Bio
Yaping Wang is currently a Professor and the Deputy of the Institute of Particle Physics at Central China Normal University (CCNU). His research interested has been on the experimental studies of heavy flavor and strangeness production in high-energy heavy-ion collisions, particle detector research & development.
Education
2008, Ph.D. in Physics, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China.
2005, M.S., Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China.
2003, B.S., Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China.
Professional Experience
2017 – present, Professor, Central China Normal University, China
2010 – 2017, Associate Professor, Central China Normal University, China
2012 – 2014, Postdoctoral fellow/visiting research assistant professor, Illinois University at Chicago, Chicago, US
2008 – 2010, Lecturer, Central China Normal University, China
2008 – 2009, Visitor, CERN, Switzerland
Honors and Awards
Recent Publications (5 years)
1. STAR Collaboration (Principle Author, PA)，Strangeness production in √sNN = 3 GeV Au+Au collisions at RHIC， Journal of High Energy Physics 10 (2024) 139；
2. ALICE Collaboration (my phD student as PA)，Measurement of non-prompt D0-meson elliptic flow in Pb–Pb collisions at √sNN = 5.02 TeV，The European Physical Journal C (2023) 83: 1123;
3. ALICE Collaboration (my phD student as PA)，Study of flavor dependence of the baryon-to-meson ratio in proton-proton collisions at 13 TeV, Physical Review D 108, 112003 (2023);
4. Biao Zhang, Li‑Ke Liu, Hua Pei, Shu‑Su Shi, Nu Xu, Ya‑Ping Wang*， Classifier for centrality determination with zero‑degree calorimeter at the cooling‑storage‑ring external‑target experiment, Nuclear Science and Techniques (2023)34:176;
5. ALICE Collaboration (my phD student as PA)，Measurement of the non-prompt D-meson fraction as a function of multiplicity in proton-proton collisions at √s = 13 TeV, Journal of High Energy Physics 10 (2023) 092;
6. Li‑Ke Liu, Hua Pei, Ya‑Ping Wang, Biao Zhang, Nu Xu, Shu‑Su Shi*，Event plane determination from the zero degree calorimeter at the cooling storage ring external-target experiment, Nuclear Science and Techniques (2023)34:100;
7. Deng W J, Yin Z B, Wang Y P, et al. Advancements and applications of monolithic pixel detector (in Chinese). Sci Sin-Phys Mech Astron, 2023, 53: 290019；
8. Liu F.*, Luo X F*, Shi S S*, Wang Y P*. An experiment study on the quark matter properties and QCD phase structure at RHIC (in Chinese). Sci Sin-Phys Mech Astron, 2023, 53: 290003；
9. STAR Collaboration (Principle Author, PA)，Evidence of Mass Ordering of Charm and Bottom Quark Energy Loss in Au+Au Collisions at RHIC, The European Physical Journal C (2022) 82: 1150;
10. STAR Collaboration (Principle Author, PA)，Probing Strangeness Canonical Ensemble with K- , ϕ(1020) and Ξ− Production in Au+Au Collisions at √sNN=3GeV, Physics Letters B 831 (2022) 137152;
11. ALICE Collaboration (my phD student as PA)，Observation of a multiplicity dependence in the pT-differential charm baryon-to-meson ratios in proton–proton collisions at √s= 13 TeV, Physics Letters B 829 (2022) 137065;
12. STAR Collaboration (Principle Author, PA)，Disappearance of partonic collectivity in √sNN = 3GeV Au+Au collisions at RHIC, Physics Letters B 827 (2022) 137003;
13. STAR Collaboration (Principle Author, PA)，Measurement of inclusive electrons from open heavy-flavor hadron decays in p + p collisions at #sqrt(s)=200 GeV with the STAR detector, Physical Review D 105, 032007 (2022);
14. ALICE ITS Group, First demonstration of in-beam performance of bent Monolithic Active Pixel Sensors, Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research A 1028 (2022) 166280.
15. Biao Zhang, …, Yaping Wang*, et al., Inner Tracking System Upgrade for the ALICE Experiment, Nuclear Physics Review 37 (2020) 3.
Selected Publications
1. STAR Collaboration (Principle Author, PA)，Strangeness production in √sNN = 3 GeV Au+Au collisions at RHIC， Journal of High Energy Physics 10 (2024) 139；
2. ALICE Collaboration (my phD student as PA)，Measurement of the non-prompt D-meson fraction as a function of multiplicity in proton-proton collisions at √s = 13 TeV, Journal of High Energy Physics 10 (2023) 092;
3. Biao Zhang, Li‑Ke Liu, Hua Pei, Shu‑Su Shi, Nu Xu, Ya‑Ping Wang*，Classifier for centrality determination with zero‑degree calorimeter at the cooling‑storage‑ring external‑target experiment, Nuclear Science and Techniques (2023)34:176;
4. STAR Collaboration (Principle Author, PA)，Evidence of Mass Ordering of Charm and Bottom Quark Energy Loss in Au+Au Collisions at RHIC, The European Physical Journal C (2022) 82: 1150;
5. Biao Zhang, …, Yaping Wang*, et al., Inner Tracking System Upgrade for the ALICE Experiment, Nuclear Physics Review 37 (2020) 3;
6. STAR Collaboration (Principle Author, PA), Measurement of D0 azimuthal anisotropy in Au+Au collisions at √sNN = 200 GeV, Physical Review Letter 118, 212301, (2017).
