Hsiao-Wen Chen
(陳曉雯)

Associate Professor
Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics
Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics
University of Chicago

5640 S. Ellis Ave.
Chicago, IL 60637
phone: (773) 702-8747
fax: (773) 702-8212
e-mail: hchen (at) oddjob dot uchicago dot edu

The principal goal of my research is to understand the astrophysics that regulates star formation and galaxy growth. Absorption-line spectroscopy of distant light sources (quasars/gamma-ray burst afterglows) offers a powerful probe for studying the unseen matter around luminous galaxies. My main research interest is to study the cross-correlation between luminous galaxies and dark absorbers, in order to understand the recycling of baryons between star-forming regions and dark intergalactic medium.