个人简历

2007.09-2011.06，山东大学, 理学学士

2011.09-2017.07，中国科学院大学（上海天文台）, 天体物理博士，获2017年“中国科学院院长特别奖”

2017.09-2021.08，北京大学科维理天文与天体物理研究所，博士后，获“博士后创新人才支持计划”支持

2021.09起，厦门大学天文系副教授，“南强青年人才计划”特任研究员，博士研究生导师

研究兴趣

星系形成与演化；星系结构（盘、棒、核球、旋臂和晕等）；星系长时标演化；星系并合；宇宙环境对星系演化的影响；多体+流体数值模拟等。近期研究重点：数值模拟与机器学习研究星系形成与演化，以下视频演示本课题组类银河系zoom-in模拟。

主要发表文章（附相关视频）

Beyond Morphology: Challenges in Decomposing Massive Stellar Halos in Sombrero-like, Halo-Embedded Disk Galaxies, He, W.T., Du, M.*, Li, Z.Y., Li, Y., 2025, accepted by A&A, arXiv: 2505.04133

Unveiling a young thick disk in the Milky Way， Lian, J.H.*, Du, M.*, Lu, S., et al. 2025, accepted by ApJL, arXiv:2504.10869

IllustrisTNG Insights: Factors Affecting the Presence of Bars in Disk Galaxies， Lu, S., Du, M.*, & Debattista, P.V. 2025, accepted by A&A, arXiv:2412.02255

Two Channels of Metal-Rich Compact Stellar System Formation: Starbursts Under High Ram Pressure vs. Tidal Stripping, Bian, Y., Du, M.*, Debattista, V.P., et al. 2025, ApJL, 979, L33

The evolutionary pathways of disk galaxies with different sizes, Ma, H.C., Du, M.*, Ho, L.C., Sheng, M.J., Liao, S.H., A&A, 689, A293

The physical origin of the mass-size relation and its scatter for disk galaxies, Du, M., Ma, H.C., Zhong, W.Y., Ho, L.C., Liao, S.H., 2024, A&A, 686, 168

How Nested Bars Enhance, Modulate, and are Destroyed by Gas Inflows, Li, Z., Du, M.*, Debattista, V.P., Shen, J.* et al. 2023, ApJ, 958， 77

The Origin of the Relation Between Stellar Angular Momentum and Stellar Mass in Nearby Disk-dominated galaxies, Du, M., Ho, L.C., Yu, H.-R., Debattista, V.P., 2022, ApJL, 937, 18

The Evolutionary Pathways of Disk-, Bulge-, and Halo-dominated Galaxies, Du, M., Ho, L.C., et al. 2021, ApJ, 919, 135 

Barred Galaxies in IllustrisTNG, Zhao, D.Y., Du, M.*, et al. 2020, ApJ, 904, 170

Kinematic Decomposition of IllustrisTNG Disk Galaxies: Morphology and Relation with Morphological Structures, Du, M., Ho, L.C., Debattista, V.P., et al. 2020, ApJ, 895, 139

A New Channel of Bulge Formation via the Destruction of Short Bars, Guo, M., Du, M.*, Ho, L.C., et al. 2020, ApJ, 888, 65

Identifying Kinematic Structures in Simulated Galaxies Using Unsupervised Machine Learning, Du, M., Ho, L.C., Zhao, D., et al. 2019, ApJ, 884, 129

The Formation of Compact Elliptical Galaxies in the Vicinity of a Massive Galaxy: The Role of Ram-pressure Confinement, Du, M., Debattista, V.P., Ho, L.C., et al. 2019, ApJ, 875, 58 (The movies show the properties of gas when the cE interacts the central massive galaxy galaxy_interaction_gas_metallicity.gif, galaxy_interaction_gas_temperature.gif, galaxy_interaction_gas_density.gif.)

Black Hole Growth in Disk Galaxies Mediated by the Secular Evolution of Short Bars, Du, M., Debattista, V. P., Shen, J., & Ho, L. C. 2017, ApJL, 844, L15

Orthogonal Vertical Velocity Dispersion Distributions Produced by Bars, Du, M., Shen, J., Debattista, V. P. & de Lorenzo-Caceres, A. 2017, ApJ, 836, 181

Kinematic Properties of Double-barred Galaxies: Simulations Versus Integral-field Observations, Du, M., Debattista, V.P., Shen, J., & Cappellari, M. 2016, ApJ, 828, 14

Forming Double-barred Galaxies from Dynamically Cool Inner Disks, Du, M., Shen, J., & Debattista, V.P. 2015, ApJ, 804, 139 (The movies show the formation and 3D structures of double-barred galaxies S2B_form.gif, S2B_3D_zoomin.gif.)