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Protoplanetary Disks Group at the CfA |
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Members
Staff
Postdocs
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Alumni
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SMA Fellow, SAO (2010-2013) graduate student, Harvard (2010-2013) NSF Fellow, SAO; Sagan Fellow, SAO (2009-2013) Clay Fellow, SAO (2012-2013) undergraduate student, Harvard (2011-2012) undergraduate student, Harvard (2011-2012) SMA Fellow, SAO (2011-2012) Hubble Fellow, SAO (2009-2012) Hubble Fellow, SAO (2007-2010) graduate student, Harvard (2005-2010) |
→ research scientist, Boston Fusion → CARMA Fellow, University of Illinois → faculty, Boston University → faculty, University of Texas → content development, Wikinvest → faculty, University of Exeter → faculty, University of Virginia → faculty, Harvard → scientific staff, SAO → Miller Fellow, Berkeley → faculty, Wesleyan University |
Research
Circumstellar disks are a generic outcome of the star formation process. They preserve an historical imprint from the collapse of a molecular cloud core, play a fundamental role as accretion conduits that help set the stellar mass function, and comprise the material reservoirs used to build planets. We study many aspects of circumstellar disks using a wide variety of observational techniques, with a special focus on the analysis of radio interferometer data.
News
2014-03: NRAO press release on ALMA survey of disks in the Orion Trapezium.
2013-07: NRAO/CfA press release on ALMA observations of the CO snow line in the TW Hya disk.
2013-05: Diana Powell awarded the 2013 Goldberg Prize for her junior thesis.
2013-05: Karin Öberg accepts a faculty position at Harvard University.
2013-05: Catherine Espaillat accepts a faculty position at Boston University.
2013-03: Robert Harris accepts a postdoctoral fellowship position with CARMA at the University of Illinois.
2012-10: Stefan Kraus accepts a faculty position at the University of Exeter.
2012-07: Sky & Telescope cover story features our SMA observations of transition disks.
2012-05: Karin Öberg gives annual prize pH Lecture at CfA.
2012-02: NRAO public relations piece on TW Hya deuterium paper.
2011-11: Harvard Gazette article on our ALMA Cycle 0 programs.
2011-09: David Wilner's successful ALMA Cycle 0 program is featured by NRAO and CfA in press releases.
2011-05: Karin Öberg accepts a faculty position at the University of Virginia.
2011-04: Meredith Hughes accepts a faculty position at Wesleyan University.
2011-03: IRAM newsletter article on our new 345 GHz observations of the LkCa 15 disk.
2010-10: Sean Andrews and David Wilner are awarded the Smithsonian Institution Secretary's Research Prize.
2010-05: Meredith Hughes receives the Fireman Fellowship prize for outstanding Harvard Ph.D. thesis.
2010-05: Sean Andrews gives annual prize pH Lecture at CfA.
2010-04: Sean Andrews accepts a staff position at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.
2010-01: Ian Czekala awarded a Chambliss Student Achievement Award for his poster at the 215th AAS meeting.
2009-08: Science at the Smithsonian article on the SMA Oph disk survey.
2009-07: SAO Weekly Science Update on the SMA Oph disk survey.
2009-06: Sky & Telescope article on the SMA Oph disk survey.
2009-06: CfA/UCLA press release: Radio Telescope Images Reveal Planet-Forming Disk Orbiting Twin Suns.
Large Project Teams
Disks@EVLA (PI: Claire Chandler, 17 co-Is include Andrews, Wilner)
e-MERLIN PEBBLES (PI: Jane Greaves, 25 co-Is include Wilner)
Herschel GASPS (PI: Bill Dent, 38 co-Is include Andrews)
Herschel DEBRIS (PI: Brenda Matthews, 28 co-Is include Wilner)
Publications
Recent articles lead by group members
Andrews, Chandler, Isella, Birnstiel, Rosenfeld, Wilner, Pérez, Ricci, Carpenter, et al.
Rosenfeld, Chiang, & Andrews
Birnstiel & Andrews