Yin-Zhe Ma
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Academic History
- October 2021—present: Full Professor at UKZN
- January 2018—September 2021: Associate Professor at UKZN
- October 2015 — December 2017: Senior Lecturer at UKZN
- September 2014 — September 2015: Research Associate at Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, Manchester
- September 2011 — September 2014: CITA national fellow at University of British Columbia
- October 2008 — September 2011: PhD in Astronomy, University of Cambridge
- September 2006 — July 2008: Master in Astrophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- September 2002 — June 2006: Bachelor in Physics, Nanjing University
Research Interests
Dr. Yin-Zhe Ma’s research focusses on observational and theoretical cosmology aimed at understanding the fundamental laws of the Universe and uncovering the nature of dark energy and dark matter. In particular:
- Radio Cosmology: 21 cm Intensity Mapping, Epoch of Reionization
- Extragalatic Astronomy: galaxy peculiar velocity field, thermal and kinetic Sunyaev-Zel’dovich effect, dynamics of the Local Group, near-field cosmology
- The Early Universe: the cosmic microwave background radiation, observational tests of inflation
He is currently a core member of the Square Kilometer Array (SKA) team, Hydrogen Epoch Reionization Array (HERA), MeerKAT large survey team, and Rubin Observatory (LSST), the Planck satellite science team, and 6dFGS (Six-degree-Field Galaxy Survey).
