Jacqueline van Gorkom

Jacqueline Henrie͏̈tte van Gorkom (born 30 March 1947)[1] is a Dutch radio astronomer and Rutherfurd Professor of Astronomy at Columbia University.[2][3][4][5] Van Gorkom is known for her contributions to the field of galaxy evolution, particularly through observations of neutral hydrogen gas.

Jacqueline van Gorkom
Alma materUniversity of Groningen
Scientific career
FieldsRadio Astronomy
Galaxy Formation and Evolution
InstitutionsColumbia University
National Radio Astronomy Observatory
ThesisAperture synthesis observations of recombination lines from compact HII regions

Education and career

Jacqueline van Gorkom was born in Voorburg.[1] She received her Ph.D. in astronomy from the University of Groningen Kapteyn Astronomical Institute in 1980.[6][7][8] She worked at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) in Socorro, New Mexico for 8 years as a research scientist before joining the faculty at Columbia in 1988.[3][7][9] She has held visiting appointments at the Raman Research Institute, Princeton University, California Institute of Technology, University of California, Berkeley, and the Kapteyn Institute. She has served as Chair and Director of Graduate Studies for the Department of Astronomy and is currently the Rutherfurd Professor of Astronomy at Columbia.[3][4][7][8]

Research

Van Gorkom specializes in studies of neutral hydrogen, the most abundant element in the Universe, through observations of the 21cm hydrogen line. Her research focuses on the structure and evolution of galaxies and the role of gas in galaxy formation. Her research aims to address questions such as:

  • How does the environment affect the evolution of galaxies?
  • What are the residual signatures of the formation process around galaxies?
  • Do galaxies evolve along the Hubble sequence?

She currently leads the COSMOS HI Large Extra-galactic Survey (CHILES) project, a 1000-hour observation using the Very Large Array. CHILES will study the morphology and kinematics of gas in galaxies between redshift z=0 and z=0.45 and serve as a pathfinder experiment for the Square Kilometre Array.[10]

Awards and Honors

References
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  2. "Columbia University Department of Astronomy". www.astro.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2019-05-23.
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  5. "International Astronomical Union | IAU". www.iau.org. Retrieved 2019-05-23.
  6. Gorkom, Jacqueline Henriëtte van (1980). "Aperture synthesis observations of recombination lines from compact HII regions". Radio Recombination Lines. Astrophysics and Space Science Library. 80: 67–73. Bibcode:1980ASSL...80...67V. doi:10.1007/978-94-009-9024-1_6. ISBN 978-94-009-9026-5.
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  9. "National Radio Astronomy Observatory Quarterly Report" (PDF). NRAO library. 1986.
  10. Fernández, Ximena; Gorkom, J. H. van; Hess, Kelley M.; Pisano, D. J.; Kreckel, Kathryn; Momjian, Emmanuel; Popping, Attila; Oosterloo, Tom; Chomiuk, Laura (2013). "A Pilot for a Very Large Array H I Deep Field". The Astrophysical Journal. 770 (2): L29. arXiv:1303.2659. Bibcode:2013ApJ...770L..29F. doi:10.1088/2041-8205/770/2/L29. ISSN 2041-8205.
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  17. "NSF Award Search: Award#9023254 - Faculty Award for Women - An Atomic Hydrogen (HI) Image of the Universe". www.nsf.gov. Retrieved 2019-05-23.
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