scientific (Singapore), 1494 (astro-ph/9708111).
[128] Mao, S., Mo, H.J., & White, S.D.M. 1998, “The Formation and Evolution of Disk Galaxies”,
in the Xth Rencontres de Blois, “The Birth of Galaxies”, in press (astro-ph/9809360).
[129] Syer, D., Mao, S., & Mo, H.J. 1998, “Global stability and the mass-to-light ratio of galactic
disks”, in Dynamics of Galaxies and Galactic Nuclei, Eds. W. J. Duschl and C. Einsel, p.
103.
[130] Mao, S., Mo, H.J., & White, S.D.M. 1998, “The Formation and Evolution of Disk Galaxies”,
in Proceedings of the Workshop on From Stars to Galaxies to the Universe, Eds. G. Borner
and H.J. Mo. (Garching, MPA), 116.
[131] Mo, H.J., Mao, S. 2000 “Cosmological Formation of Disk Galaxies”, in Dynamics of Galaxies:
from the Early Universe to the Present , Eds. F. Combes and G. A. Mamon, ASP Conference
Series 197, 145.
[132] Browne I.W.A., Mao, S., Wilkinson P.N., Kus, A.J., Marecki, A., Birkinshaw M. 2000,
“OCRA: a One-Centimetre Receiver Array”, in SPIE proceedings, 4015, 299
[133] Mao, S., 2003, “ Lensing Diagnostics of Halo Substructure”, invited review in IAU symposium 220, 186