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Hu Zhan

Positions
Academic title
Professor
Phone
010-64807932
E-mail
zhanhu@nao.cas.cn
Website(s)
http://hzhan.net/research/index.html
Mailing Address
National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, A20 Datun Road, Room A505, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China, 100012

Education and Career History
Aug 2009 – present, Professor, National Astronomical Observatories of China
Feb 2006 – Aug 2009, Assistant Project Physicist, University of California at Davis
July 2004 – Jan 2006, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of California at Davis
2004, Ph.D., The University of Arizona
2000, M.S., Arizona State University
1996, Bachelor of Engineering, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Research Fields
Cosmology, large-scale structure of the universe, wide-field survey sciences, dark matter, dark energy, and cosmological simulations.

Current Research Project
 

Professional Leadership
Chair of the Large-Scale Structure Science Collaboration, Large Synoptic Survey Telescope(LSST)


Selected Publication
Distance, Growth Factor, and Dark Energy Constraints from Photometric Baryon Acoustic Oscillation and Weak Lensing Measurements, H. Zhan, L. Knox, & J. A. Tyson 2009, ApJ, 690, 923 (arXiv:0806.0937)
Measuring Baryon Acoustic Oscillations with Millions of Supernovae, H. Zhan, L. Wang, P. Pinto, & J. A. Tyson 2008, ApJL, 675, L1 (arXiv:0801.3659)
Cosmic Tomographies: Baryon Acoustic Oscillations and Weak Lensing, H. Zhan 2006, JCAP, JCAP08(2006)008 (astro-ph/0605696 ), software
Baryon Oscillations and Consistency Tests for Photometrically-Determined Redshifts of Very Faint Galaxies, H. Zhan & L. Knox 2006, ApJ, 644, 663 (astro-ph/0509260)
Optimal Softening for N-Body Halo Simulations, H. Zhan 2006, ApJ, 644, 663 (astro-ph/0509260)
Effect of Hot Baryons on the Weak-Lensing Shear Power Spectrum, H. Zhan & L. Knox 2004, ApJ, 616, L75 [pdf]