Chin-Ping Hu
Department of Physics, National Changhua University of Education
No.1, Jin-De Road,Chunghua City, 50007, Taiwan
Chin-Ping Hu
Department of Physics, National Changhua University of Education
No.1, Jin-De Road,Chunghua City, 50007, Taiwan
I am a Professor at the Department of Physics, National Changhua University of Education, Taiwan. I received my Ph.D. in Astrophysics from National Central University, Taiwan in 2014. Before joining NCUE, I was a JSPS International Research Fellow at Kyoto University and a Postdoctoral Fellow at The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. I was also a Visiting Scientist at RIKEN.
My research focuses on high-energy and multi-messenger astrophysics, especially compact objects and transient phenomena. I study magnetars, fast radio bursts (FRBs), accreting neutron stars and black holes, ultraluminous X-ray sources, and gravitational-wave sources. I also study accretion physics across a wide range of compact objects, from X-ray binaries to active galactic nuclei, with a focus on long-term variability, superorbital modulation, and spin evolution.
A major part of my current research is the study of magnetars and FRBs through X-ray, radio, polarization, and timing observations. I am also involved in space-based X-ray and gamma-ray instrumentation, including the RIKEN NinjaSat mission, NICER, and Formosat-8 projects. My work also includes the development of advanced timing, time-frequency analysis, and next-generation space-based detectors.
2026/08-Present: Professor, National Changhua University of Education, Taiwan
2023/08-2026/07: Associate Professor, National Changhua University of Education, Taiwan
2024/07-2024/08: JSPS Invitational Research Fellow, Kyoto University, Japan
2020/04-2024/02: Visiting Researcher, RIKEN, Japan
2020/08-2023/07: Assistant Professor, National Changhua University of Education, Taiwan
2018/11-2020/07: JSPS International Research Fellow, Kyoto University, Japan
2015/08-2018/10: Postdoctoral Fellow, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2014/12-2015/07: Postdoctoral Fellow, National Central University, Taiwan
2007/01-2008/06: Research Assistant, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
2005/08-2006/12: Military Service, Taiwan
2014/11: Ph. D. of Science (Astronomy), National Central University, Taiwan (thesis: "Applications of the Hilbert-Huang Transform on the Non-stationary Astronomical Time Series" )
2005/06: Master of Science (Astronomy), National Central University, Taiwan
2003/06: Bachelor of Science (Physics), National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
High-energy and multi-messenger astrophysics
Magnetars, fast radio bursts, and neutron-star physics
Multi-wavelength and multi-messenger studies of transient sources
X-ray polarization and strong-field magnetic effects
Gravitational-wave sources and transient signals
Accretion physics around compact objects
X-ray binaries, ultraluminous X-ray sources, and active galactic nuclei
Long-term variability, superorbital modulation, and spin evolution
Accretion geometry and spectral-timing evolution
Advanced analysis methods and space instrumentation
Timing and time-frequency analysis techniques
Machine-learning methods for detection, classification, and prediction
CubeSat and FORMOSAT X-ray/gamma-ray payloads
Early-Career Researcher Role Model Award, National Changhua University of Education (2025)
Outstanding Research Award, National Changhua University of Education (2025)
JSPS Short-Term Invitational Fellowship for Research in Japan (2024)
Outstanding Young Physicist Award, The Physical Society of Taiwan (2023)
Research Excellence Award, National Changhua University of Education (2022–2025; 2 awards)
Early Career Research Award, National Changhua University of Education (2022)
JSPS International Fellowship for Research in Japan (2018–2020)
National Science and Technology Council, SEED-Young Scholars Program (青穗學者計畫), “Unveiling Extreme Physics around Compact Objects via Advanced Spectroscopy, Polarization, and Next-Generation CubeSat Detectors,” PI, 2026–2029
Taiwan Space Agency, “Formosat 8-D Science Payload: Gamma-ray Polarimeter and Monitor,” Co-I, 2025–2029
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, “Exploring the Connection between Fast Radio Bursts and Magnetars,” JSPS ID: S24075, 2024
National Science and Technology Council, “Exploring the Nature of Transient and Quasi-Periodic Phenomena in the Universe with Advanced Algorithms,” NSTC 112-2112-M-018-004-MY3, PI, 2023–2026
Ministry of Science and Technology, “Beyond the Coalescence: Exploring Multi-Messenger Astrophysics with Advanced Time-Frequency Analysis Techniques,” MOST 109-2112-M-018-009-MY3, PI, 2020–2023
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, “A Comprehensive Investigation of Accreting Compact Objects beyond the Eddington Limit,” JSPS ID: P18318, 2018–2020
Ministry of Science and Technology, Research Grant for Independent Researchers, “Exploring the Super-Eddington Accretion onto Compact Objects,” MOST 107-2112-M-007-010-MY2, PI, 2018–2020 (declined to accept the JSPS Fellowship)
Ministry of Science and Technology, “Studies of (Quasi-)Periodic Phenomena in Compact Stars,” MOST 103-2112-M-039-001, Co-I, 2014
“Overview and Recent Progress of Magnetar Observations,” Invited Speaker and Panelist, NASA’s 4th Time-Domain and Multi-Messenger Astrophysics (TDAMM) Workshop, Huntsville, Alabama, USA, Oct 2025
“Magnetars as an Origin of Fast Radio Bursts: New Insights from the 2022 Outburst of SGR 1935+2154,” Colloquium, Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, Aug 2024
“Stacked Hilbert-Huang Transform and Its Applications: From High-Energy Astrophysics to Gravitational-Wave Astrophysics,” Invited Speaker, Taiwanese Theoretical Astrophysics Workshop II, Taipei, Taiwan, Jan 2023
“Multiwavelength Studies of Transient Radio Signals from Neutron Stars,” Invited Speaker, Annual Meeting of the Physical Society of Taiwan, Taipei, Taiwan, Jan 2022
“Time Series and Time-Frequency Analysis of Astronomical Data,” Seminar, RIKEN, Saitama, Japan, Jan 2022
“Exploring Physics in Extreme Conditions through Multi-Wavelength and Multi-Messenger Observations of Compact Objects,” Colloquium, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, Jan 2020
“Tracking the Spin Period Evolution of Accretion-Powered Pulsars,” Invited Speaker, Workshop on Observation and Theory of Neutron Stars, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, Feb 2019
“Probing the Connection between Black Hole X-Ray Binaries and Ultraluminous X-Ray Sources,” Invited Speaker, CHEA Workshop on Compact Objects, UNIST, Ulsan, Korea, Apr 2018
“Exploring the Super-Eddington Accretion around Compact Objects,” Colloquium, Department of Astronomy, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, Mar 2018
“Magnetars and Rotation-Powered Pulsars,” Seminar, ISDC Data Centre for Astrophysics, University of Geneva, Versoix, Switzerland, Jan 2018
Co-author, NASA Time-Domain and Multi-Messenger Astrophysics (TDAMM) Community White Paper, 2026
Member, NASA High EneRgy Observatory for Imaging X-rays (HEROIX) Mission Working Group, 2025–
Science Organizing Committee Member, Fast Radio Bursts in the Local Universe, 2025
Science Organizing Committee Member, Localization of Fast Radio Bursts, 2024
Local Organizing Committee Chair, Astronomical Society Meeting of Taiwan, 2024
Member, NASA High Energy X-ray Probe (HEX-P) Mission Working Group, 2023–
SOC/LOC Chair, Third Symposium for Early Career Astronomers in Taiwan, 2023
Core Science Team Member, RIKEN NinjaSat Mission, 2022–
Member, NICER Magnetar and Magnetosphere (M&M) Group, 2019–
Referee for Nature Communications, Nature Astronomy, The Astrophysical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astronomische Nachrichten.
Chen-An Yu (2024–2026), NSTC Undergraduate Research Fellowship — NuSTAR studies of magnetar bursts; Best Poster Award, 2026 ASROC Annual Meeting; first-author manuscript in preparation for ApJ.
Genny Lin (2025–), TARA Summer Student Program — quasi-periodic oscillations in RE J1034+396; Best Poster Award, Departmental Undergraduate Research Project Exhibition.
Wen-Miao Kuo (2025–), TARA Summer Student Program — constraints on the Hubble constant using the CHIME/FRB catalog; Best Poster Award, Departmental Undergraduate Research Project Exhibition.
Pong-Kai Huang (2024–2025), NSTC Undergraduate Research Fellowship — machine-learning methods for correcting computational biases in Rashba and Dresselhaus effects; co-supervised with Prof. Jyh-Pin Chou.
Hsu-Yen Chen & Wei-Ching Lo (2024–2025), High School Students — machine-learning classification of magnetar X-ray bursts; Fourth Award, 2025 Taiwan International Science Fair.
Yi-Sian Lee (2023–2025), NSTC Undergraduate Research Fellowship and TAOvA Summer Student Program — timing and spectral evolution of SGR 1935+2154.
Ya-Li Chu (2023–2025), Undergraduate Research Student — Long-term timing analysis of SS433; Best Poster Award, Departmental Undergraduate Research Project Exhibition.
Huan-Ping Zhao (2022–2024), NSTC Undergraduate Research Fellowship — EMD and convolutional neural networks for gravitational-wave detection; Best Poster Award, Departmental Undergraduate Research Project Exhibition.