Speaker Introduction :
Prof. Ye-Fei Yuan
Department of Astronomy
University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)
Hefei, Anhui 230026
P.R.China
Tel:(86)551-3606846(O)
email:yfyuan@ustc.edu.cn
Research interests:
Relativistic astrophysics, focusing on compact objects (neutron stars, black holes and white dwarfs), and nuclear astrophysics (physics of dense nuclear matter, high energy neutrinos)
EDUCATION:
June, 1999: Ph. D. in astrophysics
Thesis: Radiation mechanisms and the interior structure of neutron stars in strong magnetic fields (Supervisor: Prof. J.L. Zhang)
Sep., 1993–Jan., 1999: Center for Astrophysics, USTC, Hefei, Ph.D. candidate
POSITIONS and VISITING:
Jun. 2006 - Dec. 2014: Department chair
Dec. 2005– Professor, Center for Astrophysics, USTC
Nov. 2002–Aug. 2003: Visiting Scientist, Department of Astronomy, Harvard
Jan. 2001– Dec. 2005: Associate Professor, Center for Astrophysics, USTC
Jan. 1999–Jan. 2001: Lecturer, Center for Astrophysics, USTC
ASSOCIATIONS:
Director of Space Astronomy and High-Energy Astrophysics Committee, Chinese Astronomical Society
Member of International Astronomical Union
