ASTROPHYSICIST APPOINTED ICRA PRESIDENT
Scientist Wang Yu has been appointed as the new president of the International Center for Relativistic Astrophysics (ICRA), making him the first Chinese citizen to hold the position at the center, which was founded in 1985.
With a research focus on high-energy astrophysics, Wang has contributed a lot to machine learning for astrophysics as well as promoted international scientific exchanges, including cooperation between Chinese universities and the center.
Born in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, in 1985, Wang holds a bachelor’s degree in physics from Southeast University, a master’s in astrophysics from the Purple Mountain Observatory under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and a Ph.D. in
