1995年7月于南京师范大学物理系获理论物理学士学位，1998年7月获南京师范大学物理系理论物理硕士学位，2001年9月获南京大学天文系天体物理博士学位。

2001.8-2005.6 南京大学天文系 讲师

2003.2-2003.7香港大学访问学者

2004.5-2004.11 香港大学 访问学者

2005.11-2007.11 美国宾州州立大学天文与天体物理系，博士后

2008.7-2008.8 Weizmann Institute of Israel, Visiting Scientist

2005.6-2009.12 南京大学天文系 副教授

2009.12至今 南京大学天文系 教授

2006年加入NASA（美国国家航空航天局）的Swift项目，成为Swift team科学理论组成员。

国际天文杂志 ApJ (ApJ Lett.), MNRAS, A&A, ChJAA, Astronomical Notes 的审稿人

《广义相对论》、《粒子天体物理》

从事伽玛射线暴、高能宇宙线、超新星 shock breakout等课题的研究，取得的成果包括：1)系统研究了伽玛射线暴的高能辐射的起源; 2)提出超高能宇宙线起源的一种新模型-巨超新星模型;3)提出了超新星 shock breakout 的非热辐射的起源模型，并首次指出 SN2008D的X射线辐射是shock breakout辐射。

参与Swift team的关于GRB060729的文章 （Grupe, Gronwall, Wang et al., 2007, ApJ, 662, 443）被 Pennsylvanian State University 和 NASA 以媒体形式对外报导。

所作学术报告

邀请报告, 2010年4月19-23日, 日本京都, “Deciphering the ancient Universe with gamma-ray bursts”会议

邀请报告, 2009年10月26-30日, 上海, “1st Galileo-Xu Guangqi Meeting”国际会议上的“General relativity, GRBs, Neutron Star and Supernovae”分会

邀请报告, 2009年5月4日-6月19日，北京大学Kavli研究所，“KIAA Program on GRB Physics”

邀请报告, given at "TeV Particle Astrophysics IV" (session Gamma-Ray Astrophysics): Models of GRB GeV-TeV gamma-ray emission and GLAST/Swift synergy" (Beijing, Sept.24-28, 2008)

邀请报告, given at 2008 COSPAR meeting (session E18--Progress in Gamma-Ray Burst Studies), "High Energy Emission from Gamma-ray Bursts" (Montreal, July 13-20, 2008)

口头报告,given at "2008 Nanjing Gamma-ray Burst Conference" (Nanjing, June 23-27, 2008)

口头报告, given at “Institute for Gravitation and Cosmos: Inaugural Conference” (Penn State Univ., August 9-11, 2007)

口头报告, given at “The First GLAST Symposium” (Stanford University, Feb.5-8 2007)

口头报告, given at “A second workshop on the nature of the high-energy unidentified sources” (HongKong, June 1-4, 2004)

口头报告, given at the Sixth Pacific Rim Conference on Stellar Astrophysics (Xi’an, China, July 11-17, 2002)

2008年 教育部新世纪优秀人才支持计划

2004年 全国优秀博士学位论文奖

2003年 国家自然科学二等奖 （第五完成人）

33) Wang, Xiang-Yu, He, Hao-Ning; Li, Zhuo; Wu, Xue-Feng; Dai,Zi-Gao, 2010, Astrophys. J, 712,1232-1240, "Klein-Nishina Effects on the High-energy Afterglow Emission of Gamma-ray Bursts"

32) Dirk Grupe , David N. Burrows, Xue-Feng Wu, Xiang-Yu Wang, Bing Zhang, Gordon Garmire1, John A.Nousek1, Neil Gehrels George R. Ricker, Marshall W. Bautz, 2010, Astrophys. J, 711, 1008, “Late-time detections of the X-ray afterglow of GRB00729 with Chandra- The latest detection ever of an X-ray afterglow”

31) He, Hao-Ning; Wang, Xiang-Yu; Yu, Yun-Wei; Mészáros, Peter, 2009, The Astrophysical Journal, 706, 1152, High-energy Gamma-ray Afterglows from Low-luminosity Gamma-ray Bursts

30) Wang, Xiang-Yu; Li, Zhuo; Dai, Zi-Gao; Mészáros, Peter, 2009, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 698, Issue 2, pp. L98-L102, “GRB 080916C: On the Radiation Origin of the Prompt Emission from keV/MeV TO GeV”,

29) Wang, Xiang-Yu; Dai, Zi-Gao, 2009, Astrophys. J, 691, L67, “Prompt TeV Neutrinos from the Dissipative Photospheres of Gamma-ray Bursts”

28) Yu, Yun-Wei; Wang, X. Y.; Dai, Z. G., 2009, Astrophys. J, 692, 1662, “Optical and gamma-ray emissions from internal forward-reverse shocks: application to GRB 080319B?”

27) Zhang, Bin-Bin; Zhang, Bing; Liang, En-Wei; Wang, Xiang-Yu, 2009, Astrophys. J,, 690, L10, “Curvature Effect of a Non-Power Spectrum and Spectral Evolution of GRB X-Ray Tails”

26) A. M. Soderberg,E. Berger, K. Page,P.Schady,J. Parrent, D. Pooley, X.-Y. Wang, E. Ofek, A. Cucchiara, A. Rau, E. Waxman, J. Simon, D. Bock, P. Milne, M. Page, S. Barthelmy, A. Beardmore, M. Bietenholz, P. Brown, A. Burrows, D. N. Burrows, G. Byrngelson, S. B. Cenko, P. Chandra, J. Cummings, D. B. Fox, A. Gal-Yam, N. Gehrels, S. Immler, M. Kasliwal, A. Kong, H. Krimm, S. R. Kulkarni, P. Meszaros, E. Nakar, P. O’Brien, M. de Pasquale, J. Racusin, N. Rea, 2008, "An Extremely Luminous X-ray Outburst Marking the Birth of a Normal Supernova", 2008, Nature (Article), 453, 469-474

25) X. Y. Wang, S. Razzaque & P. Meszaros, 2008, "On the Origin and Survival of UHE Cosmic-Ray Nuclei in GRBs and Hypernovae", ApJ, 677, 432-440

24) X. Y. Wang, S. Razzaque, P. Meszaros & Z. G. Dai, 2007, “High-energy Cosmic Rays and Neutrinos from Semi-Relativistic Hypernovae”, Phys. Rev. D, 76, 083009

23) X. Y. Wang, & P. Meszaros 2007, Astrophys. J, 670, 1247, “GRB Precursors in the Fallback Collapsar Scenario”

22) X. Y. Wang, Z. Li, E. Waxman & P. Meszaros 2007, Astrophys. J, 664, 1026, “Nonthermal gamma-ray and X-ray flashes from shock breakout in gamma-ray bursts/supernovae”

21) D. Grupe, C. Gronwall, X. Y. Wang, P. Roming, et al. 2007, Astrophys. J, 662, 443 “Swift and XMM-Newton Observations of the Extraordinary GRB 060729: An afterglow with a more than 100 days X-ray light curve”

20) P. Schady, P., M. De Pasquale, M. J. Page, L.Vetere, S. B.Pandey, X. Y. Wang, et al., 2007, Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., in press, astro-ph/0611081, “Extreme Properties Of GRB061007: A Highly Energetic Or A Highly Collimated Burst?”

19) Z. G. Dai, X. Y. Wang, X F. Wu, & B. Zhang, 2006, Science, 311, 1127, “X-ray Flares from Postmerger Millisecond Pulsars”

18) X. Y. Wang, Z. Li & P. Meszaros, 2006, Astrophys. J, 641, L89, “GeV-TeV and X-Ray Flares from Gamma-Ray Bursts”

17) X. Y. Wang, & P. Meszaros, 2006, Astrophys. J, 643, L95, “GeV Photons from the Upscattering of Supernova Shock Breakout X-Rays by an Outside Gamma-Ray Burst Jet”

16) X. F. Wu, Z. G. Dai, X. Y. Wang et al. 2006, Astrophys. J, submitted, astro-ph/ 0512555, “X-ray flares: late internal and late external shocks”

15) X.Y. Wang; X. F. Wu, Y. Z. Fan, Z.G. Dai, B. Zhang, , 2005, Astrophys. J. (Lett.), 623, L29-L32“An energetic blast wave from the 2004 December 27 giant flare of the soft gamma-ray repeater SGR 1806-20”

14) X.Y. Wang, K.S. Cheng, P. H., Tam, 2005, Astrophys. J.，621, 894:“Optical afterglows from cylindrical jets of short gamma-ray bursts”

13) X.Y. Wang, K.S. Cheng, Dai Z.G. and Lu T.,2005, Astron. Astrophys.

439, 957, “High-energy component of GRB941017 revisited and the reverse-shock synchrotron self-Compton emission”

12) Z. G. Dai, X. F. Wu, X. Y. Wang, Y. F. Huang & B. Zhang, 2005, Astrophys. J. (Lett.), 629, L81, “A Two-Component Explosion Model for the Giant Flare and Radio Afterglow from SGR 1806-20”

11) K. S. Cheng, T.Harko, & X. Y. Wang, 2005, Phy. Rev. D, 71, 103001, “Radiation transport equations in non-Riemannian space-times”20)

10) X.Y. Wang, K.S. Cheng， Z.G. Dai and T. Lu, 2004, Astrophys. J.，604, 306“Constraining the origin of TeV photons from gamma-ray bursts with delayed MeV-GeV emission formed by interaction with cosmic infrared/microwave background photons”

9) X.Y. Wang, Dai Z.G. and Lu T., 2003, Astrophys. J.，592, 347 :“External shock model for the large-scale, relativistic X-ray jets from the microquasar XTE J1550-564”

8) X.Y. Wang, Dai Z.G. and Lu T., 2003, Astron. Astrophys., 401, 593: “Possible geoemetries of afterglow generation in the gamma-ray burst GRB990705” ,

7) K.S. Cheng, and X.Y. Wang, 2003, Astrophys. J. (Lett.), 593, L85: “The radio afterglow from the giant flare of SGR 1900+14: the same mechanism as afterglows from classic gamma-ray bursts?”

6) X.Y. Wang, Dai Z.G. and Lu T., 2002, Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 336, 803: “Early GeV afterglows from gamma-ray bursts in pulsar wind bubbles”

5) X. Y. Wang, Z. G. Dai and T. Lu, 2001, Astrophys. J., 556, 1010: “The inverse Compton emission spectra in the very early afterglows of gamma-ray bursts”

4) X. Y. Wang, Z. G. Dai and T. Lu, 2001, Astrophys. J. (Lett.), 546, L33: “Prompt high energy gamma-ray emission from the synchrotron self-Compton process in the reverse shocks of gamma-ray bursts”

3) X. Y. Wang, Z. G. Dai, T. Lu, Huang, Y. F. and Wei, D. M., 2000, Astron. Astrophys, 357, 543: “A possible model for the supernova/gamma-ray burst connection”

2) X. Y. Wang, Z. G. Dai and T. Lu, 2000, Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 319, 1159: “Intrinsic parameters of GRB990123 from its prompt optical flash and afterglow”

1) X. Y. Wang, Z. G. Dai and T. Lu, 2000, Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 317, 170: “A possible explanation for the radio afterglow of GRB980519: the dense medium effect”