FAST fellow postdoc @ NAOC
National Astronomical Observatories
20A Datun Road, Chaoyang District,
Beijing, China

Email: mengyaoxue@nao.cas.cn

Research interests

Radio pulsars (population, polarimetric properties), FAST, low-frequency phased array, MWA, SKA-low;
Interstellar extinction, interstellar dust properties

Work experience

2020 - present      FAST fellow postdoc
National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Science

Education

2015 - 2020      PhD, Curtin Institute of Radio Astronomy, Curtin Universiy
Main supervisor: Dr. N. D. Ramesh Bhat
Thesis title: 'Southern Pulsar Census and Polarimetric Studies with the MWA'

2012 - 2015      M.S., Dept. of Astronomy, Beijing Normal University
Main supervisor: Prof. Biwei Jiang
Thesis title: 'The Mid-infrared Interstellar Extinction Law of the Milky Way’

2008 - 2012      B.S., Dept. of Astronomy, Beijing Normal University

Publications

=== Refereed Journal Articles ===
*First Author
4. Xue M., Zhu W., Wu X., Xu R., Wang H. (2023), 'Pulsar Discovery Prospect of FASTA', Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 23, Issue 9, id.095005
3. Xue M., Ord S., Tremblay S., Bhat N., Sobey C. et al. (2019), 'MWA Tied-Array Processing II: Polarimetric Verification and Analysis of two Bright Southern Pulsars', PASA, 36, e025
2. Xue M., Bhat N., Tremblay S., Ord S., Sobey C. et al. (2017), 'A Census of Southern Pulsars at 185 MHz', PASA, 34, e070
1. Xue M., Jiang B., Gao J., Liu J., Wang S., Li A. (2016), 'A Precise Determination of the Mid-infrared Interstellar Extinction Law Based on the APOGEE Spectroscopic Survey', ApJS, 224, 23

*Co-Author (See this ADS library for the full list)
8. Bhat N., Swainston N., McSweeney S., Xue M., et al. 2023, 'The Southern-sky MWA Rapid Two-metre (SMART) pulsar survey—II. Survey status, pulsar census, and first pulsar discoveries', PASA, 40, e021
7. Bhat N., Swainston N., McSweeney S., Xue M., et al. 2023, 'The Southern-sky MWA Rapid Two-metre (SMART) pulsar survey—I. Survey design and processing pipeline', PASA, 40, e021
6. Swainston N. A., Bhat N. D. R. et al. (inc. Xue M.) 2021, ‘Discovery of a Steep-spectrum Low-luminosity Pulsar with the Murchison Widefield Array’, ApJL, 911
5. Niu C., Li D. et al. (inc. Xue M.) 2021, ‘CRAFTS for Fast Radio Bursts: Extending the Dispersion-Fluence Relation with New FRBs Detected by FAST’, ApJL, 909
4. Gong H., Zhang Z., Xue M., Hong X., An T. et al. (2020), ‘Search and detection of northern pulsars in the side lobes of the murchison wide-field array’, SCIENTIA SINICA Physica, Mechanica & Astronomica, vol. 50, issue 10, p. 109501
3. Beardsley A. et al. (inc. Xue M.) 2019, ‘Science with the Murchison Widefield Array: Phase I Results and Phase II Opportunities’, PASA, 36, e050
2. Yang M., Bonanos A., Jiang B., Gao J., Xue M., et al. (2018), 'Red supergiant stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud. II. Infrared properties and mid-infrared variability', A&A, 616, A175
1. Gao J., Jiang B., Li A., Xue M. (2013), 'The Mid-infrared Extinction Law in the Large Magellanic Cloud', ApJ, 776, 7

=== Conference Proceedings ===
2. Tremblay S., Xue M., Bhat R., Tiburzi C. (2018), 'Verifying the low frequency pulsar polarimetry of the MWA', Proceedings of IAU Symposium 337, 416
1. Gao J., Jiang B. Xue M. (2018), 'Small Variation of the NIR and MIR Interstellar Extinction Laws', Proceedings of IAU Symposium 334, 292

Talks and Colloquiums

18. 'Pulsar discoveries from FAST CRAFTS survey and related follow-up studies', invited talk, ACAMAR 7: Australia-China Workshop on Astrophysics, 10 Nov, 2021
17. 'Southern Pulsar Census and Polarimetric Studies with the MWA', contributed talk, 2021 Virtual SKA Science Conference: A precursor view of the SKA Sky, 15 March, 2021
16. 'Southern Pulsar Census and Polarimetric Studies with the MWA', colloquium, KIAA-PKU online lunch talk, 11 March, 2020
15. 'Properties of Pulsars at Low Radio Frequencies', invited talk, East Asia SKA Science Workshop, Shanghai, China, 30 May, 2019
14. 'Southern Pulsar Census and Polarimetric Studies with the MWA', contributed talk, ACAMAR5: Australia-China Workshop on Astrophysics, Melbourne, Australia, 2 Apr, 2019
13. 'Properties of Pulsars at Low Radio Frequencies', invited talk, Science at Low Frequencies V, Nagoya, Japan, 6 Dec, 2018
12. 'Southern Pulsar Census and Polarimetric Studies with the MWA', colloquium, National Astronomical Observatories, Beijing, China, 26 Jun, 2018
11. 'Southern Pulsar Census and Polarimetric Studies with the MWA', contributed talk, MWA project meeting, Shanghai, China, 11 Jun 2018
10. 'Low-frequency pulsar polarimetry across the MWA Band', contributed talk, Science at Low Frequencies IV, Sydney, Australia, 15 Dec 2017
9. 'Low-frequency pulsar polarimetry across the MWA Band', contributed talk, CAASTRO Annual Retreat, Adelaide, Australia, 22 Nov 2017
8. 'SC1.1 Pulsar and Transients Group Talk', ICRAR Annual Retreat, Mandurah, Australia, 7 Sep 2017
7. 'A Low Frequency Census of Southern Pulsars', contributed talk, The Broad Impact of Low Frequency Observing Conference, Bologna, Italy, 19 Jun, 2017
6. 'A Low Frequency Census of Southern Pulsars', colloquium, visiting Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, China, 9 Dec, 2016
5. 'A Low Frequency Census of Southern Pulsars', contributed talk, 2nd Australia-China Workshop on Astrophysics, Suzhou, China, 5 Dec, 2016
4. 'The extinction law around the 9.7um feature from infrared surveys', contributed talk, Annual Meeting of Chinese Astronomical Society, Lintong, China, 29 Oct 2014
3. 'The extinction law around the 9.7um feature from infrared surveys', contributed talk, Physics and Chemistry of ISM Conference, Dalian, China, July 2014
2. 'Extinction at 9μm and 18μm in the Galactic Plane', colloquium, visiting Laboratory of Galaxy Evolution, Dept. of Physics, Nagoya University, Japan, Jun 2013
1. 'Extinction at 9μm and 18μm in the Galactic Plane', contributed talk, Annual Meeting of Chinese Astronomical Society, Suzhou, China, Oct 2013