Contact Information
1002 W. Green St.
Urbana, IL 61801
Research Interests
Interstellar and circumstellar medium, star formation and feedback, Magellanic Clouds, dust disks around white dwarfs
Research Description
I study interactions between stars and the interstellar medium, including HII regions, planetary nebulae, supernova remnants, superbubbles, and supergiant shells. Multi-wavelength observations from radio to gamma ray are used to study the formation of massive stars, energy feedback, and physics of interfaces and shocks.
I also use X-ray and infrared observations of white dwarfs to diagnose unusual phenomena that could be associated with binary interactions or planetary systems.
Education
PhD, Astronomy, University of California, Berkeley, 1981
Awards and Honors
Lindheimer Fellow, Northwestern University, 1984
Associate, Center for Advanced Study, U of Illinois, 2003
Courses Taught
Fall 2013 - ASTR 401
Fall 2013 - ASTR 404
Additional Campus Affiliations
Professor Emerita, Astronomy
Honors & Awards
Lindheimer Fellow, Northwestern University, 1984
Associate, Center for Advanced Study, U of Illinois, 2003
Recent Publications
Estrada-Dorado, S., Guerrero, M. A., Toalá, J. A., Chu, Y. H., Lora, V., & Rodríguez-López, C. (2023). XMM-Newton Detection of X-Ray Emission from the Metal-polluted White Dwarf G 29-38. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 944(2), Article L46. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/acba7e
Ishioka, R., Chu, Y. H., Edmister, A., Gruendl, R. A., Zhang, L., & Zhu, J. (2023). The Nature of Blue Stars with Mid-infrared Excesses in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series, 265(1), Article 18. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4365/acad06
Ma, C. H., Li, K. L., Chu, Y. H., & Kong, A. K. H. (2023). Chandra Observation of NGC 1559: Eight Ultraluminous X-Ray Sources Including a Compact Binary Candidate. Astrophysical Journal, 956(1), Article 41. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aced04
Montoro-Molina, B., Guerrero, M. A., Santamaría, E., Toalá, J. A., Chu, Y. H., Ramos-Larios, G., Infante-Sainz, R., Akhlaghi, M., Eskandarlou, S., & López-Sanjuan, C. (2023). NGC 2022, a case study of a multiple-shell planetary nebula. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 524(2), 1601-1614. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad1915
Ou, P. S., Chen, K. J., Chu, Y. H., & Tsai, S. H. (2023). Critical Metallicity of Cool Supergiant Formation. I. Effects on Stellar-mass Loss and Feedback. Astrophysical Journal, 944(1), Article 34. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aca96e