刘四明，男，汉族，1973.3生于河南洛阳，九三学社社员。分别于1997年，1999年获北京大学物理系学士、硕士学位。2002年获亚利桑那大学物理系理论天体物理专业博士学位。博士论文于2005年被太平洋天文学会评为年度最佳天文学论文并授予Robert Trumpler奖。从2002年至2010年，先后在斯坦福大学，洛斯阿拉莫斯国家实验室，格拉斯哥大学从事研究工作。主要学习和工作经历：

研究方向：

高能太阳和天体物理，粒子加速机制，辐射机制

专家类别：

研究员

获奖及荣誉：

2008年 Marie Curie Research Fellowship, SOLAIRE, University of Glasgow
2005年 Director's Postdoctoral Fellowship, Los Alamos National Laboratory
2005年 Robert J. Trumpler Award for Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Research, ASP
2001年 Michael Cusanovich Research Fellowship, University of Arizona
2001年 University-Wide Best Research Assistant Award, University of Arizona
2000年 Unrestricted Graduate Fellowship, University of Arizona
2000年 Graduate Registration Scholarship, University of Arizona
1998年 Qian-Heng Huang Scholarship, Peking University
1997年 Baojie Scholarship, Peking University

代表论著：

[1] Liu, S., Han, F., & Fletcher, L., “Elementary Energy Release Events in Flaring Loops:
Effects of Chromospheric Evaporation on X-rays," The Astrophysical Journal, 709, 58-66, 2010
[2] Liu, S., Fan, Z. H., Fryer, C. L., Wang, J. M., & Li, H., “Stochastic Particle Acceleration in Shell-Type Supernova Remnants," The Astrophysical Journal (Letters), 683, L163-L166, 2008
[3] Liu, S., Qian, L., Wu, X. B., Fryer, C. L., & Li, H., “The Nature of Linearly Polarized Millimeter and Sub-millimeter Emission in Sagittarius A*," The Astrophysical Journal (Letters), 668, L127-L130, 2007
[4] Liu, S., Petrosian, V., & Mason, G. M., “Stochastic Acceleration of 3He and 4He by Parallel Propagating Plasma Waves: General Results," The Astrophysical Journal, 636, 462-474, 2006
[5] Liu, S. & Melia, F., “New Constraints on the Nature of Radio Emission in Sagittarius A*," The Astrophysical Journal (Letters), 561, L77-L80, 2001