Dr. Bin Chen is a 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 has recently served 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 research is funded by multiple grants from NSF and NASA, totaling several million US dollars as PI.  

Inquiries on potential Ph.D. or postdoctoral positions are always welcome. Please contact him by email.

Download his Curriculum Vitae.