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Dr. Douglas N. Friedel

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Contact Information

2050A NCSA
1205 W. Clark
Urbana, IL 61801
Research Programmer

Research Interests

Astrochemistry
Radio Interferometry

Education

B.S. Mathematics, Clarkson University, 1999
B.S. Physics, Clarkson University, 1999
Ph.D. Astronomy, University of Illinois, 2005

Highlighted Publications

Journal Articles

"The Dark Energy Survey Image Processing Pipeline." Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, vol. 130, no. 989, 2018.

"The Dark Energy Survey: Data Release 1." The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, vol. 239, no. 2, 2018, p. 18-42.

Friedel, D. N, and L. W. Looney. "CARMA λ = 1 cm Spectral Line Survey of Orion-KL." The Astronomical Journal, vol. 154, no. 4, 2017, p. 152-190.

"Observational Results of a Multi-telescope Campaign in Search of Interstellar Urea [(NH2)2CO]." The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 783,n o. 2, 2014, p. 77-92.

Friedel, D. N. "CADRE: The CArma Data REduction pipeline." Astronomy and Computing, vol. 2, 2013, p. 74-79.

Widicus Weaver, S. L, and D. N. Friedel. "Complex Organic Molecules at High Spatial Resolution toward ORION-KL. I. Spatial Scales." The Astrophysical Journal Supplement, vol. 201, no. 2, 2012, p. 16-31.

Friedel, D. N, and S. L. Widicus Weaver. "A High Spatial Resolution Study of the λ = 3 mm Continuum of Orion-KL." The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 742, no. 2, 2011, p. 64-71.

Friedel, D. N, and S. L. Widicus Weaver. "Complex Organic Molecules at High Spatial Resolution toward ORION-KL. II. Kinematics." The Astrophysical Journal Supplement, vol. 201, no. 2, 2011, p. 17-32.

"Spatial Distributions and Interstellar Reaction Processes." The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, vol. 115, 2011, p. 6472-6480.

Friedel, D. N, Athol Kemball, and Brian D. Fields. "The Search for Extragalactic Lithium Hydride." The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 738, no. 1, 2011, p. 37-42.

Shiao, Y.-S, L. W. Looney, A. J. Remijan, L. E. Snyder, and D. N. Friedel. "First Acetic Acid Survey with CARMA in Hot Molecular Cores." Astrophysical Journal, vol. 716, no. 1, 2009, p. 286-298.

Hogerheijde,, M. R, C. Qi, I. de Pater, G. A. Blake, D. N. Friedel, J. R. Forster, P. Palmer, A. J. Remijan, L. E. Snyder, and M. C. H. Wright. "Simultaneous Observations of Comet C/2002 T7 (LINEAR) with the Berkeley-Illinois-Maryland Association and Owens Valley Radio Observatory Interferometers: HCN and CH3OH." The Astronomical Journal, vol. 137, 2009, p. 4837.

Plambeck, R. L, M. C. H. Wright, D. N. Friedel, S. L. Widicus Weaver, A. D. Bolotto, M. W. Pound, D. P. Woody, J. W. Lamb, and S. L. Scott. "Tracing the Bipolar Outflow from Orion Source I." The Astrophysical Journal Letters, vol. 704, 2009, p. L25-L28.

Friedel, D. N, and L. E. Snyder. "High-Resolution λ=1 mm CARMA Observations of Large Molecules in Orion-KL." The Astrophysical Journal Letters, vol. 672, 2008, p. 962-975.

Remijan, A. J, S. N. Milam, M. Womack, A. J. Apponi, L. M. Ziurys, S. Wyckoff, M. F. A'Hearn, I. de Pater, J. R. Forster, D. N. Friedel, P. Palmer, L. E. Snyder, J. M. Veal, L. M. Woodney, and M. C. H. Wright. "The Distribution, Excitation, and Formation of Cometary Molecules: Methanol, Methyl Cyanide, and Ethylene Glycol." The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 689, 2008, p. 613.

Remijan, A. J, D. N. Friedel, I. de Pater, M. R. Hogerheijde, L. E. Snyder, G. A. Blake, H. R. Dickel, J. R. Forster, C. Kraybill, L. W. Looney, P. Palmer, and M. C. H. Wright. "A Bima Array Survey of Molecules in Comets Linear (C/2002 T7) and Neat (C/2001 Q4)." The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 643, 2006, p. 567-572.

Milam, S. N, A. J. Remijan, M. Womack, L. Abrell, L. M. Ziurys, S. Wyckoff, A. J. Apponi, D. N. Friedel, L. E. Snyder, J. M. Veal, P. Palmer, L. M. Woodney, M. F. A'Hearn, J. R. Forster, M C. H. Wright, I. de Pater, S. Choi, and M. Gesmundo. "Formaldehyde in Comets C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp), C/2002 T7 (LINEAR), and C/2001 Q4 (NEAT): Investigating the Cometary Origin of H2CO." The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 649, 2006, p. 1169-1177.

Snyder, L. E, F. J. Lovas, J. M. Hollis, D. N. Friedel, P. R. Jewell, A. Remijan, V. V. Ilyushin, E. A. Alekseev, and D. F. Dyubko. "A Rigorous Attempt to Verify Interstellar Glycine." The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 619, 2005, p. 914-930.

Remijan, A. J, F. Wyrowski, D. N. Friedel, D. S. Meier, and L. E. Snyder. "A Survey of Large Molecules toward the Proto-Planetary Nebula CRL 618." The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 626, 2005, p. 233-244.

Friedel, D. N, A. J. Remijan, L. E. Snyder, M. F. A'Hearn, G. A. Blake, I. de Pater, H. R. Dickel, J. R. Foster, M. R. Hogerheijde, C. Kraybill, L. W. Looney, P. Palmer, and M. C. H. Wright. "BIMA Array Detections of HCN in Comets LINEAR (C/2002 T7) and NEAT (C/2001 Q4). The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 630, 2005, p. 623-630.

Friedel, D. N, L. E. Snyder, A. J. Remijan, and B. E. Turner. "Detection of Interstellar Acetone toward the Orion-KL Hot Core." The Astrophysical Journal Letters, vol. 632, 2005, p. L95-L98.

Friedel, D. N, L. E. Snyder, B. E. Turner, and A. Remijan. "A Spectral Line Survey of Selected 3mm Bands Toward Sagittarius B2(N-LMH) Using the NRAO 12 Meter Radio Telescope and the BIMA Array: I. The Observational Data." The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 600, 2004, p. 234-253.

Remijan, A, Y-S Shiao, D. N. Friedel, D. S. Meier, and L. E. Snyder. "A Survey of Large Molecules of Biological Interest Toward Selected High Mass Star Forming Regions." The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 617, 2004, p. 384-398.

Remijan, A, E. C. Sutton, L. E. Snyder, D. N. Friedel, S-Y Liu, and C-C Pei. "High-Resolution Observations of Methyl Cyanide (CH3CN) toward the Hot Core Regions W51e1/e2." The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 606, 2004, p. 917-928.

Remijan, A, L. E. Snyder, D. N. Friedel, S-Y Liu, and R. Y. Shah. "A Survey of Acetic Acid toward Hot Molecular Cores." The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 590, 2003, p. 314-332.

Edited Books

Friedel, D. N. Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XXII. San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2013.