Bin Ren

I lead the engineering of the mathematical basis of statistics for imaging science,  especially on extracting faint objects around bright central sources (10⁵-10⁸ contrast) for high-contrast imaging in astronomy.  I am a European Fellow under Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) since June 2023. I am also involved in the ERC PROTOPLANETS project (lead:  Dr. Myriam Benisty) since April 2022. 

Before Europe, I spent 2.5 years at the Exoplanet Technology Lab in Caltech. I obtained my PhD in Physics and Astronomy and M.S.E. in Applied Mathematics and Statistics from The Johns Hopkins University in 2019.  I got my B.Sc. in Physics and B.Ec. in Mathematical Statistics from Xiamen University in 2013. I also hold a Private Pilot certificate issued by Federal Aviation Administration. Beyond STEM research, I obtained an Executive MBA summa cum laude from IAE Nice in 2024 hanks to MSCA support.

In my PhD studies, I worked at the Extrasolar Planetary Systems Imaging Group in the Space Telescope Science Institute advised by Dr. Laurent Pueyo (primary, methodology), Dr. John H. Debes (Hubble/STIS), and Dr. Marshll D. Perrin (debris disks). After graduation, by Dr. Christine H. Chen in 2019 summer (GPI LP-6).

Research focus:

- Develop and apply multidisciplinary statistical knowledge to imaging.

- Data reduction and analysis methods for high-contrast imaging.

- Observation of planet-disk interaction with  ≥ 5 year timeline.

- Pushing instrument limits for coronagraphic imaging.

- Quasar host imaging with coronagraphs.

Media (Selected):

8.  NASA's Hubble Takes the Closest-Ever Look at a Quasar, NASA Hubble Mission Team, NASA, (2024), Dec 5.

7. Diverse planet-forming disks in the near-infrared total intensity, A&A (2023), Dec, Volume 680 cover photo

6. Checking the Speed of Spirals, S. Kohler, AAS Nova (2020), Nov 2.

5. An Exo-Kuiper Belt in Scattered Light, A. Gronstal, NASA (2019), Nov 13.

4. JATIS Article Describes Best Practices for STIS Coronagraphy, STScI Analysis Newsletters (2019), Jul 3. 

3. Featured Image: A Search for Spiral-Arm-Driving Planets, S. Kohler, AAS Nova (2018), Aug 6.

2. Stellar Disks Reveal How Planets Get Made, J. Sokol, Quanta Magazine (2018), May 21.

1. Pushing High-Contrast Imaging with Hubble to the Limits, J. H. Debes & B. Ren, STScI Newsletter (2016), Vol. 33, issue 01.

Contact

P.E.S., Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur

Nice 06304

France


I started publishing under the name of Bin B. Ren for clarity (as well as my name at birth) purposes since 2022. My legal name does not have a middle name.