Science - Evolution of Galaxies: People: Jorge Pineda

Evolution of Galaxies: People

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Jorge Pineda

Education

B.S. in Physics and Astronomy, University of Chile (2002)
M.S. in Astronomy, University of Chile (2003)
Ph.D. in Astronomy, Angelander Institut fuer Astronomie (University of Bonn) and Max Planck Institute fuer Radioastronomie (2007)

Research Interests

Initial conditions of high/low mass star formation: Internal structure and chemistry in prestellar cores
(Sub) millimeter line observations of low-metallicity molecular gas in the Magellanic Clouds
Astrochemistry

Professional Experience

NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellow, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology (2008-present)
Postdoctoral Researcher, Angelander Institut fuer Astronomie (University of Bonn) (2007-2008)

Selected Awards

Selected Publications

Pineda, J.L., Mizuno, Nl, Stutzki, J., Cubick, M., et al 2008, Submillimeter Line Emission from LMC N1159W: A dense, Clumpy PDR in a Low Metallicity Environment, A & A, in press
Hitschfeld, M. [22 Authors], Pineda, J. L., [9 Authors] 2008, ¹²CO 4-3 and [C1] 1-0 at the Centers of NGC 4945 and Circinus, A & A, 479, 75.
Kramer, C. [24 Authors], Pineda, J. L., [7 authors] 2008, Clumpy Photon-Dominated Regions in Carina. I. [C I] and Mid-J CO Lines in Two 4’4’ Fields, A & A, 477, 547.
Pineda, J. L., Ott, J., Klein, U., Wong, T., Mjller, E. and Hughes A. 2007, Molecular Gas in the Vicinity of the 30 Doradus Region in the Large Magellanic Clouds, Ap. J. submitted.
Pineda, J. L., and Bensch, F., Photon-Dominated Region Modeling of the CO and [C₁] Line Emission in Barnard 68, 2007, A & A, 470, 615.
Minamidani, T., [14 Authors], Pineda, J. L., Sub-Millimeter Observations of Giant Molecular Clouds in the LMC: Temperature and Density as Determined from J = 3 → 2 and J = 1 → 0 Transitions, 2006, Ap. JS, submitted.
Dickinson, C., Casassus, S., Pineda, J. L., Pearson, T. J., Readhead, A. C. S., and Davies, R. D., An Upper Limit on Anomalous Dust Emission at 31 GHz in the Diffuse Cloud [LPH96] 201.663 + 1.643, 2006, Ap. JL, 643, L111.