CurriculumVitae: Xiangliang Kong
Present Position
Research Associate Professor, School of Space Science & Physics,Institute of Space Sciences; Center for Integrated Research on Space Science, Astronomy, and Physics, Institute of Frontier and Interdisciplinary Science at Qingdao, Shandong University
Email: kongx@sdu.edu.cn Tel: +86-13465219619
Education
02/2012-01/2013:Visiting Research Scholar, CSPAR/UAHuntsville, USA
09/2009-06/2014:Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics, Shandong University
Advisor: Prof. Yao Chen, Co-Advisor: Prof. Gang Li (UAH)
09/2005-06/2009:B.S. in Physics, Shandong University
Professional History
04/2018-present: Research Associate Professor,School of Space Science & Physics,Institute of Space Sciences, Shandong University
09/2016-07/2017:Visiting Research Scholar, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA
08/2014-04/2018: Postdoctoral Scientist, Institute of Space Sciences, Shandong University
Teaching Experience
Introduction to Plasma Physics (2019-present)
Research Interests
Physics of solar eruptions (CMEs and flares);the origin, acceleration, and transport of solar energetic particles;shock waves, magnetic reconnection, and particle acceleration; solar radio bursts andtheir radiation mechanisms.
Selected publications (ADS)
[10]Xiangliang Kong*, Fan Guo, Chengcai Shen, Bin Chen, Yao Chen, Sophie Musset, Lindsay Glesener, Peera Pongkitiwanichakul, and Joe Giacalone,The Acceleration and Confinement of Energetic Electrons by a Termination Shock in a Magnetic Trap: An Explanation for Nonthermal Loop-top Sources during Solar Flares,The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 887, L37,2019
[9]Kong, Xiangliang*; Guo, Fan; Chen, Yao; Giacalone, Joe,The Acceleration of Energetic Particles at Coronal Shocks and Emergence of a Double Power-law Feature in Particle Energy Spectra,The Astrophysical Journal, 883, 49,2019
[8] Chengcai Shen*,Xiangliang Kong, Fan Guo, John C. Raymond, Bin Chen,The Dynamical Behavior of Reconnection-driven Termination Shocks in Solar Flares: Magnetohydrodynamic Simulations, The Astrophysical Journal, 869, 116,2018
[7]Xiangliang Kong*, Fan Guo, Joe Giacalone, Hui Li, Yao Chen,TheAcceleration ofHigh-energyProtons atCoronalShocks:TheEffect ofLarge-scaleStreamer-likeMagneticFieldStructures, The Astrophysical Journal, 851, 38,2017
[6]Xiangliang Kong*, Yao Chen, Shiwei Feng, Guohui Du, Chuanyang Li, Artem Koval, V. Vasanth, Bing Wang, Fan Guo and Gang Li,Observation of a Metric Type N Solar Radio Burst, The Astrophysical Journal, 830, 37,2016
[5] Xiangliang Kong, Yao Chen*, Fan Guo, Shiwei Feng,Guohui Du andGang Li, Electron Acceleration at a Coronal Shock Propagating Through a Large-scale Streamer-like Magnetic Field,The Astrophysical Journal, 821, 32,2016
[4] Xiangliang Kong, Yao Chen*, Fan Guo, Shiwei Feng, Bing Wang,Guohui Du andGang Li,ThePossible Role of Coronal Streamers as Magnetically Closed Structures in Shock-induced Energetic Electrons and Metric Type II Radio Bursts,The Astrophysical Journal,798, 81, 2015
[3]X. Kong, G. Li*, Y. Chen,A Statistical Study of the Spectral Hardening of Continuum Emission in Solar Flares, The Astrophysical Journal, 774, 140, 2013
[2] G. Li*,X. Kong, G. Zank, Y. Chen,On the Spectral Hardening at ~>300keV in Solar Flares, The Astrophysical Journal, 769, 22, 2013
[1]X. L. Kong, Y. Chen*, G. Li, S. W. Feng, H. Q. Song, F. Guo and F. R. Jiao,A Broken Solar Type II Radio Burst Induced by a Coronal Shock Propagating across the Streamer Boundary, The Astrophysical Journal, 750, 158,2012
Grants Awarded as Principal Investigator
The Role of Termination Shocks in Particle Acceleration in Solar Flares, NSFC, 2019-2022, 630K
The role of coronal magnetic fields in shock electron acceleration and type II radio bursts, NSFC, 2016-2018, 220K
The effect of large-scale coronal closed-field structures on the excitation of type II radio bursts, Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province, 12/2014-12/2017, 100K
The Young Elite Scientists Sponsorship Program, China Association for Science and Technology, 12/2018-06/2021, 450K
The Young Scholars Program of Shandong University, Weihai, 10/2018-12/2022, 500K
Modeling of particle acceleration at coronal shocks based on MHD simulations, State Key Laboratory of Space Weather, 2018-2019, 50K
Honors and Awards
Outstanding Paper Award for Young Scientists, 4th International Space Weather Conference, 2017
Excellent Doctoral Dissertation of Shandong University, 2015
Outstanding Paper Award for Young Scientists,9th National Space Weather Symposium, 2014
Outstanding Paper Award for Young Scientists, 15th National Solar-Terrestrial Space Physics Symposium, 2013
The May 4th Youth Award in Science, SDU, 2013
NationalScholarship for PhD Graduate Students, Chinese Ministry of Education, 2012
Shandong University Outstanding Graduate Student, SDU, 2012
Outstanding Graduate Student in Research, ISS/SDU, 2012, 2013
Professional Service
Manuscript reviewer: Astrophysical Journal; Astronomy & Astrophysics
Convener & Chair: Plasma Energization, Particle Acceleration, and High-Energy Emission in Solar Flares,session co-convener, 2018, AGU;Plasma Energization, Particle Acceleration, and High-Energy Emission in Solar Flares,session chair, 2019, AGU
Invited speaker:AAPPS-DPP2020 as e-conference, the 4th Asia Pacific Conference on Plasma Physics, October 26-31, 2020;East Asian School and Workshop on Lab, Space, Solar, and Astrophysical Plasmas, Zhuhai, China, April 24-27, 2018; the 4th International Space Weather Conference, Beijing, China, August 1-4, 2017;the16th Annual International Astrophysics Conference, Santa Fe, USA, March 6-10, 2017
