孙萌，1988年出生，国家天文台副研究员。主要研究方向为理论天体物理，包括恒星和双星演化，星震学，潮汐物理，致密天体，蓝离散星，低质量恒星，晚期恒星，星族合成。有着恒星演化主要开源程序MESA的十余年使用经验，同时也是星震开源程序GYRE，星族合成开源程序POSYDON的开发者。也曾以Co-I身份拿到哈勃望远镜时间，受邀成为MESA学校的lecturer（负责科学部分教学）和助教（负责程序测试）。业余爱好为驾驶、徒步、风光摄影，也曾是一名天文爱好者。

学历和就职经历为：

2008至2012年就读于四川大学吴玉章学院和物理科学与技术学院，获得物理学学士学位；

2012年至2018年就读于美国弗吉尼亚大学，获得天文学博士学位；

2018年至2021年，在美国威斯康星麦迪逊分校从事博士后工作；

2021年至2024年，在美国西北大学CIERA (天体物理学跨学科探索和研究中心)作为博士后以及CIERA Postdoctral Fellow；

2025年至今加入中国科学院国家天文台。

发表文章列表：

https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/user/libraries/2iixJZrrR0ys2Q6_d38Tyw

代表作：

Sun, Meng; Gossage, Seth; Leiner, Emily M.; Geller, Aaron M., “Stellar Spin Down in Post-Mass Transfer Binary Systems”, 2024, ApJ, 971, 80

Sun, Meng; Levina, Sasha*; Gossage, Seth; Kalogera, Vicky, and 3 more, “The Effects of Wind Roche-lobe Overflow in Binary Evolution”, 2024, ApJ, 969, 8

Sun, Meng; Townsend, R. H. D.; Guo, Zhao, “gyre_tides: Modeling binary tides within the gyre stellar oscillation code”, 2023, ApJ, 945, 43

Sun, Meng; Arras, Phil; Weinberg, Nevin N.; Troup, Nicholas W.; Majewski, Steven R., “Orbital Decay in Binaries Containing Post-Main Sequence Stars”, 2018, MNRAS, 481, 4077

Sun, Meng; Arras, Phil; “Formation of Extremely Low-Mass White Dwarfs Binaries”, 2018, ApJ, 858, 14

* student advised

个人主页：https://sunmeng1118.wixsite.com/mysite

工作邮箱：sunmeng_at_nao.cas.cn

In one word, I study stars. More specifically, I specialize in modeling stellar and binary evolution, asteroseismology, and tidal physics in binary systems. I have contributed to our understanding of stars as a core developer of two widely used public codes: GYRE (an open-source stellar oscillations code) and POSYDON (a single and binary-star population synthesis code). I am also a long-term user of MESA (an open-source stellar evolution code) for modeling stars.

I have published articles on a variety of projects spanning diverse topics—from exoplanets to massive stars, and from young stars to evolved stars and compact objects.

In my free time, I enjoy driving (the US Midwest is the best - no debate :)), hiking, and photography. Feel free to check out my Flickr album for more pictures https://www.flickr.com/photos/125208081@N03/

Work:

2025.1 ~ now -- Associate Professor, the National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC), Beijing, China

2021.9 ~ 2024.12 -- Postdoc, CIERA Fellow, CIERA, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA

Main collaborator: Vicky Kalogera

2018.9 ~ 2021.8 -- Postdoc, Department of Astronomy, University of Wisconsin Madison, WI, USA

Main collaborator: Rich Townsend and Bob Mathieu

Education:

2012.8 ~ 2018.6 -- Ph.D in Astronomy, Department of Astronomy, University of Virginia, VA, USA

Ph.D Thesis: Pulsating White Dwarfs and Orbital Decay in Binaries

Adivsor: Phil Arras

2008.9 ~ 2012.6 -- B.S. in Physics, Wuyuzhang Honorary College, College of Physics, Sichuan University, Sichuan, China

Undergraduate Thesis Advisor: Lilin Zhu

Publication list:

https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/user/libraries/2iixJZrrR0ys2Q6_d38Tyw

Person website:

https://sunmeng1118.wixsite.com/mysite

Work email:

sunmeng_at_nao.cas.cn