Dr Ge (Wendy) Chen, Resident Fellow at Curtin University

Curtin Institute of Radio Astronomy

Bio
Dr Chen completed her undergraduate training at McGill University in Canada, graduating with a B.Sc. in Physics with Distinction (2015) before completing a PhD in Physics at the California Institute of Technology (2016–2024) under the supervision of Prof. Vikram Ravi. Her thesis was on fast radio bursts using observations from the Deep Synoptic Array (DSA-110) to investigate their origins, properties, and host galaxies. In July 2026 Wendy joined Curtin University as a post-doctoral researcher working with Assoc. Prof. Natasha Hurley-Walker, where she uses data from the Murchison Widefield Array in Western Australia to study ‘long period transients’, a recently discovered class of galactic radio sources. She also served as a teaching assistant for undergraduate physics at Caltech.

Research Summary
Dr Chen’s research interests focus on radio transients using interferometry and multiwavelength observations to understand their origins and environment. Her past work includes:

  1. investigating fast radio bursts to better understand their origins, physical properties, and the extreme astrophysical environments in which they occur using observational data and statistical modelling;

  2. applying observational methods to study X-ray pulsars;

  3. understanding exoplanet physical properties using statistical modelling and space telescope data.

Work and Education History

2026 - now Post-doctoral researcher with Assoc. Prof. Natasha Hurle-Walker, Curtin Institute of Radio Astronomy, School of Electrical Engineering, Computing and Mathematical Sciences

2024 - 2026 Data Engineer, Dimensing Technology, Inc., Pasadena, CA, USA

2016 - 2024 PhD in Physics, “Localised FRBs Using DSA-110”, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA

2011 - 2015 Bachelor of Physics with Distinction (minor Philosophy), McGill University, Montreal, Canada

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