在南京大学天文系获得学士 (2009)、硕士学位 (2011)，在哥廷根大学获得博士学位 (2015)。2015-2019年先后在 (德) 马克斯·普朗克太阳系研究所、(美) 国家大气研究中心、(美) 科罗拉多大学进行博士后研究工作。使用三维辐射磁流体力学数值模拟研究从太阳内部到大气的磁场演化与活动，在Nature Physics，Nature Astronomy，ApJ，A&A，MNRAS等期刊发表论文40余篇。2024年获得国家自然科学基金委优秀青年科学基金项目资助。2025年获得亚太等离子体物理学会青年科学家奖 (AAPPS-DPP Young Researcher (U40) Award)。
Experience
09.2017 - 08.2019 Research Associate (George Ellery Hale Fellowship)
Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado Boulder
01.2016 - 08.2017 Postdoctoral fellow (Advanced Study Program Fellowship)
High Altitude Observatory, National Center for Atmospheric Research
06.2015 - 12.2015 Postdoctroral fellow
Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research
Education
06.2015 Ph.D., Faculty of Physics, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
12.2011 M.Sc., Department of Astronomy, Nanjing University
06.2009 B.Sc., Department of Astronomy, Nanjing University
Fluid Mechanics (undergraduates)
Theoretical Astrophysics - Stellar Atmosphere (undergraduates)
Solar Radiative Magnetohydrodynamic Simulations from the Uppermost Convection Zone to the Corona
■ Magnetic flux emergence from the solar convection zone and formation of solar active regions
■ Energy and mass transport in the solar atmosphere and heating of the corona
↑ Quiet Sun: granulation-driven energy and mass injection into the corona. Red represents upflows in the right panel.
↑ Active region: million K coronal loops and cool coronal rains.
■ One-to-one modeling of solar active regions and eruptions, see e.g.,
从日冕加热到爆发活动：数据驱动辐射磁流体力学模拟离重现真实还有多远？
↑ Comparing the count rate of the actual observation of AR11640 and that synthesized from
data-driven radiative MHD simulation.
↑ Comparing the coronal dynamics at the same time. (AIA 193 Angstrom channel)
Then for flare-productive active region 11158:
↑ Visualization of the magnetic field lines, plasma density and temperature in a data-driven
radiative MHD simulation of AR11158 during an X class flare.
↑ Comparing flare ribbons in the actual observation and the data-driven radiative MHD simulation.
Selected publications (Full publication list at https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1963-5319)
Chen F.* 2026 ApJ 1004 149
Data-driven Radiative Magnetohydrodynamics Simulations with the MURaM Code: Coronal Heating and Dynamics in an Emerging Active Region
Chen F.* 2026 ApJ 1000 227
Data-driven Radiative Magnetohydrodynamics Simulations with the MURaM Code: The Emergence of Active Region 11158 and the X2.2 Flare
Lu Z., Chen F.*, Ding M. D.*, Wang C., Dai Y. and Cheng X. 2024 Nature Astronomy 8 706
A model for heating the super-hot corona in solar active regions
Rao S., Li C.*, Ding M. D.*, Hong J., Chen F., Fang C. et al. 2024 Nature Astronomy 8 1102
Height-dependent differential rotation of the solar atmosphere detected by CHASE
Chen F.*, Cheung M. C. M., Rempel M. and Chintzoglou G. 2023 ApJ 949 118
Data-driven Radiative Magnetohydrodynamics Simulations with the MURaM Code
Chen F.*, Rempel M. and Fan Y. 2022 ApJ 937 19
A Comprehensive Radiative Magnetohydrodynamics Simulation of Active Region Scale Flux Emergence from the Convection Zone to the Corona
Valori G.*, Löschl P., Stansby D., Pariat E., Hirzberger J. and Chen F. 2022 Solar Physics 297 12
Disambiguation of Vector Magnetograms by Stereoscopic Observations from the Solar Orbiter PHI and the SDO/HMI
(Kees de Jager prize for the best article published in the Solar Physics journal in 2022)
Cheung M. C. M.*, Rempel M., Chintzoglou G., Chen, F. et al. 2019 Nature Astronomy 3 160
A comprehensive three-dimensional radiative magnetohydrodynamic simulation of a solar flare
Chen F*, Rempel M. and Fan Y. 2017 ApJ 846 149
Emergence of Magnetic Flux Generated in a Solar Convective Dynamo. I. The Formation of Sunspots and Active Regions, and The Origin of Their Asymmetries
Li L.*, Zhang J., Peter H., Priest E., Chen H., Guo L., Chen F., and Mackay D. 2016 Nature Physics 12 847
Magnetic reconnection between a solar filament and nearby coronal loops
Chen F., Peter H.*, Bingert S. and Cheung M. C. M. 2015 Nature Physics 11 492
Magnetic jam in the corona of the Sun