BIN CHEN

Contact Information

*** ******* ** *** *, Norman, OK 73072 E-mail: acb3z3@r.postjobfree.com Tel: 405-***-****

Citizenship

P. R. China citizen and US permanent resident

Career Objectives

A challenging computing/engineering/research position involving programming, parallel comput-

ing, simulation, and statistical analysis

Qualifications Overview

• Academic qualifications with 10 years of research experience and over 20 publications

• Several years of experience in software development, scientific computing, Monte Carlo sim-

ulation and statistical analysis of large data sets

• Teaching experience in both physics (5 years) and mathematics (2 years)

• Reviewer for several international journals and membership of several academic societies

Education

• 2011 M.A. Mathematics (GPA: 4.0/4.0), University of Oklahoma, Norman, USA

• 2009 Ph.D. Physics (GPA: 3.9/4.0), University of Oklahoma, Norman, USA

• 2002 B.S. Physics (top 5% of class), Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China

Computer Skills

• Parallel Computing: MPI, OpenMP, MDCS (MATLAB)

• Operating systems: Mac OS X, Redhat, MS Windows

• Languages: C/C++, Fortran, Python, Shell Script, MATLAB, Mathematica, IDL

Mathematical Background

• Pure math: Abstract Algebra I, Lie Algebra I, Algebraic Topology I, Real Analysis I/II,

Complex Analysis I/II, Differential Geometry I/II

• Applied math: Fourier Analysis, Wavelet Analysis, Partial Differential Equations, Stochastic

Processes, Graph Theory

• Qualifying Exams (Analysis, Algebra & Topology): Passed at PhD level

Research & Development Experience

2011 Present Postdoctoral Research Associate, Univ. of Oklahoma

2004 2011 Physics Research Assistant, Univ. of Oklahoma

• Developed a parallel Fortran code for extreme Kerr black hole lensing and the first parallel

ray-tracing code for Kerr black hole using Matlab

• Included general relativity into the large parallel stellar atmosphere code PHOENIX

• Analyzed the data and reported the results of the largest X-ray monitoring program of grav-

itational lenses in the world.

• Developed a new gravitational lens theory embedded lens theory and a new cosmological

model Gordon-Chen-Kantowski formalism

Teaching Experience

• Instructor and a tutor of both the physics and the mathematics department at the Univ. of

Oklahoma for 7 years

• Experience in teaching students of different majors (e.g., physics, mathematics, engineering,

life sciences, biology)

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• Classes taught: Pre-Calculus (two semesters); Calculus I, IV (one semester each); Numerical

Analysis (one semester); Introduction to PDE (one semester); Physics for Engineering I, II

(two semesters each); Physics for Life Sciences I, II (two semesters each)

Workshops

• the 13th International Conference in High Performance Computer, Networking, Storage and

Analysis (Denver, Colorado, Nov. 17-22, 2013)

• 2013 Oklahoma Supercomputing Symposium (Norman, Oklahoma, Oct. 2-3, 2013)

• Virtual School of Computational Science & Engineering Summer Schools at OU for 2012

(Norman, Oklahoma, July 8-10, 2012)

• A 3-Day Python Workshop at OU (Norman, Oklahoma, May 14-16, 2012)

Awards

• Nielsen Dissertation Prize, OU Foundation Fellowship, Univ. of Oklahoma

• PI/Co-PI for several research proposals granted by NSF and NASA

Publications

25. “Algorithms and MATLAB-Based Programs for Strong Gravitational Lensing in Kerr Space-

time Including Polarization”, Chen, B., Dai, X., Baron, E., Kantowski, R., in preparation (2013).

24. “A Simple Gravitational Lensing Model for Cosmic Voids,” Chen, B., Kantowski, R., & Dai,

X., Astrophys. J., submitted (2013).

23. “Embedded Lensing Time Delays, the Fermat Potential, and the Integrated Sachs-Wolfe Effect,”

Chen, B., Kantowski, R., & Dai, X., Astrophys. J., submitted (2013).

22. “Dust, Gas, and Metallicities of Cosmologically Distant Lens Galaxies,” Chen, B., Dai, X.,

Kochanek, C. S., & Chartas, G., Astrophys. J., submitted (2013).

21. “The Structure of HE 1104 1805 from Infrared to X-Ray,” Blackburne, J. A., Kochanek C. S.,

Chartas, G., Chen, B., & Dai, X., Astrophys. J., submitted (2013).

20. “The Optical, Ultraviolet, and X-ray Structure of the Quasar HE 0435-1223,” Blackburne, J.

A., Kochanek, C. S., Chen, B., et al., Astrophys. J., submitted (2013).

19. “The Embedded Transparent Lens and Fermat’s Least-Time Principle,” Kantowski, R., Chen,

B., & Dai, X. Phys. Rev. D, 88, 083001 (2013).

18. “The Structure of the X-ray and Optical Emitting Regions of the Lensed Quasar Q 2237+0305,”

Mosquera, A.M., Kochanek, C. S., Chen, B., Dai, X., Blackburne, J. A., Chartas, G., Astrophys.

J., 769, 53 (2013).

17. “Effects of Kerr Strong Gravity on Quasar X-ray Microlensing,” Chen, B., Dai, X., Baron,

E., & Kantowski, R., Astrophys. J., 769, 131 (2013).

16. “Inclination-Dependent AGN Flux Profiles From Strong Lensing of the Kerr Space-Time,”

Chen, B., Dai, X., & Baron, E., Astrophys. J., 762, 122 (2013).

15. “Image Properties of Embedded Lenses,” Kantowski, R., Chen, B., & Dai, X., Phys. Rev. D,

86, 043009 (2012).

14. “A 3-D Radiative Transfer Framework: X. Arbitrary Velocity Fields in the Co-moving Frame,”

Baron, E., Hauschildt, P. H., Chen, B., & Knop, S., Astron. & Astrophys. 548, 67 (2012).

13. “Supernova Resonance-Scattering Line Profiles in the Absence of a Photophere,” Friesen, B.,

Baron, E., Branch, D., Chen, B., Parrent, J. T., & Thomas, R. C., Astrophys. J. Supp. Ser., 203,

12 (2012).

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12. “X-ray Monitoring of Gravitational Lenses with Chandra,” Chen, B., Dai, X., Kochanek, C.

S., Chartas, G., Blackburne, J. A., Morgan, C. W., Astrophys. J., 755, 24 (2012).

11. “Further Evidence that Quasar X-Ray Emitting Regions are Compact: X-Ray and Optical

Microlensing in the Lensed Quasar Q J0158-4325,” Morgan, C. W., Hainline, L. J., Chen, B., et

al., Astrophys. J., 756, 52 (2012).

10. “Discovery of Energy Dependent X-Ray Microlensing in Q2237+0305,” Chen, B., Dai, X.,

Kochanek, C. S., et al., Astrophys. J. Lett., 740, 34 (2011).

9. “The Gravitational Lens Equation for Embedded Lenses; Magnification and Ellipticity,” Chen,

B., Kantowski, R., & Dai, X., Phys. Rev. D, 84, 083004 (2011).

8. “Time Delays in Swiss Cheese Gravitational Lensing,” Chen, B., Kantowski, R., & Dai, X.,

Phys. Rev. D, 82, 043005 (2010).

7. “Gravitational Lensing Corrections in Flat ΛCDM Cosmology,” Kantowski, R., Chen, B., &

Dai, X., Astrophys. J., 718, 913 (2010).

6. “3-D Radiative Transfer with PHOENIX,” Baron, E., Chen, B., & Hauschildt, P. H., in Recent

Directions in Astrophysical Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiation Hydrodynamics, (American

Institute of Physics), p. 148. (2009).

5. “Distance Redshift From An Optical Metric that Includes Absorption,” Chen, B., & Kantowski,

R., Phys. Rev. D, 80, 044019 (2009).

4. “Including Absorption in Gordon’s Optical Metric,” Chen, B., & Kantowski, R., Phys. Rev.

D, 79, 104007 (2009).

3. “A 3-D Radiative Transfer Framework: V. Homologous Flows,” Baron, E., Hauschildt, P. H., &

Chen, B., Astron. & Astrophys., 498, 987 (2009).

2. “Cosmology with A Dark Refraction Index,” Chen, B., & Kantowski, R., Phys. Rev. D, 78,

044040 (2008).

1. “Steps for Solving the Radiative Transfer Equation for Arbitrary Flows in Stationary Space-

times,” Chen, B., Kantowski, R., Baron, E., Knop, S., & Hauschildt, P. H., Mon. Not. Roy.

Astron. Soc., 380, 104 (2007).

Conference Presentations

18. “Fermat Potentials of Embedded Lensing, the Integrated Sachs-Wolfe Effect, and Weak-Lensing

of CMB by Cosmic Voids,” in 223rd Meeting of American Astronomical Society, (Washington, DC,

Jan. 4-9, 2014).

17. “Microlensing Constraints on Quasar X-ray Emission Regions,” in 27th Texas Symposium on

Relativistic Astrophysics (Dallas,TX, Dec 8-13, 2013).

16. “Effect of Kerr Strong Gravity on Quasar X-ray Microlensing”, in 27th Texas Symposium on

Relativistic Astrophysics (Dallas,TX, Dec 8-13, 2013).

15. “the Embedded Transparent Lens”, in 27th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics

(Dallas,TX, Dec 8-13, 2013).

14. “Embedded Lensing Time Delays, Fermat Potential, and the Integrated Sachs-Wolfe Effect”,

in 27th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics (Dallas,TX, Dec 8-13, 2013).

13. “Parallel Computing in High Energy Astrophysics: Combining Microlensing and Black Hole

Ray-Tracing,” in 13th International Conference in High Performance Computer, Networking, Stor-

age and Analysis, Technical Program (Denver, Colorado, Nov. 17-22, 2013).

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12. “KERTAP: A MATLAB-Based Parallel Program for Strong Gravitational Lensing in Kerr

Space-time Including Polarization,” in 2013 Oklahoma Supercomputing Symposium (Norman, Ok-

lahoma, Oct. 2-3, 2013).

11. “Microlensing Constraints on Quasar Xray Emission Regions,” in 13th Meeting of the High

Energy Astrophysics Division (Monterey, California, April 2013).

10. “Inclination-Dependent AGN Flux Profiles from Strong Lensing of the Kerr Spacetime,” in

13th Meeting of the High Energy Astrophysics Division (Monterey, California, April 2013).

9. “X-ray Observations of Gravitational Lenses,” in SnowPAC: Gravitational Lensing in the Age

of Survey Science (Snowbird, Utah, March, 2012).

8. “Constraining AGN Corona Geometries Using Strong Lensing of the Kerr Space-Time,” in

SnowPAC: Gravitational Lensing in the Age of Survey Science (Snowbird, Utah, March, 2012).

7. “Image Quasar Coronae Using Gravitational Microlensing,” in 219th Meeting of American

Astronomical Society (Austin, Texas, 2012).

6. “An Introduction to Gravitational Lensing Theory,” Mathematics Department, University of

Oklahoma (Norman, Oklahoma, 2011).

5. “Swiss Cheese Gravitational Lensing Deflection Angles and Time Delay,” in 19th International

Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation (Mexico City, Mexico, 2010).

4. “Swiss Cheese Gravitational Lensing,” in 13th Eastern Gravity Meeting (North Carolina State

University, Raleigh, NC, 2010).

3. “Linear and Non-Linear Gravitational Corrections to Conventional Gravitational Lensing,”

Physics & Astronomy Department, University of Oklahoma (Norman, Oklahoma, Oct. 7th, 2010)

2. “Cosmology with A Dark Refraction Index,” in 3rd International Workshop on the Interconnec-

tion between Particle Physics and Cosmology (Norman, Oklahoma, 2009).

1. “Solving the Transfer Equation for Arbitrary Flows in Static Space-Times,” in American Physical

Society April Meeting (Dallas, Texas, 2006).

References

1. Dr. Ronald Kantowski

Professor

Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, Univ. of Oklahoma

Email: acb3z3@r.postjobfree.com

Phone: 405-***-**** ext. 36337

2. Dr. Eddie Baron

Professor

Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, Univ. of Oklahoma

Email: acb3z3@r.postjobfree.com

Phone: 405-***-**** ext. 36323

3. Dr. Xinyu Dai

Assistant Professor

Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, Univ. of Oklahoma

Email: acb3z3@r.postjobfree.com

Phone: 405-***-**** ext. 36235

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