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Zhiwei Chen (陈智威) was born in Dazhou of Sichuan province, China.
- I am now a visiting postdoc supervised by Prof. Luciano Rezzolla in the Institute for Theoretical Physics at Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany.
- I also hold the position in the group of Prof. Jifeng Liu and Prof. Youjun Lu at National Astronomical Observatories, China.
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I am interested in all fields of theoretical astrophysics, especially in Gravitational Wave Multi-messenger Astronomy.
- Email: chenzhiwei171@mails.ucas.ac.cn
- Email: zchen@itp.uni-frankfurt.de
- QQ : 987587834
- WeChat : czw987587834
My Precious
Mengjia Wang (王梦佳) will be the most beautiful and happiest girl in the world forever !!!
Interested Fields
- Gravitational Wave
- Double Compact Objects
- stellar Binary Black Holes
- Binary Neutron Stars
- Tidal Disruption Event
- General Relativity
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Education
- 2026.2-now: Institute for Theoretical Physics, Goethe University Frankfurt, Relativistic Astrophysics,Visiting Postdoc, supervisor: Prof.Luciano Rezzolla
- 2025.6-now: National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Astrophysics, Postdoc, supervisor: Prof.Jifeng Liu
- 2021.9-2025.6: National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Astrophysics, PhD, supervisor: Prof.Youjun Lu
- 2017.9-2021.6: University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Astronomy & Physics, Bachelor;
- 2011.9-2017.6: Chengdu Foreign Language School, class 2014/08 and 2017/01;
Teaching
- Teaching assistant of Prof. Youjun Lu et al’s Introduction to Modern Astrophysics course in UCAS, spring, 2025
- Teaching assistant of Prof. Jifeng Liu et al’s Advanced astronomy course in UCAS, fall, 2021
First Author Publications
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Zhiwei Chen, Youjun Lu (2026). Gravitational Lensing of Gravitational Waves from Astrophysical Sources: Theory, Detection, and Applications. [Invited Review by Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics]
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Zhiwei Chen, Qingjuan Yu, Youjun Lu, Xiao Guo (2025). Enhanced Localization of Dark Lensed Gravitational Wave Events Enables Host Galaxy Identification and Precise Cosmological Inference Accepted by The Astrophysical Journal Letter
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Zhiwei Chen, Youjun Lu, Hao Ma, Qingbo Chu (2025). Luminosity Functions and Detectability of Binary Neutron Star Merger-nova Signals with Various Merger Remnants. Accepted by Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
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Zhiwei Chen, Jihui Zhang, Youjun Lu, Jifeng Liu, Changwen Zeng (2025). Constraining Common Envelope Evolution in Binary Neutron Star Formation with Combined Galactic and Gravitational-Wave Observations. Accepted by Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
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Zhiwei Chen, Yushan Xie, Youjun Lu, Huanyuan Shan, Nan Li, Yuchao Luo, Xiao Guo (2024). Detection Rate of Galaxy Cluster-lensed Stellar Binary Black Hole Mergers by the Third-generation Gravitational-wave Detectors. The Astrophysical Journal, DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ad8b44
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Zhiwei Chen, Youjun Lu, Jie Wang, Zhen Jiang, Qingbo Chu, Xianghao Ma (2024). On the Cosmic Variance of the Merger Rate Density of Binary Neutron Stars. The Astrophysical Journal, DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ad6de0
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Zhiwei Chen, Youjun Lu, Yunfeng Chen (2023). Detectability of Strongly Gravitationally Lensed Tidal Disruption Events. The Astrophysical Journal, DOI 10.3847/1538-4357/ad19d3
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Zhiwei Chen, (2023). Event Rate of Strongly Lensed Gravitational Waves of Stellar Binary Black Hole Mergers Produced by Dynamical Interactions. The Astrophysical Journal, DOI 10.3847/1538-4357/ace045
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Zhiwei Chen, Youjun Lu, Yuetong Zhao, (2022). Constraining the Origin of Stellar Binary Black Hole Mergers by Detections of Their Lensed Host Galaxies and Gravitational Wave Signals. The Astrophysical Journal, DOI 10.3847/1538-4357/ac98b7
More publication details and non-first author works can be seen in my ORCID website
Conferences
- 2021.6, Gravitational Wave Astrophysics Conference 2021 @ Hefei, China;
- 2023.5, 中国物理学会引力与相对论天体物理分会2023年学术年会 @ Chongqing, China; Best Student’s Talk, [Constraining the Origin of Stellar Binary Black Hole Mergers by Detections of Their Lensed Host Galaxies and Gravitational Wave Signals.]
- 2023.8, 第一届阿勒泰时域天文金山项目研讨会 @ Altay, China; Invited Talk, [On the Lensed TDE and BNS merger-nova luminosity function.]
Main Honors and Students work
Students work:
- President of Students Union of NAOC, 2023.03-2024.11;
- President of Students Union of School of Space Science and Astronomy, UCAS, 2021.09-2022.06;
- Class Monitor of UCAS, 2017.09-2021.06;
- Head of Training department of ChuanHun Wushu Association, UCAS, 2018.09-2019.06;
- Head of Table Tennis Association, UCAS, 2018.09-2020.06;
Honors
- Outstanding Graduates, Beijing Municipal Commission of Education, 2025;
- Zhuliyuehua Scholarship, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2024;
- National Scholarship, Ministry of Education of PRC, Undergraduate,2023;
- Excellent League Member, Committee of Communist Youth Leagure of CAS, 2022;
- Outstanding Graduates, Beijing Municipal Commission of Education, 2021;
- National Scholarship, Ministry of Education of PRC ，Graduate, 2019;
- Merit Student, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2017-2021;
- Outstanding Student Cadres, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2017-2021;
- The First Prize Scholarship, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2017-2021;
- 中国科学院芯耀杯王者荣耀邀请赛，冠军，中国科学院计算研究所，2023；
Contact Me
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