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Harold Yorke
Division Manager

Education
  • B.S., Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, summa cum laude (1970)
  • Diplom-Phys., (MS equivalent), Physics, Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen, Germany, sehr gut (1972)
  • Dr.rer.nat., Astrophysics, Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen, Germany, summa cum laude (1974)
  • Habilitation, Physics, Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen, Germany (1979)
Research Interests
  • Numerical radiation-hydrodynamics simulations of astrophysical plasmas, in particular as related to star formation and the influence of massive stars on their environment
  • Observations of young stars and star forming regions at millimeter, infrared, optical, ultraviolet, and X-ray wavelengths
  • Design studies for space-based and suborbital far infrared and submillimeter observatories
Projects

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Professional Experience
  • Jet Propulsion Laboratory (1998-Present)
    • Manager, Science Division (2006-present)
    • Manager, Astrophysics and Space Sciences Section (2004-2006)
    • NASA Herschel Space Observatory Project Scientist (2001-2006)
    • Team Lead, Theoretical Astrophysics Team (2003-2004)
    • Element Lead, Astrophysics Element (2001-2003)
    • Senior Research Scientist, Astrophysics Element (1998-Present)
  • Universität Wurzburg, Professor (C3), Astronomy and Astrophysics (1988-1998)
  • Universitäts-Sternwarte, Universität Göttingen (1973-1975 and 1978-1988)
    • Professor (tenured, apl. Prof.) (1983-1988)
    • Research Scientist (tenured, Akad. Oberrat) (1978-1983)
    • Universitäts-Sternwarte, Universität Göttingen, Research Associate (1973-1975)
  • MPI fur Astrophysik, Munich, Germany, Research Scientist (non-tenured) (1975-1978)
  • California Institute of Technology, Research Assistant (1970-1971)
Selected Awards
  • NASA Achievement Award (2003)
  • Fulbright Fellowship (1972-1973)
  • Fulbright Scholarship (1971-1972)
  • National Science Foundation Fellow (1970-1971)
Selected Publications
  1. Bodenheimer P, Laughlin G, Rózycka M, Yorke HW, 2007, Numerical Methods in Astrophysics - An Introduction, New York: Taylor & Francis, 329 pages, index, CD-ROM
  2. Zinnecker H, Yorke HW, 2007, On the Formation of Massive Stars, ARAA, 45, 481
  3. Turner NJ, Quataert E, Yorke HW, 2007, Photon Bubbles in the Circumstellar Envelopes of Young Massive Stars, ApJ, 662, 1052
  4. Turner N, Willacy K, Bryden G, Yorke HW, 2006, Turbulent Mixing in the Outer Solar Nebula, ApJ, 639, 1218
  5. Freyer T, Hensler G, Yorke HW, 2006, Massive stars and the energy balance of the ISM. II. The 35 M-sun Star and a Solution to the "Missing Wind Problem," ApJ, 638, 262
  6. Burkert, A.; Lin, D. N. C.; Bodenheimer, P.H.; Jones, C. A.; Yorke, H. W., 2005, On the Surface Heating of Synchronously Spinning Short–Period Jovian Planets, ApJ, 618, 512.
  7. Yorke H.W., 2004, Theory of Formation of Massive Stars via Accretion, invited review, IAU Symp. 221, 141.
  8. Freyer T., Hensler G., Yorke H.W. , 2003, Massive stars and the energy balance of the ISM. I. The impact of an isolated 60 Mo star, ApJ, 594, 888
  9. Richling S., Yorke H.W. , 2003, The Influence of External UV Radiation on the Evolution of Protostellar Disks, in The Interaction of Stars with Their Environment, eds. Cs. Kiss, M. Kun, V. Konyves, p. 103
  10. Des Marais D.J., Allamandola L.J., Benner S.A., Boss A.P., Deamer D., Falkowski P.G., Farmer J.D., Blair H.S., Jakosky B.M., Knoll A.H., Liskowsky D.R., Meadows V.S., Meyer M.A., Pilcher C.B., Nealson K.H., Spormann A.M., Trent J.D., Turner W.W., Woolf N.J., Yorke H.W., 2003, The NASA Astrobiology Roadmap, Astrobiology, Vol. 3, No. 2, p.219
  11. Yorke H.W. , Sonnhalter C., 2002, On the Formation of Massive Stars, ApJ, 569, 846
  12. Nurnberger D.E A., Bronfman L., Yorke, H.W., Zinnecker H., 2002, The molecular environment of NGC 3603. I. Spatial distribution and kinematic structure, A&A, 394, 253
  13. Yorke H.W., 2002, Theory of Formation of Massive Stars via Accretion, in The Earliest Phases of Massive Star Birth, ASP Conf. Ser., Vol. 267, ed. P.A. Crowther, p. 165
  14. Yorke H.W., Richling S., 2002, The Effects of Winds and Photoionization on the Evolution of Protostellar Disks, RMAA, 12, 92

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