Yichen Wang

Yichen Wang

Ph.D. student at Sun Yat-sen University

👨‍🎓 About me

I am a Ph.D. student in Planetary Environmental and Astrobiological Research Laboratory (PEARL), School of Atomospheric Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University (now visiting Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, Germany). I’m supervised by Prof. Zhiyong Xiao (Sun Yat-sen University) and Prof. Kai Wünnemann (Museum für Naturkunde). My main research interest is using remote sensing techniques to study geological processes on the Moon and Mercury. I’m also interested in the application of impact numerical modeling to the formation mechanism of small-scale impact craters and their implications for lunar regolith evolution.

📝 Publications

Papers on peer-review journals

  1. Wang, Y., Xiao, Z., Xu, R., Xiao, Z., Cui, J., 2022. Dark spots on Mercury show no signs of weathering during 30 Earth months. Communications Earth & Environment, 3, 299.
  2. Wang, Y., Xiao, Z., Xu, R., 2022. Multiple mantle sources of high-magnesium terranes on Mercury. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 127, e2022JE007218.
  3. Wang, Y., Xiao, Z., 2021. The history of volcanism on Mercury (in Chinese). Journal of Nanjing University (Natural Science), 51(6), 981–999.
  4. Wang, Y., Xiao, Z., Chang, Y., Xu, R., Cui, J., 2021. Short-term and global-wide effusive volcanism on Mercury around 3.7 Ga. Geophysical Research Letters, 48, e2021GL094503.
  5. Wang, Y., Xiao, Z., Chang, Y., Cui, J., 2020. Lost volatiles during the formation of hollows on Mercury. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 125, e2020JE006559.
  6. Wang, Y., Xie, M., Xiao, Z., Cui, J., 2020. The minimum confidence limit for diameters in crater counts. Icarus, 341, 113645.
  7. Xu, R., Xiao, Z., Luo, F., Wang, Y., Cui, J., 2023. Untrackable distal ejecta on planetary surfaces. Nature Communications, 14, 1143.
  8. Xu, R., Xiao, Z., Wang, Y., Xu, R., 2022. Pitted-ground volcanoes on Mercury. Remote Sensing, 14, 4164.
  9. Cao, W., Xiao, Z., Xu, R., Wang, Y., 2022. Extracting background secondary craters based on fusion of multi-scale and multi-facies crater topography information. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 60, 1–16.
  10. Xiao, Z., Yan, P., Wu, B., Ding, C., Li, Y., Chang, Y., Xu, R., Xie, M., Wu, Y., Wang, Y., Ma, Y., Cui, J., 2022. Translucent tektite-like glasses on the Moon. Science Bulletin, 67(4), 355–358.
  11. Xiao, Z., Xu, R., Wang, Y., Chang, Y., Xu, R., Cui, J., 2021. Recent dark pyroclastic deposits on Mercury. Geophysical Research Letters, 48, e2021GL092532.
  12. Chang, Y., Xiao, Z., Wang, Y., Ding, C., Cui, J., Cai, Y., 2020. An updated constraint on the local stratigraphy at the Chang’E-4 landing site. Earth and Planetary Physics, epp2021007.
  13. Ding, C., Li, C., Xiao, Z., Su, Y., Xing, S., Wang, Y., Feng, J., Dai, S., Xiao, Y., Yao, M., 2020. Laminar structures in the porous material beneath the Chang’e-3 landing site. Earth and Space Science, 7, e2019EA000862.
  14. Yan, P., Xiao, Z., Ma, Y., Wang, Y., Pu, J., 2019. Formation mechanism of the Lidang circular structure in the Guangxi Province. Earth and Planetary Physics, 3(4), 298–304.
  15. Xiao, Z., Chen, Z., Pu, J., Xiao, X., Wang, Y., Huang, J., 2018. Hailar crater – A possible impact structure in Inner Mongolia, China. Geomorphology, 306, 128–140.
  16. Xu, R., Xiao, Z., Wang, Y., Cui, J., 2023. Less than one half weight percent of graphite on the surface of Mercury. Nature Astronomy, under review.
  17. Luo, F., Xiao, Z., Xu, R., Ma, Y., Cao, W., Wu, Y., Wang, Y., Cui, J., 2023. The source crater of depleted shergottites. Geoscience Frontiers, submitted.

Papers on academic conferences

  1. Wang, Y., Wünnemann, K., Xiao, Z., Luther, R., Liu, T., Röhlen, R., 2023. Origin of heterogeneities underneath small craters - modelling of impact-induced compaction of regolith. 11th European Lunar Symposium.
  2. Wang, Y., Xiao, Z., 2020. Constraint on hollow formation from reflectance spectra. 51st Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. Abstract 1337.
  3. Wang, Y., Xiao, Z., 2019. The minimum confidential diameter for crater counts. 50th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. Abstract 1506.

🙋🏻‍♂️ Experiences

  • 2023.06 The 11th European Lunar Symposium 2023, Poster. “Origin of heterogeneities underneath small craters - modelling of impact-induced compaction of regolith”
  • 2023.02 MExAG Annual Meeting 2023, Oral Report. “Dark spots on Mercury show no signs of weathering during 30 Earth months”
  • 2022.12 Planetary Science Webinar (Issue 102), Oral Report. “Temporal changes and formation mechanism of dark spots on Mercury”
  • 2022.11 Seminar on Impact- and Meteorite Research, Museum für Naturkunde, Oral Report. “The effect of small primary and secondary impacts on porosity of lunar regolith”
  • 2021.11 Planetary Science Webinar (Issue 61), Oral Report. “Short-term and global-wide effusive volcanism on Mercury around 3.7 Ga”
  • 2021.06 The 1st National Planetary Science Conference, Oral Report. “A comparison of global volcanism on the Moon and Mercury”
  • 2020.10 Annual Meeting of Chinese Geoscience Union (CGU), Oral Report. “The formation mechanism of hollows on Mercury”
  • 2019.06 The 4th International Conference on Lunar and Deep Space Exploration, Oral Report. “The formation mechanism of dark spots on Mercury”
  • 2018.10 The 5th Young Scientist Forum of Earth Science, Oral Report. “The minimum confidence limit for diameters in crater counts”
  • 2018.06 International Symposium on Lunar and Planetary Science (ISLPS), Poster. “What is the minimum confidential diameter for crater statistics?”

📚 Projects

  • 2023.01 – 2026.12 National Natural Science Foundation of China (42273040). Participate. Geological study of low-reflectance materials on Mercury.
  • 2018.01 – 2021.12 National Natural Science Foundation of China (41773063). Participate. The formation mechanism of dark spots on Mercury.
  • 2016.03 – 2017.03 National Undergraduate Innovation Training Key Program (201610491003). Principal Investigator. The equilibrium states of different-aged craters on the Moon.

📖 Educations

  • 2022.11 – present Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, joint training Ph.D. student
  • 2020.09 – present School of Atmospheric Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Geophysics, Ph.D. student
  • 2017.09 – 2020.06 School of Earth Sciences, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), Geology, MS
  • 2017.05 – 2017.08 Department of Earth Sciences, University of Western Ontario, visiting student
  • 2013.09 – 2017.06 School of Earth Sciences, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), National Geological Science Base, BS

🥇 Awards

  • 2023.05 Mercury Early Career Spotlight
  • 2022.10 National Scholarship for Graduate Students
  • 2022 – 2023 2nd Grade Academic Scholarship, Sun Yat-sen University, Ranked 2/42
  • 2022 – 2023 China Scholarship Council (1 year)
  • 2021 – 2022 2nd Grade Academic Scholarship, Sun Yat-sen University, Ranked 7/42
  • 2021.09 Doctoral Scholarship, Department of Space and Planetary Science
  • 2020.06 Excellent MA Theses of China University of Geosciences (Wuhan)
  • 2019 – 2020 1st Grade Academic Scholarship, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), Ranked 2/35
  • 2018 – 2019 1st Grade Academic Scholarship, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), Ranked 2/35
  • 2017 – 2018 1st Grade Academic Scholarship, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan)
  • 2016.05 China University of Geosciences (Wuhan) Outstanding Student
  • 2016.05 Academician Scholarship, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan)