This resume is made with CVwizard.com.Awards and Honors2008 UNLV President’s FellowshipProfessional Services• 2008-present Referee of ApJ, ApJL, RAA• 2008 Member of Local Organizing committee of 2008 Nanjing GRB Conference• 2011-2013 Burst Advocate in NASA Swift/XRT team.• 2013-present Burst Advocate in NASA Fermi/GBM team.• 2011-2013 Member of Swift/XRT team• 2013-present Member of Fermi/GBM teamParticipation in Research Grants• 2012-2014 PI of NASA Chandra Archival Research Project (Cycle 14): Using Numerical Simulation-based Models and Late Time Chandra Data to Understand the Jet Breaks of Long Gamma-ray Bursts.• 2012-2013 Co-I of NASA Chandra Observation Research Project (Cycle 14): Search For Jet Breaks in Long GRB X-Ray Afterglows. PI: David N. Burrows.• 2012-2013 Co-I of NASA Chandra Theory Research Project (Cycle 14): Developing a Hydrodynamical Simulation Based Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglow Fit Code. PI: Hendrik van Eerten.First Author Publications• B.-B. Zhang, B. Zhang, K. Murase, V. Connaughton and M. S. Briggs, How Long Does a Burst Burst?. 2014 ApJ in press, arixv 1310.2540• B.-B. Zhang, Y.-Z. Fan, R.-F. Shen, D. Xu, F.-W. Zhang, D.-M. Wei, D. N. Burrows, B. Zhang, and N. Gehrels. GRB 120422A: A Low-luminosity Gamma-Ray Burst Driven by a Central Engine. ApJ , 756:190, September 2012• B.-B. Zhang, D. N. Burrows, B. Zhang, P. M´esz´aros, X.-Y. Wang, G. Stratta, V. D’Elia, D. Frederiks, S. Golenetskii, J. R. Cummings, J. P. Norris, A. D. Falcone, S. D. Barthelmy, and N. Gehrels. Unusual Central Engine Activity in the Double Burst GRB 110709B. ApJ , 748:132, April 2012• B.-B. Zhang, B. Zhang, E.-W. Liang, Y.-Z. Fan, X.-F. Wu, A. Pe’er, A. Maxham, H. Gao, and Y.-M. Dong. A Comprehensive Analysis of Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Data. I. Spectral Components and the Possible Physical Origins of LAT/GBM GRBs. ApJ , 730:141, April 2011• B.-B. Zhang, B. Zhang, E.-W. Liang, and X.-Y. Wang. Curvature E↵ect of a Non-Power-Law Spectrum and Spectral Evolution of GRB X-Ray Tails. ApJL , 690:L10–L13, January 2009• B.-B. Zhang, E.-W. Liang, and B. Zhang. A Comprehensive Analysis of Swift XRT Data. I. Apparent Spectral Evolution of Gamma-Ray Burst X-Ray Tails. ApJ , 666:1002–1011, September 2007Presentations at Professional Meetings• 2013 October 27-30, State College, PA, Swift Science Planning MeetingContributed talk : “How Long Does a Burst Burst?” (15 min)• 2013 April 14-18, Nashville, TN, Huntsville Gamma Ray Burst SymposiumContributed talk : “Numerical Simulation-based Jet Model Fits to GRB Light Curves” (20 min)• 2013 April 7-11, Monterey, CA. AAS The HEAD 2013 MeetingContributed talk : “Numerical Simulation-based Jet Model Fits to GRB Light Curves” (15 min)• 2012 June 18-22, Liverpool, UK. Gamma Ray Bursts in the Era of Rapid Follow-up.
This resume is made with CVwizard.com.Solicited talk : “Unusual Central Engine Activity in the Double Burst GRB 110709B” (25 min)• 2012 June 12-14, Nanjing, China. High Energy Data Analysis Workshop .Lectures : “ Using Fermi GBM and LAT data to Study GRBs” ( 8 hours )• 2011 March 5-7, Raleigh, NC. The Prompt Activity of Gamma-Ray Bursts: their Progenitors, Engines, and Radiation MechanismsInvited talk : “Origin Of LAT high energy emission of Fermi GRBs” (40 min).• 2010 November 1-4, Annapolis, MD. Gamma Ray Bursts 2010 Conference.Contributed talk : “The Three Spectral Components of of Fermi/LAT GRBs” (15min).• 2010 June 12-14, Nanjing, China. Workshop on Gamma-ray Bursts and Other High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena.Invited talk : “Spectral Components of Fermi/LAT GRBs” (40 min).• 2009 November 2-5, Washington, DC. 2009 Fermi Symposium.Poster : “Spectral evolution of Fermi GBM/LAT GRBs”.• 2009 July 13-24, Princeton, NJ. Prospects in Theoretical Physics 2009 (PiTP 2009)Summer School at Advanced Study Institute (IAS); Participation in a series of lectures on Computational Astrophysics .• 2008 October 20-24, Huntsville, AL. The Sixth Huntsville Gamma-Ray Burst Symposium 2008.Contributed talk : “Can the Curvature E↵ect of a Non-powerlaw Spectrum Explain the Spectral Evolution of GRB X-Ray Tails?”.• 2008 June 23-27, Nanjing, China. 2008 Nanjing GRB Conference.Contributed talk : “Revisiting the Spectral Evolution of GRB X-Ray Tail Emission: Curvature Effect of a Non-power-law Spectrum ?”• 2008 February 4-7, Las Vegas, NV.Swift Meeting at UNLV.Contributed talk; given at the XRT meeting section : “Searching 080109-like Transient from XRT Catalog”.• 2007 November 5-9, Santa Fe. Gamma Ray Bursts 2007.Poster : “A comprehensive analysis of Swift/XRT Data”Publications2014[46]Burgess, J.~Michael, Preece, Robert D., Ryde, Felix, Veres, Peter, Meszaros, Peter, Connaughton, Valerie, Briggs, Michael, Pe'er, Asaf, Iyyani, Shabnam, Goldstein, Adam, Axelsson, Magnus, Baring, Matthew G., Bhat, P.~N., Byrne, David, Fitzpatrick, Gerard, Foley, Suzanne, Kocevski, Daniel, Omodei, Nicola, Paciesas, William S., Pelassa, Veronique, Kouveliotou, Chryssa, Xiong, Shaolin, Yu, Hoi-Fung, Zhang, Binbin, and Zhu, Sylvia, "An Observed Correlation Between Thermal and Non-Thermal Emission in Gamma-Ray Bursts",2014, ArXiv e-prints, arXiv:1403.0374[45] Maselli, A., Melandri, A., Nava, L., Mundell, C.~G., Kawai, N., Campana, S., Covino, S., Cummings, J.~R., Cusumano, G., Evans, P.~A., Ghirlanda, G., Ghisellini, G., Guidorzi, C., Kobayashi, S., Kuin, P., La Parola, V., Mangano, V., Oates, S., Sakamoto, T., Serino, M., Virgili, F., Zhang, B.-B., Barthelmy, S., Beardmore, A., Bernardini, M.~G., Bersier, D., Burrows, D., Calderone, G., Capalbi, M., Chiang, J., D{rsquo}Avanzo, P., D{rsquo}Elia, V., De Pasquale, M., Fugazza, D., Gehrels, N., Gomboc, A., Harrison, R., Hanayama, H., Japelj, J., Kennea, J., Kopac, D., Kouveliotou, C., Kuroda, D., Levan, A., Malesani, D., Marshall, F., Nousek, J., O{rsquo}Brien, P., Osborne, J.~P., Pagani, C., Page, K.~L., Page, M., Perri, M., Pritchard, T., Romano, P., Saito, Y., Sbarufatti, B., Salvaterra, R., Steele, I., Tanvir, N., Vianello, G., Weigand, B., Wiersema, K., Yatsu, Y., Yoshii, T., and Tagliaferri, G., "GRB 130427A: A Nearby Ordinary Monster",2014, Science, 343, 48[44] Zhao, Xiaohong, Li, Zhuo, Liu, Xuewen, Zhang, Bin-Bin, Bai, Jinming, and M{'e}sz{'a}ros, Peter, "Gamma-Ray Burst Spectrum with Decaying Magnetic Field",2014, The Astrophysical Journal, 780, 122013[43] Grupe, Dirk, Nousek, John A., Veres, P{'e}ter, Zhang, Bin-Bin, and Gehrels, Neil, "Evidence for New Relations between Gamma-Ray Burst Prompt and X-Ray Afterglow Emission from 9 Years of Swift",2013, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 209, 20[42] Zhang, Bin-Bin, Zhang, Bing, Murase, Kohta, Connaughton, Valerie, and Briggs, Michael S., "How Long does a Burst Burst?",2013, ArXiv e-prints, arXiv:1310.2540[41] Veres, P{'e}ter, Zhang, Bin-Bin, and M{'e}sz{'a}ros, P{'e}ter, "Magnetically and Baryonically Dominated Photospheric Gamma-Ray Burst Model Fits to Fermi-LAT Observations",2013, The Astrophysical Journal, 764, 94[40] Qin, Ying, Liang, En-Wei, Liang, Yun-Feng, Yi, Shuang-Xi, Lin, Lin, Zhang, Bin-Bin, Zhang, Jin, L{"u}, Hou-Jun, Lu,
This resume is made with CVwizard.com.Rui-Jing, L{"u}, Lian-Zhong, and Zhang, Bing, "A Comprehensive Analysis of Fermi Gamma-Ray Burst Data. III. Energy-dependent T90 Distributions of GBM GRBs and Instrumental Selection Effect on Duration Classification",2013, The Astrophysical Journal, 763, 152012[39] Veres, P{'e}ter, Zhang, Bin-Bin, and M{'e}sz{'a}ros, P{'e}ter, "The Extremely High Peak Energy of GRB 110721A in the Context of a Dissipative Photosphere Synchrotron Emission Model",2012, The Astrophysical Journal, 761, L18[38] L{”u}, Hou-Jun, Zhang, Bing, Liang, En-Wei, Zhang, Bin-Bin, and Sakamoto, Takanori, "The "amplitude" parameter of Gamma-Ray Bursts and its implications for GRB classification",2012, ArXiv e-prints, arXiv:1211.1117[37] Zhang, Bin-Bin, Fan, Yi-Zhong, Shen, Rong-Feng, Xu, Dong, Zhang, Fu-Wen, Wei, Da-Ming, Burrows, David N., Zhang, Bing, and Gehrels, Neil, "GRB 120422A: A Low-luminosity Gamma-Ray Burst Driven by a Central Engine",2012, The Astrophysical Journal, 756, 190[36] Lu, Rui-Jing, Wei, Jun-Jie, Liang, En-Wei, Zhang, Bin-Bin, L{"u}, Hou-Jun, L{"u}, Lian-Zhong, Lei, Wei-Hua, and Zhang, Bing, "A Comprehensive Analysis of Fermi Gamma-Ray Burst Data. II. E pEvolution Patterns and Implications for the Observed Spectrum-Luminosity Relations",2012, The Astrophysical Journal, 756, 112[35] Zheng, WeiKang, Akerlof, Carl W., Pandey, Shashi B., McKay, Timothy A., Zhang, BinBin, Zhang, Bing, and Sakamoto, Takanori, "GRB 110709A, 111117A, and 120107A: Faint High-energy Gamma-Ray Photon Emission from Fermi-LAT Observations and Demographic Implications",2012, The Astrophysical Journal, 756, 64[34] Fan, Yi-Zhong, Wei, Da-Ming, Zhang, Fu-Wen, and Zhang, Bin-Bin, "The Photospheric Radiation Model for the Prompt Emission of Gamma-Ray Bursts: Interpreting Four Observed Correlations",2012, The Astrophysical Journal, 755, L6[33] He, Hao-Ning, Zhang, Bin-Bin, Wang, Xiang-Yu, Li, Zhuo, and M{'e}sz{'a}ros, Peter, "Origin of the GeV Emission during the X-Ray Flaring Activity in GRB 100728A",2012, The Astrophysical Journal, 753, 178[32] Birnbaum, Tesla, Zhang, Bing, Zhang, Bin-Bin, and Liang, En-Wei, "Observational constraints on the external shock prior emission hypothesis of gamma-ray bursts",2012, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 422, 393[31] Gao, He, Zhang, Bin-Bin, and Zhang, Bing, "Stepwise Filter Correlation Method and Evidence of Superposed Variability Components in Gamma-Ray Burst Prompt Emission Light Curves",2012, The Astrophysical Journal, 748, 134[30] Zhang, Bin-Bin, Burrows, David N., Zhang, Bing, M{'e}sz{'a}ros, Peter, Wang, Xiang-Yu, Stratta, Giulia, D'Elia, Valerio, Frederiks, Dmitry, Golenetskii, Sergey, Cummings, Jay R., Norris, Jay P., Falcone, Abraham D., Barthelmy, Scott D., and Gehrels, Neil, "Unusual Central Engine Activity in the Double Burst GRB 110709B",2012, The Astrophysical Journal, 748, 132[29] Pe’Er, Asaf, Zhang, Bin-Bin, Ryde, Felix, McGlynn, Sin{'e}ad, Zhang, Bing, Preece, Robert D., and Kouveliotou, Chryssa, "The connection between thermal and non-thermal emission in gamma-ray bursts: general considerations and GRB 090902B as a case study",2012, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 420, 468[28] Zheng, WeiKang, Akerlof, Carl W., Pandey, Shashi B., McKay, Timothy A., Zhang, BinBin, and Zhang, Bing, "Faint High-energy Gamma-Ray Photon Emission of GRB 081006A from Fermi Observations",2012, The Astrophysical Journal, 745, 722011[27] Pe’Er, Asaf, Zhang, Bin-Bin, Ryde, Felix, McGlynn, Sin{'e}ad, Zhang, Bing, Preece, Robert D., and Kouveliotou, Chryssa, "The Connection Between Thermal and Non-Thermal Emission in Gamma-ray Bursts: General considerations and GRB090902B as a Case Study",2011, American Institute of Physics Conference Series, 1358, 91[26] Maxham, Amanda, Zhang, Bin-Bin, and Zhang, Bing, "Is GeV emission from Gamma-Ray Bursts of external shock origin?",2011, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 415, 77[25] Zhang, Bin-Bin, Zhang, Bing, Liang, En-Wei, Fan, Yi-Zhong, Wu, Xue-Feng, Pe'er, Asaf, Maxham, Amanda, Gao, He, and Dong, Yun-Ming, "A Comprehensive Analysis of Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Data. I. Spectral Components and the Possible Physical Origins of LAT/GBM GRBs",2011, The Astrophysical Journal, 730, 141[24] Fan, Yi-Zhong, Zhang, Bin-Bin, Xu, Dong, Liang, En-Wei, and Zhang, Bing, "XRF 100316D/SN 2010bh: Clue to the Diverse Origin of Nearby Supernova-associated Gamma-ray Bursts",2011, The Astrophysical Journal, 726, 32[23] Liang, En-Wei, L{"u}, Houjun, Yi, Shuang-Xi, Zhang, Bing, Zhang, Bin-Bin, and Zhang, Jin, "Discerning Emission Components in Early Afterglow Data and Constraining the Initial Lorentz Factor of Long GRB Fireball",2011, International Journal of Modern Physics D, 20, 19552010[22] Liang, En-Wei, Yi, Shuang-Xi, Zhang, Jin, L{"u}, Hou-Jun, Zhang, Bin-Bin, and Zhang, Bing, "Constraining Gamma-ray Burst Initial Lorentz Factor with the Afterglow Onset Feature and Discovery of a Tight Γ0-E γ,isoCorrelation",2010, The Astrophysical Journal, 725, 2209[21] L{”u}, Hou-Jun, Liang, En-Wei, Zhang, Bin-Bin, and Zhang, Bing, "A New Classification Method for Gamma-ray
This resume is made with CVwizard.com.Bursts",2010, The Astrophysical Journal, 725, 1965[20] Swenson, C.~A., Maxham, A., Roming, P.~W.~A., Schady, P., Vetere, L., Zhang, B.~B., Zhang, B., Holland, S.~T., Kennea, J.~A., Kuin, N.~P.~M., Oates, S.~R., Page, K.~L., and De Pasquale, M., "GRB 090926A and Bright Late-time Fermi Large Area Telescope Gamma-ray Burst Afterglows",2010, The Astrophysical Journal, 718, L14[19] Ryde, F., Axelsson, M., Zhang, B.~B., McGlynn, S., Pe'er, A., Lundman, C., Larsson, S., Battelino, M., Zhang, B., Bissaldi, E., Bregeon, J., Briggs, M.~S., Chiang, J., de Palma, F., Guiriec, S., Larsson, J., Longo, F., McBreen, S., Omodei, N., Petrosian, V., Preece, R., and van der Horst, A.~J., "Identification and Properties of the Photospheric Emission in GRB090902B",2010, The Astrophysical Journal, 709, L172[18] Cui, Xiao-Hong, Liang, En-Wei, Lv, Hou-Jun, Zhang, Bin-Bin, and Xu, Ren-Xin, "Towards the properties of long gamma-ray burst progenitors with Swift data",2010, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 401, 1465 2009[17] Liang, En-Wei, L{"u}, Hou-Jun, Hou, Shu-Jin, Zhang, Bin-Bin, and Zhang, Bing, "A Comprehensive Analysis of Swift/X-Ray Telescope Data. IV. Single Power-Law Decaying Light Curves Versus Canonical Light Curves and Implications for a Unified Origin of X-Rays",2009, The Astrophysical Journal, 707, 328[16] Zhang, Bing, Zhang, Bin-Bin, Virgili, Francisco J., Liang, En-Wei, Kann, D.~Alexander, Wu, Xue-Feng, Proga, Daniel, Lv, Hou-Jun, Toma, Kenji, M{'e}sz{'a}ros, Peter, Burrows, David N., Roming, Peter W.~A., and Gehrels, Neil, "Discerning the Physical Origins of Cosmological Gamma-ray Bursts Based on Multiple Observational Criteria: The Cases of z = 6.7 GRB 080913, z = 8.2 GRB 090423, and Some Short/Hard GRBs",2009, The Astrophysical Journal, 703, 1696[15] Racusin, J.~L., Liang, E.~W., Burrows, D.~N., Falcone, A., Sakamoto, T., Zhang, B.~B., Zhang, B., Evans, P., and Osborne, J., "Jet Breaks and Energetics of Swift Gamma-Ray Burst X-Ray Afterglows",2009, The Astrophysical Journal, 698, 43[14] Zhang, Bin-Bin, Zhang, Bing, Liang, En-Wei, and Wang, Xiang-Yu, "High-Latitude Emission of a Non-Power-Law Spectrum and Spectral Evolution of GRB X-Ray Tails",2009, American Institute of Physics Conference Series, 1133, 368[13] Greiner, J., Kr{"u}hler, T., Fynbo, J.~P.~U., Rossi, A., Schwarz, R., Klose, S., Savaglio, S., Tanvir, N.~R., McBreen, S., Totani, T., Zhang, B.~B., Wu, X.~F., Watson, D., Barthelmy, S.~D., Beardmore, A.~P., Ferrero, P., Gehrels, N., Kann, D.~A., Kawai, N., Yolda{c s}, A.~K{"u}pc{"u}, M{'e}sz{'a}ros, P., Milvang-Jensen, B., Oates, S.~R., Pierini, D., Schady, P., Toma, K., Vreeswijk, P.~M., Yolda{c s}, A., Zhang, B., Afonso,P., Aoki, K., Burrows, D.~N., Clemens, C., Filgas, R., Haiman, Z., Hartmann, D.~H., Hasinger, G., Hjorth, J., Jehin, E., Levan, A.~J., Liang, E.~W., Malesani, D., Pyo, T.-S., Schulze, S., Szokoly, G., Terada, K., and Wiersema, K., "GRB 080913 at Redshift 6.7",2009, The Astrophysical Journal, 693, 1610[12] Zhang, Bin-Bin, Zhang, Bing, Liang, En-Wei, and Wang, Xiang-Yu, "Curvature Effect of a Non-Power-Law Spectrum and Spectral Evolution of GRB X-Ray Tails",2009, The Astrophysical Journal, 690, L102008[11] Racusin, J.~L., Liang, E.-W., Burrows, D.~N., Falcone, A., Morris, D.~C., Zhang, B.~B., and Zhang, B., "Swift X-ray Afterglows and the Missing Jet Break Problem”,2008, American Institute of Physics Conference Series, 1000, 196[10] Liang, En-Wei, Racusin, Judith L., Zhang, Bing, Zhang, Bin-Bin, and Burrows, David N., "A Comprehensive Analysis of Swift XRT Data. III. Jet Break Candidates in X-Ray and Optical Afterglow Light Curves",2008, The Astrophysical Journal, 675, 5282007[9] Liang, En-Wei, Zhang, Bin-Bin, and Zhang, Bing, "A Comprehensive Analysis of Swift XRT Data. II. Diverse Physical Origins of the Shallow Decay Segment",2007, The Astrophysical Journal, 670, 565[8] Zhang, Bin-Bin, Liang, En-Wei, and Zhang, Bing, "A Comprehensive Analysis of Swift XRT Data. I. Apparent Spectral Evolution of Gamma-Ray Burst X-Ray Tails",2007, The Astrophysical Journal, 666, 1002[7] Zhang, F.-W., Qin, Y.-P., and Zhang, B.-B., "Dependence of Temporal Properties on Energy in Long-Lag, Wide-Pulse Gamma-Ray Bursts",2007, Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan, 59, 857[6] Troja, E., Cusumano, G., O'Brien, P.~T., Zhang, B., Sbarufatti, B., Mangano, V., Willingale, R., Chincarini, G., Osborne, J.~P., Marshall, F.~E., Burrows, D.~N., Campana, S., Gehrels, N., Guidorzi, C., Krimm, H.~A., La Parola, V., Liang, E.~W., Mineo, T., Moretti, A., Page, K.~L., Romano, P., Tagliaferri, G., Zhang, B.~B., Page, M.~J., and Schady, P., "Swift Observations of GRB 070110: An Extraordinary X-Ray Afterglow Powered by the Central Engine",2007, The Astrophysical Journal, 665, 599[5] Peng, Zhao-Yang, Lu, Rui-Jing, Qin, Yi-Ping, and Zhang, Bin-Bin, "Relationships between Relative Spectral Lags and Relative Widths of Gamma-ray Bursts”,2007, Chinese Journal of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 7, 428[4] Zhang, Bing, Liang, Enwei, Page, Kim L., Grupe, Dirk, Zhang, Bin-Bin, Barthelmy, Scott D., Burrows, David N., Campana, Sergio, Chincarini, Guido, Gehrels, Neil, Kobayashi, Shiho, M{'e}sz{'a}ros, Peter, Moretti, Alberto, Nousek, John A., O'Brien, Paul T., Osborne, Julian P., Roming, Peter W.~A., Sakamoto, Takanori, Schady, Patricia, and Willingale, Richard, "GRB Radiative Efficiencies Derived from the Swift Data: GRBs versus XRFs, Long versus Short",
This resume is made with CVwizard.com.2007, The Astrophysical Journal, 655, 989[3] Zhang, Bing, Zhang, Bin-Bin, Liang, En-Wei, Gehrels, Neil, Burrows, David N., and M{'e}sz{'a}ros, Peter, "Making a Short Gamma-Ray Burst from a Long One:Implications for the Nature of GRB 060614",2007, The Astrophysical Journal, 655, L252006[2] Liang, En-Wei, Zhang, Bin-Bin, Stamatikos, Mike, Zhang, Bing, Norris, Jay, Gehrels, Neil, Zhang, Jin, and Dai, Z.~G., "Temporal Profiles and Spectral Lags of XRF 060218",2006, The Astrophysical Journal, 653, L81[1] Liang, Enwei, Zhang, Bing, Zhang, Bin-Bin, and Dai, Z.~G., "Thermal Emission from a Hot Cocoon Surrounding the Jet of XRF 060218",2006, ArXiv Astrophysics e prints, arXiv:astro-ph/0606565