Curriculum Vitae
 
Hsiao-Wen Chen
 
PERSONAL
 
  Address Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics
    University of Chicago
    5640 S. Ellis Ave.
    Chicago, IL 60637
    U.S.A.
    (773) 702-8747
    hchen (at) oddjob dot uchicago dot edu
    http://lambda.uchicago.edu/
  Citizenship Republic of China in Taiwan
 
EDUCATION
 
    Ph.D. Astronomy, State University of New York at Stony Brook (1999)
    M.S. Physics, National Taiwan University (1994)
    B.S. Physics, National Taiwan University (1992)
 
EXPERIENCE
 
    Assistant Professor, the University of Chicago (2005-present)
    Senior Member, Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics (2007-present)
    Hubble Fellow, MIT (2002-2005)
    Postdoctoral Research Associate, Carnegie Observatories (1999-2002)
    Research Assistant, SUNY at Stony Brook (1996-1999)
    Research Assistant, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1996)
    Teaching Assistant, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1995-1996)
    Teaching Assistant, SUNY at Stony Brook (1995)
 
RESEARCH PROJECTS
 
    Cross-Correlation between Galaxies and Intervening Absorption-Line Systems
    Gamma-ray Burst Afterglows as Cosmic Probes
    Las Campanas Infrared Survey of Distant Red Galaxies
    Gemini Deep Deep Survey of Distant Red Galaxies
   
 
GRANTS and AWARDS
 
    HST Cycle 17 Grant, The Structure and Dynamics of Virgo's Intracluster Medium (FY2009)
    HST Cycle 17 Grant, A WFC3 Grism Snapshot Survey for Lyman Limit Absorption at z = 2 (FY2009)
    NSF Extragalactic Research Grant (FY2006-2009)
    HST Cycle 15 Grant, An ACS Prism Snapshot Survey for z ~ 2 Lyman Limit Systems (FY2007)
    HST Cycle 15 Grant, Unveiling Starburst Morphology of Distant Damped Ly-alpha Galaxies Hosting Gamma-Ray Bursts (FY2007)
    NASA Long-Term Space Astrophysics (LTSA) Grant (FY2005-2007)
    Hubble Fellowship (2002-2005)
    Swift GO Cycle 2, Probing Interstellar and Intergalactic Media at z > 1: Tracing the Evolution of Dust and Gas in the Ancient Universe with Swift Bursts (2005)
    Swift GO Cycle 1, Probing Interstellar and Intergalactic Media at z > 1: Tracing the Evolution of Dust and Gas in the Ancient Universe with Swift Bursts (2004)
    HST GO Cycle 11, ACS Grism Parallel Survey of Emission-line Galaxies at z < 7 (2002)
    FUSE GO Cycle 2, Physical Properties of a z << 1 Lyman Limit System (2000)
    American Astronomical Society Small Research Grant (2000)
    Lee Wilcox Prize for outstanding thesis in experimental physics (2000)
    Astronomical Society of New York Graduate Student Research Prize (2000)
    Peter B. Kahn Fellowship (1999)
 
POSTDOCS and STUDENTS
 
    Dr. Christopher Thom (2006-2009)
    Jean-Rene Gauthier
    Jennifer Helsby
    Lindsey Pollack (Master student at UC Santa Cruz w/ Prochaska)
 
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Hsiao-Wen Chen (24 August 2008)