About
Purple Mountain Observatory, CAS, China Ph.D. in Astrophysics. Supervisor: Prof. Xi Kang 09/2013 - 01/2019
Leibniz-Institut fur Astrophysik Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany. Postdoctoral researcher 01/03/2019 - 28/02/2022
Shanghai Astronomical Observatory. Academic Visitor 01/01/2019 - 28/02/2019
IfA, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK. Academic Visitor 03/2017
ICC, Durham University, Durham, UK. Academic Visitor 04/2017
Leibniz-Institut fur Astrophysik Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany. Academic Visitor 10/2017 - 04/2018
Research Areas
Large-scale structure of the Universe, Galaxy formation and evolution
Scientific Research
2027–2029, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), Young Scientists Fund (Category B), RMB 2.0 million, Principal Investigator
2026–2030, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), Major Program, RMB 14.58 million, Participant
2025–2028, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), General Program, RMB 0.52 million, Principal Investigator
2025–2027, Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality, Shanghai Rising-Star Program (Category A), RMB 0.40 million, Principal Investigator
2024–2026, Chinese Academy of Sciences, New Pioneer Initiative B, RMB 4.0 million, Principal Investigator
2022–2024, Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality, Shanghai Pujiang Program (Category A), RMB 0.30 million, Principal Investigator, Completed
Selected Publication
1. Wang, Peng; Libeskind, Noam, I; Tempel, Elmo; Kang, Xi; Guo, Quan; Possible observational evidence for cosmic filament spin, NATURE ASTRONOMY, 2021, 5(8): 839-845
2. Wang, Peng; Observational Evidence for Spin Alignment between Galaxy Groups and Their Central Galaxies, Astroph ysical Journal Letters, 2025, 992
3. Wang, Peng; Tang, Xiao-xiao; Wang, Hao-da; Libeskind, Noam, I; Tempel, Elmo; Wang, Wei; Zhang, Youcai; Sheng, Ming-Jie; Yu, Hao-Ran; Xu, Haojie; Cosmic Filament Spin. II. Filament Spin and Its Impact on Galaxy Spin-Filament Alignment in a Cosmological Simulation, Astrophysical Journal, 2025, 983(2): 100-107
4. Wang, Peng. Beyond the Local Group. I. Cosmic Filaments Govern the Spatial Alignments of Galaxy Pairs, Astroph ysical Journal, 2025, 994(2): 207-214
5. Wang, Peng; Libeskind, Noam I.; Pawlowski, Marcel S.; Kang, Xi; Wang, Wei; Guo, Quan; Tempel, Elmo; The Lopsided Distribution of Satellites of Isolated Central Galaxies, ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 2021, 914(2): 78-86
6. Wang, Peng; Kang, Xi; Libeskind, Noam, I; Guo, Quan; Gottloeber, Stefan; Wang, Wei; A robust determination of halo environment in the cosmic field, NEW ASTRONOMY, 2020,80(101405)
7. Wng, Peng; Guo, Quan; Kang, Xi; Libeskind, Noam, I; The Spin Alignment of Galaxies with the Large-scale Tidal Field in Hydrodynamic Simulations, ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 2018, 866(2): 138-143
8. Wang, Peng; Kang, Xi; The build up of the correlation between halo spin and the large-scale structure, MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, 2018, 473(2): 1562-1569
9. Wang, Peng; Kang, Xi; A general explanation on the correlation of dark matter halo spin with the large-scale environment, MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, 2017, 468(1): 123-127
10. Tang, Xiao-xiao; Wang, Peng; Rong, Yu; Cui, Weiguang; Bao, Min; The Cosmic Dance: Observational Detection of Coherent Spin in Galaxy Clusters, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2025,995(1): 9-19
11. Wang, Hao-da; Wang, Peng，Bao, Min; Chen, Yanmei; Tang, Xiao-xiao; Zhang, Youcai; Kang, Xi; Guo, Quan; Sheng, Ming-Jie; Yu, Hao-Ran; Observed Antiparallel Correlation between Spiral Galaxy and Cosmic Filament Spins, Astroph ysical Journal Letters, 2025, 987(2): 30-36
