Astrochemistry Laboratory
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Dr. Martin Cordiner
Postdoctoral Research Associate
NASA/GSFC, Code 691 Greenbelt, MD 20771 Phone: (301) 286-8797 Email: Dr. Martin Cordiner |
Current Position
- Postdoctoral Research Associate
Education
2006 - Ph.D in Astrochemistry, The University of Nottingham, UK
2001 - MSci Hons. Physics, University of Bristol, UK
Research Areas
- Chemical modelling of interstellar and circumstellar environments, including dense, quiescent and protostellar clouds, photon-dominated regions and carbon-rich AGB stars
- Molecular anion astrochemistry
- Radio studies of interstellar and circumstellar molecules
- High resolution optical spectroscopy of the diffuse ISM
- Extragalactic ISM studies, with emphasis on optical absorption spectroscopy and DIBs in the Local Group
- DIB carrier studies, including molecular anions, PAHs and related large molecules
- Optical stellar spectroscopy, with emphasis on early-type stars
- Studies of the small-scale structure of the ISM
Professional Experience
March 2009-present: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center: Postdoctoral Research Associate in Astrochemistry and Astrobiology
October 2006-March 2009: Queen's University, Belfast, UK: Research Fellow in Molecular Astrophysics
June 2006-October 2006: South African Astronomical Observatory: Business Science Fellow
October 2001-June 2006: The University of Nottingham: Teaching assistant
Selected Publications
2009 "Density-enhanced gas and dust shells in a new chemical model for IRC+10216", Cordiner, M. A. & Millar, T.J., ApJ, 697, 68.
2008 "Diffuse interstellar bands in M 33", Cordiner, M. A., Smith, K. T., Cox, N. L. J., Evans, C. J., Hunter, I., Przybilla, N., Bresolin, F., Sarre, P. J., A&A, 492, L5.
2008 "Organic molecular anions in interstellar and circumstellar environments", Cordiner, M. A., Millar, T. J, Walsh, C., Herbst, E., Lis, D. C., Bell, T., Roeff, E., IAUS, 251, in press.
2008 "The discovery of diffuse interstellar bands in M31", Cordiner, M. A., Cox, N. L. J., Trundle, C., Evans, C. J., Hunter, I., Przybilla, N., Bresolin, F., Salama, F., A&A, 480, L13.
2007 "Molecular anion chemistry in interstellar and circumstellar environments", Cordiner, M. A., Millar, T. J., Herbst, E., Chuimin, R. Ni, Walsh, C., Molecules in Space and Laboratory, meeting held in Paris, France, May 14-18, p.98.
2007 "Interstellar gas, dust and diffuse bands in the SMC", Cox, N. L. J., Cordiner, M. A., Ehrenfreund, P., Kaper, L., Sarre, P. J., Foing, B. H., Spaans, M., Cami, J., Sofia, U. J., Clayton, G. C., Gordon, K. D., Salama, F., A&A, 470, 941.
2007 "Detection of C8H- and Comparison with C8H toward IRC+10216", Remijan, A. J., Hollis, J. M., Lovas, F. J., Cordiner, M. A., Millar, T. J., Markwick-Kemper, A. J., Jewell, P. R., ApJ, 664, L47.
2007 Hydrocarbon Anions in Interstellar Clouds and Circumstellar Envelopes", Millar, T. J., Walsh, C., Cordiner, M. A., Ni Chuimin, R., Herbst, E., ApJ, 662, L87.
2007 "The CH2CN- molecule: carrier of the 8037 Angstrom diffuse interstellar band", Cordiner, M. A. \& Sarre, P. J., A&A, 472, 537.
2006 "The Large Magellanic Cloud: diffuse interstellar bands, atomic lines and the local environmental conditions", Cox, N. L. J., Cordiner, M. A., Cami, J., Foing, B. H., Sarre, P. J., Kaper, L., Ehrenfreund, P., A&A, 447, 991.
2006 Small-scale-structure of the interstellar medium probed through diffuse band observations, Cordiner, M. A., Fossey, S. J., Smith, A. M., Sarre, P.J., Faraday Discuss., 133, 403.
