About
2020-present: Professor, Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
2018-2019: Visiting scholar, University of Nevada Las Vegas.
2012-2020: Associate Professor, Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
2010-2012: Postdoctoral Researcher, Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
2005-2010: Ph.D., Yunnan Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
2001-2005: B.Sc., Physics Department, Linyi University.
Research Areas
I interest in high energy astrophysics, especially the accretion and jet, the role of magnetic field in various astronomical phenomena, gamma-ray astronomy and other high-energy astrophysical processes.
Selected Publication
1. Analytical Solution of Magnetically Dominated Astrophysical Jets and Winds: Jet Launching, Acceleration, and Collimation; Chen, Liang; Zhang, Bing; 2021, ApJ, 906, 105
2. On the Jet Properties of Gamma-Ray-loud Active Galactic Nuclei; Chen, Liang; 2018, ApJS, 235, 39
3. On the Origin of the Hard X-Ray Excess of High-Synchrotron-Peaked BL Lac Object Mrk 421; Chen, Liang; 2017, ApJ, 842, 129
4. Curvature of the Spectral Energy Distributions of Blazars; Chen, Liang; 2014, ApJ, 788, 179
5. The Central Engines of Two Unusual Radio-intermediate/Quiet Active Galactic Nuclei: III Zw 2 and PG 1407+265; Chen, Liang; Cao, Xinwu; Bai, JinMing; 2012, ApJ, 748, 119
6. Implications for the Blazar Sequence and Inverse Compton Models from Fermi Bright Blazars; Chen, Liang; Bai, JinMing; 2011, ApJ, 735, 108
