Lu Shen
Bio
Lu Shen received her Ph.D. in Physics from University of California, Davis in 2019. She then worked as a postdoctoral fellow at University of Science and Technology of China from 2019 to 2021, followed by a position as a associate researcher at University of Science and Technology of China from 2021 to 2022. From 2022 to 2026, she was a postdoctoral researcher at Texas A&M University. Since 2026, she has been an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics at Fudan University.
Research Interests:
Galaxy formation and evolution, high-redshift galaxies, galaxy clusters and protoclusters, star formation, AGN feedback, observational
Selected Publication:
1. Lu Shen, et al “NGDEEP: The Star Formation and Ionization Properties of Galaxies at 1.7 < z < 3.4”, ApJ Letter, 980, 45 (2025).
2. Ben Forest, Lu Shen et al. “The HST-Hyperion Survey: Grism Observations of a z ∼ 2.5 Protosupercluster”, ApJ, 985, 61 (2025)
3. Lu Shen, et al “NGDEEP Epoch 1: Spatially Resolved Hα Observations of Disk and Bulge Growth in Star-forming Galaxies at z ∼ 0.6─2.2 from JWST NIRISS Slitless Spectroscopy”, ApJ Letter, 963, 49 (2024).
4. Lu Shen, et al “Discovery of spectacular quasar-driven superbubbles in red quasars” Sci. Adv. eadg8287 (2023).
5. Lu Shen, et al “CEERS: Spatially Resolved UV and Mid-infrared Star Formation in Galaxies at 0.2 < z < 2.5: The Picture from the Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes”, ApJ, 950, 7 (2023).
6. Lu Shen, et al “Implications of the Environments of Radio-detected Active Galactic Nuclei in a Complex Protostructure at z ∼ 3.3”, ApJ, 912, 60 (2021).