Contact Information
1002 W. Green St.
Urbana, IL 61801
Research Areas
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
Awards and Honors
Additional Campus Affiliations
Professor, Astronomy
Chair, Astronomy
External Links
Recent Publications
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
Villanueva, V., Bolatto, A. D., Vogel, S. N., Wong, T., Leroy, A. K., Sánchez, S. F., Levy, R. C., Rosolowsky, E., Colombo, D., Kalinova, V., Cronin, S., Teuben, P., Rubio, M., & Bazzi, Z. (2024). The EDGE-CALIFA Survey: Molecular Gas and Star Formation Activity across the Green Valley. Astrophysical Journal, 962(1), Article 88. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad1387
Wong, T., Cao, Y., Luo, Y., Bolatto, A. D., Sánchez, S. F., Barrera-Ballesteros, J. K., Blitz, L., Colombo, D., Dannerbauer, H., Green, A., Kalinova, V., Khan, F., Kim, A., Lacerda, E. A. D., Leroy, A. K., Levy, R. C., Lin, X., Luo, Y., Rosolowsky, E. W., ... Wang, X. (2024). The EDGE-CALIFA Survey: An Extragalactic Database for Galaxy Evolution Studies. Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series, 271(1), Article 35. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4365/ad20c9
Cao, Y., Wong, T., Bolatto, A. D., Leroy, A. K., Rosolowsky, E., Utomo, D., Sánchez, S. F., Barrera-Ballesteros, J. K., Levy, R. C., Colombo, D., Blitz, L., Vogel, S. N., Puschnig, J., Villanueva, V., & Rubio, M. (2023). The EDGE-CALIFA Survey: Spatially Resolved 13CO(1-0) Observations and Variations in 12CO(1-0)/13CO(1-0) in Nearby Galaxies on Kiloparsec Scales. Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series, 268(1), Article 3. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4365/acd840
Garay-Solis, Y., Barrera-Ballesteros, J. K., Colombo, D., Sánchez, S. F., Lugo-Aranda, A. Z., Villanueva, V., Wong, T., & Bolatto, A. D. (2023). Exploring the Impact of Galactic Interactions and Mergers on the Central Star Formation of APEX/EDGE-CALIFA Galaxies. Astrophysical Journal, 952(2), Article 122. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/acd781