張爍 教授
Prof. Shuo Zhang
Important experience / 重要經歷
Assistant Professor of Physics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University
密西根州立大學物理及天文學系 助理教授
Research Areas / 研究範疇
1. understanding quiescent supermassive black hole outburst and activity cycle;
理解靜態的超大質量黑洞爆發及活動週期
2. probing Galactic center cosmic-ray population;
探測銀河系中心宇宙射線種群
3. Constraining dark matter in the center of Milky Way and M31;
觀察銀河系中心及M31的暗物質
4. Revealing the origin of non-thermal filaments and their particle acceleration mechanism
展示非熱絲及它們的粒子的加速機制
Introduction / 簡介
Shuo Zhang joined Michigan State University in summer 2023 as an assistant professor of physics. Before that, she joined Bard College after serving as a postdoctoral scholar and Heising-Simons Fellow at the MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research. She received her PhD in physics at Columbia University, where her research focused on high-energy X-ray observations of the Galactic Center and Galactic Plane using the NuSTAR space telescope. The thesis, “Investigating the Physics of Hard X-ray Outbursts from the Galactic Center Supermassive Black Hole Sgr A*,” was selected for funding by NASA headquarters via the NASA Earth and Space Fellowship program. Professor Zhang has obtained funding for an original particle astrophysics project on probing galactic cosmic-ray particles at MeV through PeV energy scales using innovative methods. This research has far-reaching implications for a range of fields of study: the origin of galactic cosmic-rays, particle acceleration mechanisms, and dark matter searches. At MIT, she led a project on the discovery of a 40 keV hard X-ray source at merely 1 parsec from the Galactic Center supermassive black hole. In addition to her research, she is a referee for Nature, monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, and a panel reviewer for NASA’s Astrophysics Data Analysis Project. She is also a member of several scientific collaborations, including Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Multiwavelength Working Group, eXTP Space Telescope Observatory Science Working Group, Chandra/ACIS Instrument Team, and NuSTAR Space Telescope Science Team, among others. Her work has appeared frequently in Astrophysical Journal and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
(Extracted from: https://www.bard.edu/faculty/details/?id=4447)
張爍教授在2023年夏季加入密西根州立大學物理及天文學系並任職助理教授，在這之前，她曾在麻省理工學院卡夫利天文物及及太空研究所進行博士後研究工作，及後於巴德學院任教。她在哥倫比亞大學獲得物理博士，當時她的研究是透用NuSTAR太空望遠鏡觀測銀河系中心及銀河面的高能X光。這個研究項目「Investigating the Physics of Hard X-ray Outbursts from the Galactic Center Supermassive Black Hole Sgr A*」亦獲選並得到NASA地球及太空獎助計畫的資助。教授另一個研究方向是利用創新的方法去探測宇宙射線，這個方向關連到幾個領域的研究，包括：宇宙射線的起源、宇宙粒子加速機制、尋找暗物質等。她在麻省理工學院領導一個計畫，並發現一個只有1秒差距(parsec)的銀河系中心超大質量黑洞發出的40 keV硬性X射線。除此以外，她還協助Nature期刊、皇家天文學會月報及NASA天文物理數據分析計畫的評審。她亦是多個科學工作團隊的成員，包括事件視界望遠鏡(EHT)多波長工作團隊、eXTP太空望遠鏡天文台工作團隊、Chandra/ACIS 團隊及NuSTAR太空望遠鏡團隊等等。她的研究工作亦常刊登於家天文學會月報及天文物理期刊。
(翻譯自: https://www.bard.edu/faculty/details/?id=4447)
More about the speaker / 更多關於講者
Shuo Zhang │Michigan State University
https://directory.natsci.msu.edu/Directory/Profiles/Person/104189
Shuo Zhang │Bard College
https://www.bard.edu/faculty/details/?id=4447