國立中央大學 天文所助理教授
Assistant Professor, Graduate Institute of Astronomy, National Central University
E-mail: twchen@astro.ncu.edu.tw
Tel:886-3-422-7151 #65964
Office: S4-1010
Highest Education: Ph.D. in Astrophysics, Queen's University Belfast, UK (2015)
Specialties: Transient Astronomy, Supernovae, Optical Counterparts of Gravitational Waves, Supernova Host Galaxies, Optical Surveys
I earned my PhD under the guidance of Prof. Stephen Smartt and Dr. Rubina Kotak at Queen’s University Belfast, UK, in July 2015. Following that, I served as a postdoctoral researcher with Prof. Norbert Langer at the University of Bonn, Germany, from May to October 2015. I then collaborated with Dr. Patricia Schady (currently affiliated with the University of Bath) in the High Energy Group at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (MPE), Germany, spanning November 2015 to October 2017.
I was honored to receive a Humboldt Research Fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany, allowing me to continue my research at MPE from November 2017 to October 2019. Subsequently, I secured a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship, generously funded by the European Commission, for the period of November 2019 to October 2021. During this time, I collaborated closely with Prof. Jesper Sollerman at the Oskar Klein Centre (OKC), Stockholm University, Sweden.
Continuing my academic journey, I held a research position at OKC from November 2021 to October 2022. My career then took me to the Technical University of Munich, Germany, where I received early career support for women in the physics department. In this role, I conducted research under the guidance of Prof. Sherry Suyu from November 2022 to July 2023. Thanks to Prof. Suyu's support, I concurrently held the position of a guest researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics during this interval.
Recently, I assumed the position of Assistant Professor at the Graduate Institute of Astronomy, National Central University, Taiwan, marking the latest chapter in my academic journey. Furthermore, I am honoured to have been awarded the Yushan Young Fellowship by the Ministry of Education, Taiwan, which will support my research endeavours for a duration of 5 years.