Summary
Bin 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 University
Master of Science (MSc), Astrophysics, Master of Science (MSc), Astrophysics at University of Chinese Academic of Sciences
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Astronomy, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Astronomy at University of Virginia
Chinese