孔旭，男，1970年出生，籍贯安徽。中国科学技术大学教授，天文与空间科学学院副院长；深空探测实验室《小天体与系外行星研究室》主任；国家杰出青年科学基金获得者（杰青）。中国科学技术大学-紫金山天文台2.5米大视场巡天望远镜（墨子巡天望远镜，WFST）总设计师；国家天文大科学工程LAMOST望远镜科学委员会委员；中国空间站望远镜CSST科学委员会委员；FAST 用户委员会委员；《RAA》和《天文学进展》编委。
2000年获中国科学技术大学理学博士学位。2001年至2002年为德国洪堡基金会“洪堡学者”，在德国马普天体物理所工作；2003年德国马普天体物理所博士后；2004年至2005年日本国立天文台“外国人特别研究员”。2005年6月，由中国科学院“引进海外杰出人才”(百人计划)引进回国工作。2012年获得国家自然科学基金委杰出青年科学基金资助。
主要从事星系形成演化和时域天文研究，已在ApJ，MNRAS，A&A等天文杂志发表SCI论文100余篇，论文被引6000余次。曾任中国天文学会理事、常务理事，中国科学技术大学天文学系执行主任。参与主讲的《天体物理概论》被评为国家级精品课程，主讲的《星系天文学》被评为省级精品资源共享课；2017年获评为“科学与社会”研讨课优秀论文指导教师。2021年获中国科学院优秀研究生指导教师奖，已经培养多名优秀博士生。
Kong （Last Name）Xu （First name）, Male, born in November,1970, native of Anhui. Professor of University of Science and Technology of China, vice president of the School of Astronomy and Space Science; Director of the "Small Object and Exoplanet Research Laboratory" of the Deep Space Exploration Laboratory; Winner of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (Jieqing). Chief Designer of University of Science and Technology of China-Purple Mountain Observatory 2.5-meter Large Field of View Survey Telescope (Mozi Survey Telescope, WFST); Member of the Science Committee of the LAMOST Telescope; Member of the Science Committee of the China Space Station Telescope CSST; Member of the FAST User Committee.
In 2000, he received his Ph.D degree from University of Science and Technology of China. From 2001 to 2002, he was a "Humboldt Scholar" of the German Humboldt Foundation and worked at the Max Planck Institute of Astrophysics in Germany; In 2003, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the Max Planck Institute of Astrophysics in Germany; From 2004 to 2005, he was a "Special Researcher for Foreigners" at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan . In June 2005, he was introduced to work in China by the Chinese Academy of Sciences "Introduction of Overseas Outstanding Talents" (Hundred Talents Program). In 2012, he was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China Outstanding Youth Science Fund.
Mainly engaged in galaxy formation and evolution and time-domain astronomy research, has published more than 100 SCI papers in ApJ, MNRAS, A&A and other astronomical magazines, and the papers have been cited more than 6,000 times. He used to be the executive director of the Department of Astronomy of the University of Science and Technology of China. The lecture "Introduction to Astrophysics" was rated as a national excellent course, and the lecture "Galaxy Astronomy" was rated as a provincial excellent resource sharing course. In 2021, he won the Excellent Postgraduate Instructor Award of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and has trained many outstanding doctoral students.
