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
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