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Hsiao-Wen Chen<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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orcid.org\/0000-0001-8813-4182<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
CONTACT<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics
The University of Chicago
5640 S. Ellis Ave.
Chicago, IL 60637
U.S.A.
+1 (773) 702-8747
hwchen (at) uchicago dot edu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

EDUCATION<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Ph.D.<\/a> Astronomy, State University of New York at Stony Brook (1999)
M.S. Physics, National Taiwan University (1994)
B.S. Physics, National Taiwan University (1992)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

EXPERIENCE\/SERVICE<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Professor, the University of Chicago (2017-present)
Senior Member, Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics (2007-present)
Member of NASA COPAG Executive Committee (2022-present)
Member of Steering Committee, NASA COPAG Cosmic Ecosystems Science Interest Group (2023-present)
Member of the Magellan SAC (2018-present)
Member of NASA Astrophysics Advisory Committee (2023-2025)
Member of the AAS Beatrice M. Tinsley Prize Committee (2019-2021)
Hubble Space Telescope proposal review panels\/TAC
Member of the Astronomy and Astrophysics Decadal Survey (Astro2020), Panel on Galaxies
The University of Chicago Representative to the Magellan Council (2018-2021)
James Webb Space Telescope Early Release Science Program review panel chair
Chair of the Space Telescope Users Committee (2016\/2017)
Swift proposal review panel co-chair
Vice President of the International Astronomical Union IGM Commission (2015-2021)
Chair of the Adler Planetarium Visiting Committee (2014-2015)
Associate Professor, the University of Chicago (2012-2017)
Member of Adler Planetarium Visiting Committee (2012-2014)
Member of ASIAA Advisory Panel (2014-2016)
Member of the Space Telescope Users Committee (2014-2017)
Member of the GMT Science Advisory Committee (2010-2015)
Member of AURA Observatory Council (2010-2013)
The University of Chicago Representative to AURA (2006-2015)
Assistant Professor, the University of Chicago (2005-2012)
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)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HONORS AND AWARDS<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

AAS Fellow (2022)
Hubble Fellowship (2002-2005)
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)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RESEARCH PROJECTS<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

FALCON<\/a>
Image Slicer<\/a>
Cosmic Ultraviolet Baryon Survey (CUBS)
<\/a>A Multi-Sightline Investigation of the Complex Circumgalactic Medium
<\/a>Halo Occupation of Dark Baryons using QSO Absorption-Line Systems
<\/a>Gamma-ray Burst Afterglows as Cosmic Probes <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

GRANTS<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

HST Cycle 31 Grant, CONTACT: Circumgalactic Observations of Nuv-shifted Transitions Across Cosmic Time (2024-)
NASA ADAP, Probing Feeding and Feedback in the Circumgalactic Medium Using OVI As a Tracer (2023-2026)
HST Cycle 25 Grant, COS Ultraviolet Baryon Survey (CUBS)
HST Cycle 25 Grant, Resolving the Multiphase ISM of an Elliptical Galaxy at z~0.4
NSF Extragalactic Research Grant, A Multi-Sightline Investigation of the Complex Circumgalactic Medium (2017-2023)
The University of Chicago Women’s Board Grant, Building An Image Slicer to Reveal the Invisible Cosmos (2017-2019)
HST Cycle 24 Grant, Resolving Fe-rich Neutral ISM in a Massive Quiescent Galaxy at z~0.4
HST Cycle 24 Grant, Differentiating Gas Infall and Outflows with Resolved Star Formation Morphology
HST Cycle 23 Grant, Characterizing Circumgalactic Gas around Passive Galaxies
HST Cycle 20 Grant, A Public Snapshot Survey of Galaxies Associated with O VI and Ne VIII Absorbers
HST Cycle 17 Director’s Discretionary Time, Unveiling the Dusty Starburst Galaxy Hosting GRB080607
HST Cycle 17 EPO Grant, Meteorology in Virgo: A 3D HD Video of the Structure & Dynamics of the Virgo Cluster
HST Cycle 17 Grant, The Structure and Dynamics of Virgo’s Intracluster Medium
HST Cycle 17 Grant, A WFC3 Grism Snapshot Survey for Lyman Limit Absorption at z = 2
NSF Extragalactic Research Grant, Gamma-ray Burst Afterglows as a New Probe of the Young Universe (2006-2009)
HST Cycle 15 EPO Grant, Core Sampling the Universe—An Interactive High-Definition Video
HST Cycle 15 Grant, An ACS Prism Snapshot Survey for z ~ 2 Lyman Limit Systems
HST Cycle 15 Grant, Unveiling Starburst Morphology of Distant Damped Ly-alpha Galaxies Hosting Gamma-Ray Bursts
NASA Long-Term Space Astrophysics (LTSA) Grant (2005-2008)
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)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CURRENT AND PAST POSTDOCS<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Zhijie Qu<\/a> (2021 — 2024 ), Assistant Professor at Tsinghua University (2025 — )
Dr. Erin Boettcher<\/a> (2018 — 2021), Assistant Research Scientist, University of Maryland\/NASA Goddard (2023 — )
Dr. Yuko Kakazu (2011 – 2012), Public Outreach Specialist, Subaru Telescope (2013 — )
Dr. Christopher Thom<\/a> (2006-2009), executive manager at Quantium (2019– )<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CURRENT AND PAST STUDENTS<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Suyash Kumar<\/a>, U. Chicago PhD candidate (2022– )
Dr. Ava Polzin<\/a>, U. Chicago PhD 2026, Dunlap postdoctoral fellow (2026– )
Dr. Mandy Cuncheng Chen<\/a>, U. Chiacgo PhD 2024, Brinson Carnegie-Caltech postdoctoral fellow (2024– )
Dr. Fakhri Zahedy<\/a>, U. Chicago PhD 2019, Assistant Professor, University of North Texas (2024–2025), deceased
Dr. Sean Johnson<\/a>, U. Chicago PhD 2016, Assistant Professor, UMichigan, Ann Arbor (2020– )
Dr. Jean-Rene Gauthier<\/a>, U. Chicago PhD 2011, Senior Principal Product Data Scientist at Oracle (2015–present)
Mr. Erik Solhaug<\/a>, U. Chicago graduate student (2022–2024)
Dr. Jia (Cameron) Liang<\/a> (2012-2016), U. Chicago PhD 2018
Ms. Yun-Hsin Huang (2013-2015), U. Chicago masters student
Dr. Jennifer Helsby<\/a> (2008-2009), summer REU student\/full time research assistant, U. Chicago PhD 2015
Ms. Lindsey Pollack (2006-2008), UCSC masters student
Ms. Eliana Schiller<\/a>, U. Chicago undergrad research intern, (2023– )
Ms. Maria Victoria Bardon Soto<\/a>, U. Chicago undergrad research intern, (2023– )
Mr. Rohan Venkat<\/a>, U. Chicago undergrad research intern, (2021–2024 ), University of Minnesota grad student (2026– )
Ms. Laine Hirn, U. Chicago undergrad research intern, (2022–2024 )
Ms. Victoria Ono<\/a>, University of Chicago Leadership Alliance SR-EIP program (2022)
Ms. Sharada Kasinath<\/a>, U. Chicago undergrad research intern, (2020–2022)
Mr. Carlos Carrillo-Gallegos<\/a>, University of Chicago Leadership Alliance SR-EIP program (2021)
Ms. Soo May Wee<\/a>, U. Chicago undergrad senior thesis in Physics Class of 2021
Dr. Hanjue Zhu<\/a>, U. Chicago undergrad Class of 2020, UChicago PhD 2026
Mr. Michael Thew (2019), summer research intern
Ms. Abigail Burrus (2018), summer research intern
Ms. Rebecca Pierce<\/a> (2015-2017), Research Assistant
Ms. Analis Lawrence (2017), summer REU student, University of Florida, physics graduate student (2018– )
Dr. Taweewat (Champ) Somboonpanyakul<\/a>, UChicago undergrad senior thesis in Physics Class of 2015, MIT physics PhD 2021
Ms. Saki Kamon (2015), summer REU student
Mr. Gilberto Lopez (2010), summer REU student
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