Dr. Wang is a physicist working on astrophysical instrumentation. His major achievements have been the delivery of a large array of superconducting bolometers for the SPT-3G project and the delivery of absorber coupled superconducting bolometers for the SPT-pol project. His current work includes superconducting bolometric detector R&D for CMB-S4; physics and technology of superconducting detectors for astrophysics, nuclear physics, and particle physics; superconducting electronics for detector multiplexing; and laboratory instrument construction.

Education

• Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University, 2005. 
• M.S., Lanzhou University, 1989.   
• B.S., Lanzhou University, 1986.  

Awards, Honors and Memberships

• PSE Excellence Award, Argonne National Laboratory (2017).
• Pacesetter Award, High Energy Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory (2015).
• Director’s Recognition Award for research excellence during postdoctoral appointee, Argonne National Laboratory (2011).
• ICMC Best Structural Materials Paper Award (2011).
• Member, American Physical Society.
• Member, American Astronomical Society.

Publications

• “Measurements of the Temperature and E-mode Polarization of the CMB from 500 Square Degrees of SPTpol Data,” J. W. Henning, et al., Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 852, Issue 2, 2018;  
• “Modeling Iridium-based Trilayer and Bilayer Transition-edge Sensors,” G. Wang, et al., IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, Vol. 27, Issue 4, 2100405, 2017;
• “Optimization of Transition Edge Sensor Arrays for Cosmic Microwave Background Observations with the South Pole Telescope,” J. Ding, et al., IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, Volume 27, Issue 4, 2100204, 2017;
• “Large arrays of dual-polarized multi-chroic TES detectors for CMB measurements with the SPT-3G receiver”, C. M. Posada, et al., Proc. SPIE 9914, Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII, 991417 (2016);

• “A MEASUREMENT OF THE COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND GRAVITATIONAL LENSING POTENTIAL FROM 100 SQUARE DEGREES OF SPTPOL DATA”, K. T. Story et al., ApJ, 810:50 (2015);
• “MEASUREMENTS OF SUB-DEGREE B-MODE POLARIZATION IN THE COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND FROM 100 SQUARE DEGREES OF SPTPOL DATA”, R. Keisler et al., ApJ, 807:151 (2015);
• “MEASUREMENTS OF E-MODE POLARIZATION AND TEMPERATURE-E-MODE CORRELATION IN THE COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND FROM 100 SQUARE DEGREES OF SPTPOL DATA”, A. T. Crities et al., ApJ, 805:36 (2015);
• “Mo/Au Bilayer TES Resistive Transition Engineering”, G. Wang et al., IEEE Trans. On Applied Superconductivity, Vol 25, 2101105 (2015);
• “Low Loss Superconducting Microstrip Development at Argonne National Lab”, C. L. Chang et al., IEEE Trans. On Applied Superconductivity., Vol 25, 2500105 (2015);
• “A Mo/Au Bilayer Transition Edge Sensor Modified with Normal Metal Structures”, G. Wang et al., J Low Temp Phys 176:337–343 (2014)
• “Detection of B-Mode Polarization in the Cosmic Microwave Background with Data from the South Pole Telescope”, D. Hanson et al., Phys. Rev. Lett., Vol 111, 141301 (2013);
•  ​“Thermal properties of silicon nitride beams below one Kelvin”, G. Wang, et al., IEEE Trans. on Applied Superconductivity, Vol. 21, pp. 233 (2011).