Yen-Ting Lin's lab on galaxy formation and evolution
Research Field
I am a research fellow at the Institute of Astronomy & Astrophysics, Academia Sinica (ASIAA), working on topics related to galaxies and galaxy clusters, and a bit of cosmology.
I got my B.Sc. in Physics from National Taiwan University in 1999, then went to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for my Ph.D. After graduating in 2005, I became a Princeton-Católica Fellow (2005-2008). I spent two years in the Department of Astrophysical Sciences in Princeton University, and one year in the Departamento de Astronomía y Astrofísica, (now Instituto de Astrofísica) Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in Santiago, Chile. I then moved to the Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (IPMU, now Kavli IPMU), The University of Tokyo as a distinguished postdoc.
I joined the faculty of ASIAA in 2010 as an assistant research fellow, and became a full research fellow in 2023. I am a member of Subaru Hyper Suprime-Cam (HSC) and Prime Focus Spectrograph (PSF) surveys, and the Legacy Survey of Space and Time of Rubin Observatory.
For the current and past members of my group, please take a look at this page.
I like everything related to galaxies and clusters. My primary goals are to understand the galaxy-halo connection (that is, how galaxies are related to the dark matter halos they reside), and to explain the zoo of galaxies we see across the cosmic epochs. For some of the projects my group is working on, please take a look at this page..
For this internship, possible projects include
- properties of massive, slowly rotating ellipticals that live in isolation
- a census of massive, bulgeless galaxies
- star formation and post-starburst phenomenon in clusters
- Builder, Subaru Prime Focus Spectrograph Survey (2025)
- Top 1% cited author award (greater China region), Institute of Physics (IOP) Publishing (2019)
- Career Development Award, Academia Sinica (2017-2021)
- Paper Lin et al. (2017, ApJ, 851, 139) selected as a Representative Paper from Academia Sinica (2017)
- Paper Lin et al. (2016, ApJ, 819, 119) selected as a Representative Paper from Academia Sinica (2016)
- Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship, IPMU (2008-2013)
- Princeton-Cat´ olica Fellowship (2005-2008)
- B.Sc., Physics, National Taiwan University (May 1999)
- Ph.D., Astronomy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (August 2005)
Job Description
The duration can be up to 2.5 months. The preferred start time is August 15, but it's negotiable.
Preferred Intern Educational Level
Advanced undergraduate or Master's.
Skill sets or Qualities
Proficiency in coding (C/C++/Python/Fortran).