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Contact Information

227 Astronomy Building, MC-221
1002 W. Green St.
Urbana, IL 61801
Chair, Professor

Research Interests

Molecular Clouds
Star Formation in Nearby Galaxies
Evolution of Disk Galaxies

Research Description

Prof. Wong's research group uses observations of interstellar gas in galaxies to understand their structure and evolution.  We study primarily CO, an abundant tracer of molecular gas in galaxies, and investigate the links between molecular clouds, their surrounding galaxies, and the rate of star formation.  We also use gas as a probe of the dynamics of galaxy disks.

Education

Astrophysics, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Astronomy, M.A., University of California, Berkeley
Physics and Astronomy, B.A., Harvard University

Additional Campus Affiliations

Professor, Astronomy
Chair, Astronomy

Recent Publications

Barrera-Ballesteros, J. K., Cruz-González, I., Colombo, D., Sánchez, S. F., Levy, R. C., Villanueva, V., Wong, T., Bolatto, A., & Alonso Hernández, D. (2025). Central versus Global Quenching Traced by the APEX-CALIFA Survey. Astrophysical Journal, 978(1), Article 23. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad85d1

Bazzi, Z., Colombo, D., Bigiel, F., Kalinova, V., Villanueva, V., Sanchez, S. F., Bolatto, A. D., & Wong, T. (2025). The EDGE-CALIFA survey: The effect of active galactic nucleus feedback on the integrated properties of galaxies at different stages of their evolution. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 697, Article A149. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202453437

Drory, N., Blanc, G. A., Kreckel, K., Sánchez, S. F., Mejía-Narváez, A., Johnston, E. J., Jones, A. M., Pellegrini, E. W., Konidaris, N. P., Herbst, T., Sánchez-Gallego, J., Kollmeier, J. A., de Almeida, F., Barrera-Ballesteros, J. K., Bizyaev, D., Brownstein, J. R., Saguer, M. C., Cherinka, B., Cioni, M. R. L., ... Wofford, A. (2024). The SDSS-V Local Volume Mapper (LVM): Scientific Motivation and Project Overview. Astronomical Journal, 168(5), Article ad6de9. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/ad6de9

Garay-Solis, Y., Barrera-Ballesteros, J. K., Carigi, L., Colombo, D., Sanchez, S. F., Lugo-Aranda, A. Z., Villanueva, V., Wong, T., & Bolatto, A. D. (2024). Exploring the impact of galactic interactions and mergers on the central oxygen abundance of APEX/EDGE-CALIFA galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 533(1), 880-888. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae1876

Green, A., Wong, T., Indebetouw, R., Nayak, O., Bolatto, A., Tarantino, E., Rubio, M., Madden, S. C., & Hirschauer, A. S. (2024). The Size-Linewidth Relation and Signatures of Feedback from Quiescent to Active Star Forming Regions in the LMC. Astrophysical Journal, 966(1), Article 51. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad31a4

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