Abstract: Star formation plays a central role in galaxy formation and evolution, and has a defining impact on the formation of planets. To understand how stars form from an accumulation of gas and dust is essential to astrophysics. Observational studies of star formation in our own Galaxy provide us a comprehensive view of the detailed processes of star formation. Here in this talk I will introduce our recent observational efforts focused on several key questions in Galactic star formation, and present the most significant progress.
Bio: Keping Qiu is a professor in School of Astronomy and Space Science, Nanjing University. He obtained his PhD in Nanjing University in 2009, and was a predoctoral fellow in Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in 2006 to 2009. Afterwards he did his postdoc research in Max-Planck Institute for Radioastronomy, and joined Nanjing University as a professor in late 2012. His research interests include Galactic star formation, interstellar dust polarization, radio interferometry, and Galactic HI surveys.
