ADELEPLUNKETT
ASTRONOMER
Education
- PhD Yale University, Astronomy, 2015
Thesis: Multi-scale, Multi-wavelength Observations of Outflows in Star-Forming Regions (PDF)
Advisor: Dr. Hector G. Arce - MS, MPhil Yale University, Astronomy, 2011
- BA Middlebury College, Physics, 2009
Thesis: Three-Dimensional Kinematics of the Oxygen-Rich Supernova Remnant G292.0+1.8
Advisor: Dr. P. Frank Winkler
Publications (Click for ADS )
- Plunkett, Adele L.; Arce, Hctor G.; Mardones, Diego; van Dokkum, Pieter; Dunham, Michael M.; Fernndez-Lpez, Manuel; Gallardo, Jos; Corder, Stuartt A. 2015, Nature, 527, 70, Episodic molecular outflow in the very young protostellar cluster Serpens South''
- Plunkett, Adele L.; Arce, Hctor G.; Corder, Stuartt A.; Dunham, Michael M.; Mardones, Diego; Garay, Guido 2014, ApJ, 803, 22, Assessing molecular outflows and turbulence in the protostellar cluster Serpens South
- Tobin, J. J., (+13 authors, including Plunkett, A.L.) 2015, ApJ, 798, 61 First Results from the VLA Nascent Disk and Multiplicity (VANDAM) Survey of Perseus Protostars. Resolving the Sub-Arcsecond Binary System in NGC 1333 IRAS2A
- Lee, K.I., et al. (+23 authors, including Plunkett, A.L.) 2014, ApJ, 797, 76, CARMA Large Area Star Formation Survey: Structure and Kinematics of Dense Gas in Serpens Main
- Storm, S. et al. (+24 authors, including Plunkett, A.L.) 2014, ApJ, 794, 165, CARMA Large Area Star Formation Survey: Project Overview with Analysis of Dense Gas Structure and Kinematics in Barnard 1
- Fernndez-Lpez, M. et al. (+18 authors, including Plunkett, A.L.) 2014, ApJL, 790, L19 ''CARMA Large Area Star Formation Survey: Observational Analysis of Filaments in the Serpens South Molecular Cloud''
- Plunkett, Adele L.; Arce, Hctor G.; Corder, Stuartt A.; Mardones, Diego; Sargent, Anneila I.; Schnee, Scott L. 2013 ApJ 774 22 CARMA Observations of Protostellar Outflows in NGC 1333
- Roshi, D. A., Plunkett, A., Rosero, V., & Vaddi, S. 2012, ApJ, 749, 49: On the Ionization of Luminous WMAP Sources in the Galaxy: Constraints from He Recombination Line Observations with the GBT
- Schuler, S. C., Plunkett, A.L., King, J.R., & Pinsonneault, M.H. 2010, PASP, 122, 766: "Fe I and Fe II Abundances of Solar-Type Dwarfs in the Pleiades Open Cluster"
- M. Mukhamedzhanov, et al. (+19 authors, including Plunkett, A.) 2008, Phys. Rev. C 78, 015804: New astrophysical S factor for the 15N(p,)16O reaction via the asymptotic normalization coefficient (ANC) method
Accepted Observing Proposals (as Principle Investigator)
- ALMA, Serpens South: Morphology and kinematics of protostar at cluster center 2015
- WIYN, Kinematics and Excitation of Jets in Star Forming Regions (three epochs) 2011, 2013, 2014
- ALMA, Serpens South: Outflows impacting the youngest, densest proto-cluster 2013
- APEX, The impact of molecular outflows on intermediate-mass star forming regions: M8 and Circinus 2012B, 2013A
- CARMA, Mapping the entire impact of protostellar outflows in NGC1333 2011B
- CARMA, Protostellar outflows and infall in young clusters 2011A
Scientific Talks
- UVa/NRAO TUNA Lunch Talk, NRAO, Charlottesville, VA October 2014
- R&G Lunch Talk, Harvard Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA September 2014
- Department of Astronomy Seminar, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile April 2013
- X Reunin Cientfica Anual de la Sociedad Chilena de Astronoma (SOCHIAS, Chilean Society of Astronomy), Via del Mar, Chile October 2012
- Fulbright Chile Enrichment Seminar, Santiago, Chile September 2012
- Graduate Student Seminar, Dept of Astronomy, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile May 2012
- ALMA Seminar, Joint ALMA Observatory, Santiago, Chile February 2012
- Star Formation Group, ESO, Santiago, Chile January 2012
- Yale-University of Chile Meeting, New Haven, CT December 2011
- Supernova Remnants and Pulsar Wind Nebulae in the Chandra Era, Boston, MA July 2009
- Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics, Yale University, New Haven, CT January 2009
- Keck Northeast Astronomy Consortium Symposium, Wesleyan University, CT November 2008
- Physics Dept Colloquium, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT November 2008
- REU/PIA Workshop, CTIO, La Serena, Chile March 2008
- Cyclotron Institute, TAMU, College Station, TX August 2007
Outreach and Public Talks
- Davenport College Graduate Research Forum, Yale University, New Haven, CT October 2015
- Davenport College Mellon Forum, Yale University, New Haven, CT October 2013
- American Academy for Science and Technology, Universidad de Talca, Santiago, Chile September 2012
- Talca Astronomy Teachers' Workshop, Universidad de Talca, Talca, Chile August 2012
- Davenport College Mellon Forum, Yale University, New Haven, CT October 2011
- Leitner Family Observatory and Planetarium, Yale University, New Haven, CT December 2010