Personal profile
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
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
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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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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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
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Central versus Global Quenching Traced by the APEX-CALIFA Survey
Barrera-Ballesteros, J. K., Cruz-González, I., Colombo, D., Sánchez, S. F., Levy, R. C., Villanueva, V., Wong, T., Bolatto, A. & Alonso Hernández, D., Jan 1 2025, In: Astrophysical Journal. 978, 1, 23.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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LMC+: Large-scale mapping of [CII] and [OIII] in the LMC molecular ridge I. Dataset and line ratio analyses
Fischer, C., Madden, S. C., Krabbe, A., Polles, F. L., Fadda, D., Tarantino, E., Galliano, F., Chen, C. H. R., Abel, N., Beck, Belloir, L., Bigiel, F., Bolatto, A., Chevance, M., Colditz, S., Fischer, N., Green, A., Hughes, A., Indebetouw, R. & Iserlohe, C. & 12 others, , Oct 1 2025, In: Astronomy and Astrophysics. 702, A273.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The EDGE-CALIFA survey: The effect of active galactic nucleus feedback on the integrated properties of galaxies at different stages of their evolution
Bazzi, Z., Colombo, D., Bigiel, F., Kalinova, V., Villanueva, V., Sanchez, S. F., Bolatto, A. D. & Wong, T., May 1 2025, In: Astronomy and Astrophysics. 697, A149.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The EDGE-CALIFA survey: Star formation relationships for galaxies at different stages of their evolution
Colombo, D., Kalinova, V., Bazzi, Z., Sanchez, S. F., Bolatto, A. D., Wong, T., Villanueva, V., Rosolowsky, E., Weia, A., French, K. D., Leroy, A., Barrera-Ballesteros, J., Garay-Solis, Y., Bigiel, F., Tripathi, A. & Rodriguez, B., Jul 1 2025, In: Astronomy and Astrophysics. 699, A367.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Datasets
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Data for: Relations Between Molecular Cloud Structure Sizes and Line Widths in the Large Magellanic Cloud
Wong, T. (Creator), Hughes, A. (Creator), Tokuda, K. (Creator), Indebetouw, R. (Creator), Onishi, T. (Creator), Bandurski, J. B. (Creator), Chen, C. H. R. (Creator), Fukui, Y. (Creator), Glover, S. C. O. (Creator), Klessen, R. S. (Creator), Pineda, J. L. (Creator), Roman-Duval, J. (Creator), Sewilo, M. (Creator), Wojciechowski, E. (Creator) & Zahorecz, S. (Creator), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Sep 25 2019
DOI: 10.13012/B2IDB-7090706_V1
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Data for: The 30 Doradus Molecular Cloud at 0.4 pc Resolution with ALMA: Physical Properties and the Boundedness of CO-emitting Structures
Wong, T. (Creator), Oudshoorn, L. (Creator), Sofovich, E. (Creator), Green, A. (Creator), Shah, C. (Creator), Indebetouw, R. (Creator), Meixner, M. (Creator), Hacar, A. (Creator), Nayak, O. (Creator), Tokuda, K. (Creator), Bolatto, A. D. (Creator), Chevance, M. (Creator), De Marchi, G. (Creator), Fukui, Y. (Creator), Hirschauer, A. S. (Creator), Jameson, K. E. (Creator), Kalari, V. (Creator), Lebouteiller, V. (Creator), Looney, L. W. (Creator), Madden, S. C. (Creator), Onishi, T. (Creator), Roman-Duval, J. (Creator), Rubio, M. (Creator) & Tielens, A. G. G. M. (Creator), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Jun 15 2022
DOI: 10.13012/B2IDB-1671495_V1
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Press/Media
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Big Ten Academic Alliance announces 2024-25 Academic Leadership and Executive Officers Program fellows
Brown, N., Chambers, J. P., Goddard, L. L., Harley, B. A., Heller, W., Murphy, C., Beck, D. M., Jenkins, C. M., Lambert, M. C., Liechty, J. M. & Wong, T.
10/9/24
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