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Name  
 FAN Kai
Title  
   Special-Term Associate Professor
Highest Education  
   Ph.D.
Subject Categories  
   Planetary Science
Phone  
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Zip Code  
   100029
Fax  
   010-62010846
Email  
   kaif@mail.iggcas.ac.cn
Office  
   No.19 Beitucheng West Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100029, China

Education and Appointments：
  • 2011-2015 B.S. China University of Mining & Technology, Beijing, China.
  • 2015-2020 Ph.D. Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China.
  • 2018-2020 Visiting scholar, Max-Planck Institute for solar system research, G?ttingen, Germany.
  • 2020-2023 Post-doctoral researcher, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China.
  • 2023-present Associate Professor, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China.

Research Interests：
  1. Atmospheric escape
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Publications：

1.     Fan, K., Wei, Y., Fraenz, M., Cui, J., He, F., Yan, L., Chai, L., Zhong, J., Rong, Z., Dubinin, E., Observations of a Mini-Magnetosphere Above the Martian Crustal Magnetic Fields. Geophysical Research Letters 50, e2023GL103999 (2023). 

2.     He, F., Fan, K., Hughes, A., Wei, Y., Cui, J., Schneider, N., Fraenz, M., Yao, Z., Rong, Z., Chai, L., Yan, L., Wu, S.-Q., Zhang, X.-X., Martian Proton Aurora Brightening Reveals Atmospheric Ion Loss Intensifying. Geophysical Research Letters 50, e2023GL102723 (2023). 

3.     Wang, Y., Wei, Y., Fan, K., He, F., Rong, Z., Zhou, X., Tan, N., The impact of dust storms on Mars surface rovers: Review and prospect. Chinese Science Bulletin 68, 368-379 (2023). 

4.     Rong, Z., Wei, Y., He, F., Gao, J., Fan, K., Wang, Y., Klinger, L., Yan, L., Ren, Z., Zhou, X., Tan, N., Yu, T., The orbit schemes to monitor Martian dust storms: Benefits to China's future Mars missions. Chinese Science Bulletin 68, 716-728 (2023). 

5.     Fu, M., Ren, Z., Cui, J., Zhou, X., Wu, Z., Fan, K., Atmospheric Tides at Low Latitudes in the Martian Upper Atmosphere Observed by MAVEN IUVS. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 128, e2023JA032016 (2023). 

6.     Yan, L., He, F., Yue, X., Wei, Y., Wang, Y., Chen, S., Fan, K., Tian, H., He, J., Zong, Q., Xia, L., The 8-Year Solar Cycle During the Maunder Minimum. AGU Advances 4, e2023AV000964 (2023). 

7.     He, F., Wei, Y., Rong, Z., Ren, Z., Yan, L., Tan, N., Wang, Y., Fan, K., Zhou, X., Gao, J., Monitoring methods for Martian dust storms. Chinese Science Bulletin 68, 2046-2057 (2023). 

8.     Fan, K., Yan, L., Wei, Y., Zhang, A., Kong, L., Franz, M., He, F., Chai, L., Yuan, C., Wang, Y., Zhong, J., Rong, Z., Yao, Z., Pan, Y., Cui, J., He, J., Li, W., Tang, B., Wang, C., The solar wind plasma upstream of Mars observed by Tianwen-1: Comparison with Mars Express and MAVEN. Science China-Earth Sciences 65, 759-768 (2022). 

9.     Wei, Y., He, F., Fan, K., Rong, Z., Wang, Y., Preliminary predictions of the dust storm activity at the landing site of China's Zhurong Mars rover in 2022. Chinese Science Bulletin 67, 1938-1944 (2022). 

10.   Zhang, C., Rong, Z., Klinger, L., Nilsson, H., Shi, Z., He, F., Gao, J., Li, X., Futaana, Y., Ramstad, R., Wang, X., Holmstr？m, M., Barabash, S., Fan, K., Wei, Y., Three-Dimensional Configuration of Induced Magnetic Fields Around Mars. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 127, e2022JE007334 (2022). 

11.   Fan, K., Wei, Y., Prospection of multi-spacecraft planetary exploration missions in upcoming future. Chinese Science Bulletin 66, 4350-4353 (2021). 

12.   Guo, Z. Z., Fu, H. S., Cao, J. B., Fan, K., Yao, Z. H., Liu, Y. Y., Chen, Z. Z., Wang, Z., Liu, X. Y., Xu, Y., Mazelle, C., Mitchell, D. L., Betatron Cooling of Electrons in Martian Magnetotail. Geophysical Research Letters 48, e2021GL093826 (2021). 

13.   Liu, D., Rong, Z., Gao, J., He, J., Klinger, L., Dunlop, M. W., Yan, L., Fan, K., Wei, Y., Statistical Properties of Solar Wind Upstream of Mars: MAVEN Observations. The Astrophysical Journal 911, 113 (2021). 

14.   Zhang, C., Rong, Z., Nilsson, H., Klinger, L., Xu, S., Futaana, Y., Wei, Y., Zhong, J., Fraenz, M., Li, K., Zhang, H., Fan, K., Wang, L., Holmstrom, M., Ge, Y., Cui, J., MAVEN Observations of Periodic Low-altitude Plasma Clouds at Mars. Astrophysical Journal Letters 922 (2021). 

15.   Fan, K., Fraenz, M., Wei, Y., Cui, J., Rong, Z., Chai, L., Dubinin, E., Deflection of Global Ion Flow by the Martian Crustal Magnetic Fields. Astrophysical Journal Letters 898 (2020). 

16.   Dubinin, E., Fraenz, M., Paetzold, M., Woch, J., McFadden, J., Fan, K., Wei, Y., Tsareva, O., Zelenyi, L., Impact of Martian Crustal Magnetic Field on the Ion Escape. Journal of Geophysical Research-Space Physics 125 (2020). 

17.   Fan, K., Fraenz, M., Wei, Y., Han, Q., Dubinin, E., Cui, J., Chai, L., Rong, Z., Zhong, J., Wan, W., McFadden, J., Connerney, J. E. P., Reduced Atmospheric Ion Escape Above Martian Crustal Magnetic Fields. Geophysical Research Letters 46, 11764-11772 (2019). 

18.   Han, Q., Fan, K., Cui, J., Wei, Y., Fraenz, M., Dubinin, E., Chai, L., Rong, Z., Wan, W., Andersson, L., Mitchell, D. L., Connerney, J. E. P., The Relationship Between Photoelectron Boundary and Steep Electron Density Gradient on Mars: MAVEN Observations. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 124, 8015-8022 (2019). 

19.  Wu, X. S., Cui, J., Xu, S. S., Lillis, R. J., Yelle, R. V., Edberg, N. J. T., Vigren, E., Rong, Z. J., Fan, K., Guo, J. P., Cao, Y. T., Jiang, F. Y., Wei, Y., Mitchell, D. L., The Morphology of the Topside Martian Ionosphere: Implications on Bulk Ion Flow. Journal of Geophysical Research-Planets 124, 734-751 (2019). 
 
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