Curriculum vitae
Chun Huang
Ph.D. candidate in Physics at Washington University in St. Louis.
Education
Ph.D. in Physics · Washington University in St. Louis
Advisor: Alexander Y. Chen · Expected graduation year: 2027
B.S. in Physics · Central China Normal University
Physics Base Class and Physics Base Fellowship
Research profile
Neutron-star physics and scientific computing
My work spans pulsar magnetospheres, physics-motivated surface emission, relativistic X-ray pulse-profile modeling, equation-of-state inference, multimessenger constraints, and open scientific software.
CompactObject lead developer
Coordinate an international collaboration building open-source Bayesian inference tools for neutron-star equations of state.
Physics-based X-ray hotspot modeling
Develop analytic magnetosphere-to-surface models and accelerated relativistic forward calculations for pulse-profile inference.
GPU-PPM co-developer
Co-developed a GPU-accelerated X-ray pulse-profile modeling code for fast likelihood evaluation and Bayesian inference.
For the complete publication record, see the publications page. The CV is presented on this website and is not offered as a downloadable file.
Honors and awards
Dean’s Award for Graduate Research Excellence
Semifinalist, Washington University in St. Louis
Art-Science Fellowship
Washington University in St. Louis
“Lun Dao” Doctoral Student Forum, First Prize
Tsung-Dao Lee Institute; only undergraduate attendee
Undergraduate Astronomy Symposium, Second Prize
Peking University Department of Astronomy
Physics Base Fellowship
Central China Normal University
Selected invited and contributed talks
MIT Kavli Institute, Harvard ITC and CfA, KIPAC, UC Berkeley, UCLA
Invited seminars and group talks on neutron-star inference and X-ray modeling
Princeton PCTS · Extreme Physics of Neutron Star Interiors
Selected talk
IReNA-CeNAM Frontiers in Nuclear Astrophysics
Selected talk
AAS Journal Author Series
Interview on model-independent neutron-star radius inference
Tsinghua Astronomy and Peking University Astrophysics
Seminar talks
Mentoring and collaboration
Student-led research
I collaborate with and mentor undergraduate, graduate, and early-career researchers across institutions in the United States, China, and Europe. These projects include X-ray pulse-profile modeling, equation-of-state inference, dark matter, strange matter, and observational systematics.
Teaching
Teaching Assistant, Physics 191 and 192 Laboratory
Washington University in St. Louis