Honors ＆ Experience

• Assistant Professor, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan (2018 - present)
• Postdoctoral Fellow, Michigan State University, MI, USA (2016-2018)
• Postdoctoral Fellow, Universität Basel, Basel, Switzerland (2013-2016)
• Ph.D. in Astronomy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA (2007-2013)
• B.S. in Physics, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan (2000-2004)

Research Interests

• Computational Astrophysics
• Supernovae
• Gravitational waves and neutrino emissions from core-collapse supernovae
• Gamma ray novae
• High performance computing

Our group work on many topics in theoretical and computational explosive astrophysics. In particular, we focus on multimessenger signals from extreme transients, core-collapse supernovae theory, thermonuclear supernova progenitors, gamma-ray novae, close binary systems, and stellar evolutions.

Selected Publications

* Kuo-Chuan Pan, S. M. Couch, M. Liebendörfer, and F.-K. Thielemann, "Equation of State Dependent Dynamics and Multi-messenger Signals from Stellar-mass Black Hole Formation", 2018, ApJ, 857, 13

* Kuo-Chuan Pan, M. Liebendörfer, M. Hempel, and F.-K. Thielemann, "Two-Dimensional Core-Collapse Supernova Simulations with the Isotropic Diffusion Source Approximation for Neutrino Transport", 2016, ApJ, 817, 72

* Kuo-Chuan Pan, P. M. Ricker, and R. E. Taam, "Simulations of the symbiotic recurrent nova V407-Cyg. I. Accretion and shock evolutions", 2015, ApJ, 806, 27 

* Kuo-Chuan Pan, P. M. Ricker, and R. E. Taam, "Search for Surviving Companions in Type Ia Supernova Remnants", 2014, ApJ, 792, 71

* Kuo-Chuan Pan, P. M. Ricker, and R. E. Taam, "Evolution of Post-Impact Helium stars in Type Ia Supernova Remnants within the Single-Degenerate Scenario", 2013, ApJ, 733, 49

* Kuo-Chuan Pan, P. M. Ricker, and R. E. Taam, "Evolution of Post-Impact Companion Stars in SN Ia Remnants Within Single-Degenerate Scenario", 2012, ApJ, 760, 21

* Kuo-Chuan Pan, P. M. Ricker, and R. E. Taam, "Impact of Type Ia Supernova Ejecta on a Helium Star Binary Companion", 2010, ApJ, 715, 78 

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