Bin Chen
Professor, Physics
101 Tiernan Hall (TIER)
About Me
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 the 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.

He was the recipient of the National Science Foundation 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). At NJIT, he serves as the Director of the Applied Physics Graduate Program (2020–present). His work receives funding from NSF and NASA.
Education
Ph.D. ; University of Virginia-Main Campus ; Astronomy ; 2013

M.S. ; University of Virginia-Main Campus ; Astronomy ; 2010

M.S. ; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences ; Astrophysics ; 2008

B.S. ; Peking University ; Physics ; 2005

Experience
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Associate Professor of Physics, August 2019 - August 2024
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Assistant Professor of Physics, January 2016 - July 2019
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrosphysics
Astrophysicist, August 2014 - December 2015
Awards & Honors

2018 CSLA Rising Star Research Award, College of Science and Liberal Arts

2016 NSF CAREER Award, National Science Foundation

2013 NASA Living-with-a-Star Jack Eddy Fellowship, NASA

2025 Fall Courses
PHYS 790A - DOCT DISSERTATION & RES

PHYS 792 - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH

PHYS 700B - MASTER'S PROJECT

PHYS 701B - MASTER'S THESIS

PHYS 490 - INDEPENDENT STUDY

PHYS 725 - INDEPENDENT STUDY I

PHYS 491 - INDEPENDENT STUDY II

PHYS 701C - MASTER'S THESIS

PHYS 726 - INDEPENDENT STUDY II

Past Courses
PHYS 111: PHYSICS I

PHYS 320: ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS I

PHYS 321: ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS II

PHYS 321: ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS II

PHYS 728: RADIO ASTRONOMY

PHYS 780: CURR TOPICS APPLIED PHYS

Journal Article
Bin Chen, Xiangliang Kong, Sijie Yu, Chengcai Shen, Xiaocan Li, Fan Guo, Yixian Zhang, Lindsay Glesener, Säm Krucker. 2024. "Energetic Electrons Accelerated and Trapped in a Magnetic Bottle above a Solar Flare Arcade." The Astrophysical Journal , vol. 971 , pp. 85.

Rohit Sharma, Marina Battaglia, Sijie Yu, Bin Chen, Yingjie Luo, Säm Krucker. 2024. "Study of Particle Acceleration Using Fine Structures and Oscillations in Microwaves from the Electron Cyclotron Maser." The Astrophysical Journal , vol. 970 , pp. 17.

Surajit Mondal, Andrea F. Battaglia, Bin Chen, Sijie Yu. 2024. "A Joint Microwave and Hard X-Ray Study toward Understanding the Transport of Accelerated Electrons During an Eruptive Solar Flare." The Astrophysical Journal , vol. 966 , pp. 208.

Yuqian Wei, Bin Chen, Sijie Yu, Haimin Wang, Yixian Zhang, Lindsay Glesener. 2024. "Episodic energy release during the main- and post-impulsive phase of a solar flare." The Astrophysical Journal , vol. 964 , pp. 174.

Ryan J. French, Sijie Yu, Bin Chen, Chengcai Shen, Sarah A. Matthews. 2024. "Doppler signature of a possible termination shock in an off-limb solar flare." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society , vol. 528 , no. 4 , pp. 6836-6844.

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Conference Proceeding
"Impulsive Solar Energetic Electron Events Observed by the Expanded Owens Valley Solar Array"
October (4th Quarter/Autumn), 2023.

"Measuring the density and temperature of the corona using high dynamic range low frequency images from the OVRO-LWA"
October (4th Quarter/Autumn), 2023.

"OVRO Long Wavelength Array - a New Solar-Dedicated Meterwave Radio Spectral Imaging Facility"
October (4th Quarter/Autumn), 2023.

"Radio CMEs in the Middle Corona: New Capabilities with the Owens Valley Long Wavelength Array"
October (4th Quarter/Autumn), 2023.

"Spatially-Resolved Transport Parameters in Solar Flares"
October (4th Quarter/Autumn), 2023.

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Other
"Diagnostics of Space Weather Drivers Enabled by Radio Observations"
July (3rd Quarter/Summer), 2023.

"Long-Lasting Solar Coherent Radio Bursts and Implications for Solar-Stellar Connection"
July (3rd Quarter/Summer), 2023.

White Paper
"Particle Acceleration and Transport: New Perspectives from Radio, Optical, X-ray, and \ensuremath\gamma-Ray Observations"
July (3rd Quarter/Summer), 2023.

Professional
Decadal Survey for Solar and Space Physics (Heliophysics) 2024-2033: Panel on the Physics of the Sun and Heliosphere.
Committee Member , 2022

Solar Physics Division, American Astronomical Society
Committee Member , 2019