Dr. Martín Abadi
Bing Zhang MEMBERS
Founding Director of the Nevada Center for Astrophysics, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Shanxi, China
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  • 2014
  • Aerospace and Transportation Engineering (A.T.E)
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  • 2014
  • Aerospace and Transportation Engineering (A.T.E)
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Bing Zhang is a Chinese astrophysicist and professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He is best known for his research in gamma-ray bursts, fast radio bursts, and other high-energy astrophysical phenomena.

He is the author of the book The Physics of Gamma-Ray Bursts. Zhang is an elected Fellow of the American Physical Society (2014).

He served as Associate Dean for Research of the College of Sciences in 2018-2021, and is holding the position of Distinguished Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, as well as Founding Director of the Nevada Center for Astrophysics at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

He was elected as member of the Euorpean Academy of Engineering in 2014.
 
2020 – "Top Ten Breakthrough of the Year" in 2020 selected by Science and "Ten Remarkable Discoveries from 2020" selected by Nature (journal).
2014 – Fellow, American Physical Society.
2009 – Thomson Reuters scienceWATCH: highly cited author list in the field of gamma-ray bursts during 1999–2009.
2007 – Bruno Rossi Prize (shared with Neil Gehrels and the Swift team).
2007 – First author of the "New Hot Paper" in the field of Space Science identified by Essential Science Indicators in July 2007.
2005 – "Top Ten Breakthrough of the Year" in 2005 selected by Science.
1998 – National Research Council (NRC) Research Associate Fellowship.