Regular biography
Yanbei Chen is a Professor of Physics at the California Institute of Technology, affiliated with the Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy. Chen holds a B.S. from Peking University (1999) and a Ph.D. from Caltech (2003). Their academic career includes roles as Visiting Associate (2005-07), Assistant Professor (2007-10), and Associate Professor (2010-13) at Caltech. Their research interests span Physics and Astronomy. For contact details, visit their profile page or email yanbei@tapir.caltech.edu.
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Yanbei Chen is a physicist at the California Institute of Technology, specializing in gravitational wave astronomy. Their research focuses on the detection and analysis of gravitational waves from compact binary mergers, including binary black hole and binary neutron star systems. Chen has contributed to major discoveries such as the first observation of gravitational waves from a binary black hole merger (GW150914) and the binary neutron star inspiral (GW170817). Their work involves the development and operation of gravitational wave detectors like LIGO and Virgo, and the interpretation of data to test general relativity and measure cosmological parameters such as the Hubble constant.