Research

My research focuses on the interplay between the interstellar medium and star formation in nearby galaxies. Particularly, addressing questions on what ISM properties control the star formation rate, and in return, how the star formation feedback affects their natal ISM. I do my research from observational perspective, by utilizing new and archival multi-wavelength data (e.g., millimeter, radio, and infrared to capture ISM contents, and UV, H-alpha, and infrared as tracers of star formation rate). Specifically, I use ALMA to observe carbon monoxide and VLA+GBT to observe atomic hydrogen gas. Sometimes, I also used optical IFU data to get the properties of stellar population. These works were mostly done in resolved scales, from 100 pc (about the size of molecular clouds) to kpc scales in nearby galaxies. These resolved scales are important to compare the regions within galaxies (i.e. to investigate variation in local properties), as well as the global characteristics among galaxies (i.e. to understand the evolution among galaxy populations).