Prof. Bin Chen
Solar Astrophysicist
Associate Professor of Physics
Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research
Department of Physics
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Dr. Bin Chen is an Associate Professor of Physics at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. Research in his group focuses on solar flares and coronal mass ejections, the largest explosions in the solar system that can affect our Earth and near-Earth environment, known as Space Weather. He develops novel radio observing techniques and utilizes multi-wavelength observations to study physical processes underlying these catastrophic energy release events. He co-leads the NJIT solar radio group (with Prof. Dale Gary), which operates the Expanded Owens Valley Solar Array (EOVSA). He is currently leading a NSF-funded project to upgrade EOVSA to EOVSA-15, which will expand it to a 15-antenna array and enable broadband imaging spectropolarimetry for the array.
He was the recipient of AAS Solar Physics Division’s Karen Harvey Prize in 2023, the National Science Foundation’s CAREER Award in 2017, and the NASA/UCAR Jack Eddy Fellowship in 2013. He served as a Committee Member of the Solar Physics Division of the American Astronomical Society (2019–2021). He is currently serving on the Solar & Heliophere Panel of the NASEM 2024-2033 Solar & Space Physics Decadal Survey. At NJIT, he serves as the Director of the Applied Physics Graduate Program (2020–present). His work receives funding from NSF and NASA.
Download his Curriculum Vitae.
- Solar Flares
- Corona Mass Ejections
- Space Weather
- Magnetic Reconnection
- Particle Acceleration
- Radio Astronomy
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PhD in Astronomy, 2013
University of Virginia
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MS in Astrophysics, 2008
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
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BS in Physics, 2005
Peking University
Meet the Team
Principal Investigators
Prof. Bin Chen
Solar Astrophysicist
Associate Professor of Physics
Dr. Sijie Yu
Research Associate Professor
Postdoctoral Fellows
Dr. Surajit Mondal
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Dr. Xingyao Chen
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Dr. Yuqian Wei
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Dr. Peijin Zhang
NASA/UCAR Jack Eddy Postdoctoral Fellow
Graduate Students
Meiqi Wang
Ph.D. Candidate
Ivan Oparin
Graduate Student
Stasia Kuske
Graduate Student
Undergraduate Students
Sabastian Fernandes
UG Research Assistant
Alumni
Dr. Yingjie Luo
PhD, 2022; Now postdoc fellow at Univ. of Glasgow
Dr. Zhitao Wang
PhD, 2017; Now Big Data Engineer at HSBC
Samantha Lomuscio
UG Research Assistant (2017-2020); Now graduate student at Univ. of Virginia
Sylwia Janiak
UG Research Assistant (2016-2019)
Lindsey Gray
UG Research Assistant (summer 2016); Now graduate student at Wake Forest Univ.
Recent News
Research Projects
Coronal Mass Ejections
Large eruptions on the Sun and main drivers of Space Weather
Instrumentation
Develop and commission new instrumentation for solar astronomy
Magnetic Reconnection
The fundamental process for releasing magnetic energy
Particle Acceleration
Mechanisms for accelerating particles to high energies
Shocks and Waves
Shocks and Waves on the Sun
Solar Radio Bursts
Origin of intense radio bursts that affect GPS reception
Research Blog
A series of studies using data from the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array have revealed a special type of shocks, called “termination shocks”, as an outstanding candidate for particle acceleration in the core solar flare region.
Featured Publications
Publication List
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Contact
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