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Tony Wong

 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7759-0585

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Research Interests

Molecular Clouds
Star Formation in Nearby Galaxies
Evolution of Disk Galaxies

Professional Information

Prof. Wong's research group uses observations of interstellar gas in galaxies to understand their structure and evolution.  We study primarily CO, an abundant tracer of molecular gas in galaxies, and investigate the links between molecular clouds, their surrounding galaxies, and the rate of star formation.  We also use gas as a probe of the dynamics of galaxy disks.

Honors & Awards

Multiple appearances on the Excellent Teachers List

Teaching

ASTR 210 - Introduction to Astrophysics
ASTR 405 - Planetary Systems
ASTR 406 - Galaxies and the Universe
ASTR 506 - Galaxies

Office Address

227 Astronomy Building, MC-221
1002 W. Green St.
Urbana, IL 61801

Office Phone

(217) 244-4207

Education/Academic qualification

Astrophysics, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

Award Date: Dec 1 2000

Astronomy, M.A., University of California, Berkeley

Award Date: Dec 1 1996

Physics and Astronomy, B.A., Harvard University

Award Date: Jun 1 1994

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  • A Multiscale Molecular and Atomic Gas View on the HiiRegion N113 in the Large Magellanic Cloud: Evidence for High-mass Star Formation Triggered by Supersonically Colliding HiFlows

    Yamada, R. I., Tokuda, K., Fukui, Y., Adachi, D., Sewiło, M., Indebetouw, R., Chen, C. H. R., Tsuge, K., Nishioka, T., Sano, H., Tamashiro, M., Neelamkodan, N., Wong, T., Carlson, L. R., Oliveira, J. M., Kawamura, A., Tachihara, K. & Onishi, T., May 20 2026, In: Astrophysical Journal. 1003, 1

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Selecting Post-starburst Galaxies Based on Star Formation History

    Starecheski, S., French, K. D., Villanueva, V., Sánchez, S. F., Wong, T., Verrico, M. E., Green, A., Tripathi, A. & Donaghue, K., Mar 20 2026, In: Astrophysical Journal. 1000, 1, 110.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

    Open Access

  • Sloan Digital Sky Survey. V. Pioneering Panoptic Spectroscopy

    Kollmeier, J. A., Rix, H. W., Aerts, C., Aird, J., Alfaro, P. V., Almeida, A., Anderson, S. F., Arseneau, S. M., Assef, R. J., Aviram, S., Aydar, C., Badenes, C., Bandyopadhyay, A., Barger, K., Barkhouser, R. H., Bauer, F. E., Behmard, A., Bender, C., Besser, F. & Bhattarai, B. & 207 others, Bilgi, P., Bird, J., Bizyaev, D., Blanc, G. A., Blanton, M. R., Bochanski, J., Bovy, J., Brandon, C., Brandt, W. N., Brownstein, J. R., Buchner, J., Burchett, J. N., Carlberg, J., Casey, A. R., Castaneda-Carlos, L., Chakraborty, P., Chanamé, J., Chandra, V., Cherinka, B., Chilingarian, I., Comparat, J., Cosens, M., Covey, K., Crane, J. D., Crumpler, N. R., Cruz-Gonzalez, I., Cunha, K., Cunningham, T., Dai, X., Darling, J., Davidson, J. W., Davis, M. C., De Lee, N., Deacon, N., Méndez Delgado, J. E., Demasi, S., Demianenko, M., Derwent, M., D’Onghia, E., Di Mille, F., Dias, B., Donor, J., Dow, P. N., Drory, N., Dwelly, T., Egorov, O., Egorova, E., El-Badry, K., Engelman, M., Eracleous, M., Fan, X., Farr, E., Fries, L., Frinchaboy, P., Froning, C. S., Gänsicke, B. T., García, P., Gelfand, J., Gentile Fusillo, N. P., Glover, S., Grabowski, K., Grebel, E. K., Green, P. J., Grier, C., Gupta, P., Gray, A. C., Häberle, M., Hall, P. B., Hammond, R. P., Hawkins, K., Harding, A. C., Hegedűs, V., Herbst, T., Hermes, J. J., Hidalgo, P. R., Hilder, T., Hogg, D. W., Holtzman, J. A., Horta, D., Huang, Y., Hwang, H. C., Ibarra-Medel, H. J., Imig, J., Inight, K., Jana, A., Ji, A. P., Jiménez-Arranz, Ó., Jofre, P., Johns, M., Johnson, J., Johnson, J. W., Johnston, E. J., Jones, A. M., Katkov, I., Knapp, G. R., Koekemoer, A. M., Kounkel, M., Kreckel, K., Krishnarao, D., Krumpe, M., Kumari, N., Kupfer, T., Lacerna, I., Laporte, C., Lepine, S., Li, J., Liu, X., Loebman, S., Long, K., Roman-Lopes, A., Lu, Y., Majewski, S. R., Maoz, D., McKinnon, K. A., Medan, I., Merloni, A., Minniti, D., Morrison, S., Myers, N., Mészáros, S., Nandra, K., Nayak, P. K., Ness, M. K., Nidever, D. L., O’Brien, T., Oeur, M., Oravetz, A., Oravetz, D., Otto, J., Pallathadka, G. A., Palunas, P., Pan, K., Pappalardo, D., Pandey, R., Peñaloza, C. A. N., Pinsonneault, M. H., Pogge, R. W., Taghizadeh Popp, M., Price-Whelan, A. M., Pulatova, N., Qiu, D., Ramirez, S., Rankine, A., Ricci, C., Runnoe, J. C., Sanchez, S., Salvato, M., Sarbadhicary, S. K., Sattler, N., Saydjari, A. K., Sayres, C., Schinnerer, E., Schlaufman, K. C., Schneider, D. P., Schreiber, M. R., Schwope, A., Serna, J., Shen, Y., Sifón, C., Singh, A., Sinha, A., Smee, S., Song, Y. Y., Souto, D., Stassun, K. G., Steinmetz, M., Stone-Martinez, A., Stringfellow, G., Stutz, A., Sánchez-Gallego, J., Tan, J. C., Tayar, J., Thai, R., Thakar, A., Ting, Y. S., Tkachenko, A., Tovmassian, G., Trakhtenbrot, B., Fernández-Trincado, J. G., Troup, N., Trump, J., Tuttle, S., van der Marel, R. P., Villanova, S., Villaseñor, J., Wachter, S., Way, Z., Weijmans, A. M., Weinberg, D., Wheeler, A., Wiggins, A. I., Wilson, J., Wofford, A., Wong, T., Wu, Q., Wylezalek, D., Wyse, R. F. G., Xue, X. X., Yang, Q., Ybarra, J., Zakamska, N., Zari, E., Zasowski, G., Zeltyn, G., Zucker, C., Román-Zúñiga, C. G. & de J. Zermeño, R., Jan 2 2026, In: Astronomical Journal. 171, 1, 52.

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  • The fragmentation properties of massive star-forming regions in 30Dor-10 at 2000 au resolution

    Traficante, A., Jiménez-Donaire, M. J., Indebetouw, R., Wong, T., Nucara, A., Klessen, R. S., Hennebelle, P., Lebreuilly, U., Mininni, C., Molinari, S., Sabbi, E. & Soler, J. D., Dec 2026, In: Nature communications. 17, 1, 3567.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • The Nineteenth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

    SDSS Collaboration, Jul 2026, In: Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series. 285, 1, 9.

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