Academic Qualification

Ph.D. in National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Bachelor in Zhenzhou University

Teaching Area

• Advanced topics in planetary atmospheres and space environments

• Advanced topics in Numerical Simulation

• Astronomy

• Space physics and space weather

Research Area

• Acceleration and transport of space energetic particles

• Galactic cosmic rays

• Space weather

Professional Services

• Committee Member, Committee of Planetary Physics, Chinese Geophysical Society, 2025–2029

• Committee Member, Space Weather Committee, Guangdong Meteorological Society, Since 2025

Working Experience

• Aug. 2022 ~ present, Assistant Professor, Department of Space Science and Technology, Faculty of Innovation Engineering, MUST

• Aug. 2018 ~ Jul. 2022, Postdoc, Institute of Space Science and Applied Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen

Academic Publication (selected)

1. Zhenning Shen, Gang Li, and Caixia Li, Solar Cycle Modulation of Galactic Cosmic Rays Using a Generalized Force-Field Approximation, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (2026), 547 (2), stag320.

2. Zhenning Shen, Caixia Li, Pingbing Zuo, Gang Qin, and Xiaojun Xu, Solar Modulation of Galactic Cosmic Rays from Hydrogen to Nickel Based on a Modified Force-Field Approach, The Astrophysical Journal (2025), 988 (2), 262.

3. Caixia Li, Zhenning Shen*, Man Zhang, and Xueshang Feng, Application of a Low-Dissipation HLLD Approximate Riemann Solver to Solar Wind Simulations, The Astrophysical Journal (2025), 986 (1), 89.

4. Hao Yang, Pingbing Zuo, Kun Zhang, Zhenning Shen, Zhengyang Zou, and Xueshang Feng, Forecasting Long-Term Sunspot Numbers Using the LSTM-WGAN Model, Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences (2025), 12, 1541299.

5. Yun Li, Xiaoping Zhang, Shuai Fu, Zhenning Shen, Yi Xu, Haoyu Lu, Jinbin Cao, and Tianle Zhu, Solar Modulation of Low-Energy Cosmic-Ray Nitrogen and Its Comparison with Oxygen, The Astrophysical Journal (2025), 980 (1), 106.

6. Mengsi Ruan, Pingbing Zuo, Zilu Zhou, Jiayun Wei, Xueshang Feng, Yi Wang, Qi Xu, Xiaojun Xu, Zhengyang Zou, and Zhenning Shen, Similarities and Differences between ICME-Driven Shocks Observed by VEX (~0.72 au) and WIND (~1.0 au), The Astrophysical Journal (2025), 980 (1), 9.

7. Dan Lyu, Gang Qin, and Zhenning Shen, Long-Term Variation of the Galactic Cosmic Ray Radiation Dose Rates, Space Weather (2024), 22 (1), e2023SW003804.

8. Mengsi Ruan, Pingbing Zuo, Xueshang Feng, Qi Xu, Zilu Zhou, Jiayun Wei, Chaowei Jiang, Yi Wang, Xiaojun Xu, and Zhenning Shen, Planar Magnetic Structures Downstream of Coronal Mass Ejection-Driven Shocks in the Inner Heliosphere, The Astrophysical Journal (2023), 951 (1), 47.

9. Xiaojian Song, Pingbing Zuo, Zhenning Shen, Xueshang Feng, Xiaojun Xu, Yi Wang, Chaowei Jiang, and Xi Luo, Overshoot Structure Near the Earth's Subsolar Magnetopause Generated by Magnetopause Motions, Frontiers in Physics (2022), 10, 775792.

10. Zhenning Shen, Hao Yang, Pingbing Zuo, Gang Qin, Fengsi Wei, Xiaojun Xu, and Yanqiong Xie, Solar Modulation of Galactic Cosmic-Ray Protons Based on a Modified Force-Field Approach, The Astrophysical Journal (2021), 921 (2), 109.

11. Zhenning Shen, Gang Qin, Pingbing Zuo, Fengsi Wei, and Xiaojun Xu, Numerical Modeling of Latitudinal Gradients for Galactic Cosmic-Ray Protons during Solar Minima: Comparing with Ulysses Observations, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series (2021), 256 (1), 18.

12. Mengsi Ruan, Pingbing Zuo, Zilu Zhou, Zhenning Shen, Yi Wang, Xueshang Feng, Chaowei Jiang, Xiaojun Xu, Jiayun Wei, Yanyan Xiong, and Ludi Wang, The Relationship Between Solar Wind Dynamic Pressure Pulses and Solar Wind Turbulence, Frontiers in Physics (2021), 9, 750410.

13. Zhenning Shen, Gang Qin, Pingbing Zuo, Fengsi Wei, and Xiaojun Xu, A Study of Variations of Galactic Cosmic-Ray Intensity Based on a Hybrid Data-Processing Method, The Astrophysical Journal (2020), 900 (2), 143.

14. Zhenning Shen, Gang Qin, Pingbing Zuo, and Fengsi Wei, Modulation of Galactic Cosmic Rays from Helium to Nickel in the Inner Heliosphere, The Astrophysical Journal (2019), 887 (2), 132.

15. Zhenning Shen and Gang Qin, Modulation of Galactic Cosmic Rays in the Inner Heliosphere over Solar Cycles, The Astrophysical Journal (2018), 854 (2), 137.

16. Gang Qin and Zhenning Shen, Modulation of Galactic Cosmic Rays in the Inner Heliosphere, Comparing with PAMELA Measurements, The Astrophysical Journal (2017), 846 (1), 56.

17. Zhenning Shen and Gang Qin, A Study of Cosmic Ray Flux Based on the Noise in Raw CCD Data from Solar Images, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics (2016), 121 (11), 10,712-10,727.

Research Grants

• 2024.12 - 2026.12, Study of Galactic Cosmic-Ray Modulation During Solar Minimum (FDCT)

• 2023.07 - 2025.01, Empirical Modeling of Galactic Cosmic-Ray Modulation in the Inner Heliosphere (MUST Research Fund)

• 2020.01 - 2022.12, Modulation of Galactic Cosmic Rays During Periods of High Solar Activity (NSFC)

Professional Certification and Awards

• Excellent Young Scientist Paper Award, 19th National Symposium on Solar–Terrestrial Space Physics, April 2021.