Research:

Numerical Simulations

Galaxy Formation

Milky Way and Galactic Dynamics

Biographical Sketch:

2019.02 - Present  Professor, Astronomy at Shanghai Jiao Tong University

2009.09-2019.02   Researcher, Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences

2005.09-2009.09   University of Texas at Austin, Harlan J Smith Independent Postdoctoral

1999.09-2005.09   Rutgers Univ., Ph.D. in Astrophysics

1998.09-1999.07   Master of Astrophysics, Northwestern University, USA

1993.09-1998.07   Bachelor of Space Physics, University of Science and Technology of China

Reward:
Excellent Instructor Award of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (2017)
Newton Advanced Fellow of the Royal Society (2016)
Excellent Youth of National Fund Committee (2013)
“Hundred Talents Program”of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(2011)
Richard J. Plano Dissertation Prize, 2006, Rutgers University, USA (2006)

Selected Publications: 

• Li, Z. (#,*), Shen, J. (*), Gerhard, O., & Clarke, J. P., “Gas Dynamics in the Galaxy: Total Mass Distribution and the Bar Pattern Speed”, 2021, The Astrophysical Journal, submitted, arXiv:2103.10342
• Xia, T. Y.(#) , Shen, J.(*), "Split invariant curves in rotating bar potentials”, 2021, The Astrophysical Journal, in press
• Qin, Y. J. (#), Shen, J. (*), "An Empirical Proxy for the Second Integral of Motion in Rotating Barred or Tri-axial Potentials", 2021, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 913, L22 
• Simion, I. T. (#,*), Shen, J. (*), Koposov, S. E., Ness, M., Freeman, K., Bland-Hawthorn, J., & Lewis, G. F., “Mapping the tilt of the Milky Way bulge velocity ellipsoids with ARGOS and Gaia DR2”, 2021, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 502, 1740
• Bird, S. A. (#,*), Xue, X.-X. (*), Liu, C. (*), Shen, J. (*), Flynn, C. (*), Yang, C. (*), Zhao, G. (*), & Tian, H.-J. (*), “Constraints on the assembly history of the Milky Way’s smooth, diffuse stellar halo from the metallicity-dependent, radially-dominated velocity anisotropy profiles probed with K giants and BHB stars using LAMOST, SDSS/SEGUE, and Gaia”, 2021, The Astrophysical Journal, in press, arXiv:2005.05980 
• Vickers, J. J. (#,*), Li, Z.-Y. (*), Smith, M. C., & Shen, J. (*), “A LAMOST BHB Catalog and Kinematics Therein. I. Catalog and Halo Properties”, 2021, The Astrophysical Journal, 912, 32 
• Zhou, Y. (#), Li, Z.-Y. (*), Simion, I. T., Shen, J. (*), Mao, S., Liu, C., Jian, M., & Fernandez-Trincado, J. G., “Understanding the Velocity Distribution of the Galactic Bulge with APOGEE and Gaia”, 2021, The Astrophysical Journal, 908, 21
• Shen, J. (#,*), & Zheng, X.-W. (*), “The Bar and Spiral Arms in the Milky Way: Structure and Kinematics”, 2020, Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 20, 159 (invited review in the Special Issue for RAA 20th Anniversary) 中国天文专业SCI期刊RAA 创刊20周年关于银河系整体结构的特邀综述。
• Li, Z.-Y. (#,*), & Shen, J. (*), “Dissecting the Phase Space Snail Shell”, 2020, The Astrophysical Journal, 890, 85
• Li, Z. (#), Shen, J. (*), & Schive, H.-Y., “Testing the Prediction of Fuzzy Dark Matter Theory in the Milky Way Center”, 2020, The Astrophysical Journal, 889, 88，被美国天文学会网站AAS Nova选为研究亮点
• Bird, S. A. (#,*), Xue, X.-X. (*), Liu, C. (*), Shen, J. (*), Flynn, C. (*), & Yang, C., “Anisotropy of the Milky Way’s Stellar Halo Using K Giants from LAMOST and Gaia”, 2019, The Astronomical Journal, 157, 104
• Zou, Y. (#,*), Shen, J. (*), Bureau, M. (*), & Li, Z.-Y. (*), “Testing the Tremaine-Weinberg Method Applied to Integral-field Spectroscopic Data Using a Simulated Barred Galaxy”, 2019, The Astrophysical Journal, 884, 23
• Sellwood, J. A. (#,*), Shen, J. (*), & Li, Z., “The global stability of M33: still a puzzle”, 2019, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 486, 4710