侯贤，女，中国科学院云南天文台研究员，2014年获得法国波尔多大学天体物理专业博士学位，同年以“优秀人才B类”入职云南天文台。2015至2019年期间，曾先后在台湾新竹清华大学和香港大学做访问学者。主要从事高能天体物理方面的研究，研究成果涉及脉冲星、黑洞、星系和暗物质等天体物理前沿的重要问题，是Fermi-LAT ，Insight-HXMT ，LHAASO ，Einstein Prob ，eXTP ，HERD等国内外天文设备的科学组成员，Fermi-FAST脉冲星合作团队核心成员。2018年入选中国科学院“西部青年学者”A类，2020年获美国天文学会和英国物理学会联合授予的高引用作者奖（中国）。
中国科学院西部青年学者（A类）（2018）
美国天文学会&英国物理学会中国被高引作者奖（2020）
先后主持国家自然科学基金青年项目、联合基金和面上项目，参与国家基金专项项目、面上项目、国际（地区）合作与交流项目各1项，参与重点研发计划项目1项 。
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(7) Xian Hou, Zhaoyi Xu, Ming Zhou, Jiancheng Wang, Black hole shadow of Sgr A* in dark matter halo, JCAP, 2018, 2018(7), 15
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