My CV
At the last dim horizon,
we search among ghostly errors of observations
for landmarks that are scarcely more substantial.
The search will continue. The urge is older than history.
It is not satisfied and it will not be oppressed.
—Edwin P. Hubble
Name: Bo Zhang
Mailing Address: Department of Astronomy, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province 210093, P. R. China
E-mail: shannonzhang@eyou.com or bzhang2007@gmail.com
Education:
Master Graduate of Science in Astrophysics, September 2007 - current
Department of Astronomy, Nanjing University
Advisor: Prof. Zi-Gao DaiBachelor of Science in Astronomy, September 2003 - June 2007
Department of Astronomy, Nanjing University
Thesis: Statistics on GRB Early AfterglowsYaohua High School, Tianjin, September 2000 - June 2003
Research Interests: Theoretical models of Gamma-ray bursts; Statistics on GRB afterglows and X-ray flares
English Level: Certificate of CET-6; Certificate of CET Spoken English
Computer Skills:
OS: Linux, Windows
Programming: Fortran 90/77, C, Lisp (just a little…)
Scientific: IDL, Scilab, Mathematica
Editors: GNU Emacs, vi
Typesetting: LaTeX
Academic Activities:
The 2007 Annual Meeting of the Chinese Astronomical Society in Guangzhou University, November 2007
Summer School on Gravitational Wave Astronomy in NJU, Nanjing, July 2006 - August 2006
Workshop on Pulsar and Related Physics in Tianjin Normal University, July 2006
Working as summer student in Partner Group of MPIfR at NAOC on supernova remnants, June 2006 - July 2006
Workshop on formation and evolution of planetary systems in NJU, Nanjing, July 2004
Correction of pointing accuracy for 65-cm reflector, July 2004 - August 2004
Publication: Correction of Pointing Accuracy of NJU-65cm Telescope, Qiu-Hui He, Li-Li Liu, Yi-Peng Wang, Jia-Cheng Liu, Jiangtao Li, Jingnan Guo, Bo Zhang and Xiaolei Tian, Journal of Nanjing University: Nat. Sci. Ed., Vol. 41, No. 4 (2005)
Popular Translations:
Various news and articles for Chinese Edition of Scientific America
Translator of Shanghai Astronomical Observatory Online
So You Want to be a Professional Astronomer published on Amateur Astronomer, July 2008
Honors and Awards:
People’s Scholarship 3rd grade, 2005-2006
People’s Scholarship 3rd grade, 2004-2005
Scholarship for Social Works, 2004-2005
People’s Scholarship 2nd grade, 2003-2004
Champion of Jiangsu 1st College Student Art Performance, 2005 (as choral member)
Hobbies: Physics; Photography; Scale modeling; Radio controlled aircraft models; Maritime history; Wind music……
—- Edited in Dec. 2007
