Bin Chen
Professor at New Jersey Institute of Technology
Newark, New Jersey, United States
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Top SchoolBin Chen is a solar astrophysicist and professor of physics with 11 years of experience studying violent solar activity—particularly flares and coronal mass ejections—using multi-wavelength observations from ground- and space-based instruments. Based at New Jersey Institute of Technology after research stints at institutions including the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and NRAO, he has pioneered broadband radio dynamic imaging spectroscopy for solar studies and led the first solar observations with the upgraded Karl G. Jansky VLA. He combines active mentoring of undergraduates and Ph.D. students with hands-on observational and modeling work across radio, EUV, and X-ray datasets (SDO/AIA, Hinode/XRT, RHESSI, EOVSA, etc.). His research directly links fundamental plasma processes on the Sun to space weather impacts on technologies such as GPS and satellites. Known for translating complex instrumentation advances into breakthrough science, he maintains an active academic profile and public-facing web presence for detailed work and outreach.
11 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
B.Sc., Physics, B.Sc., Physics at Peking UniversityMaster of Science (MSc), Astrophysics, Master of Science (MSc), Astrophysics at University of Chinese Academic of SciencesDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Astronomy, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Astronomy at University of Virginia
Chinese
Github Skills (27)
imaging10
python9
planets8
planet7
ablog7
diffraction6
spectrum6
spectra6
software-defined-radio5
solar5
casa5
photonics5
high-energy-physics5
particle-physics5
astronomy4
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
binchensun/personal-website
Apr 2021 - Jun 2026
Contributions:37 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 2 months
binchensun/ovro-lwa-solar-ops
Mar 2024 - Oct 2025
Scripts and codes related to operations of OVRO-LWA for solar studies
Contributions:1 PR, 46 pushes in 1 year 7 months
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