Curriculum Vitae

Yanga R. Fernández

Univ. of Central Florida
Dept. of Physics
P.O. Box 162385
Orlando, FL 32816-2385
Ph: +1-407-823-6939
Fax: +1-407-823-5112
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Education

University of Maryland, College Park, Ph.D. Astronomy, 1999.
Dissertation: Physical Properties of Cometary Nuclei

University of Maryland, College Park, M.S. Astronomy, 1995.

California Institute of Technology, B.S. with Honors, Astronomy, 1993.


Professional Experience

2005-present
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, University of Central Florida.
2002-2005
SIRTF Fellow, Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawai`i.
Supervisor: Prof. D. C. Jewitt.
Studies of the physical evolution of comets through mid- and far-infrared observations of nuclei, dust, and related bodies.
1999-2002
Scientific Researcher, Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawai`i.
Supervisors: Prof. D. C. Jewitt, Prof. K. J. Meech.
Observations and modeling of the thermal properties of comets, near-Earth asteroids, and outer Solar System bodies. Studies of the physical evolution of comets.
1996-1999
Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park.
Advisor: Prof. M. F. A'Hearn.
Investigations into the physical properties of active comets and cometary dust, and the chemistry of cometary comae.
1994-1996
Graduate School Fellow, Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park.
Advisor: Dr. L. A. McFadden.
Analyses of activity of comet-asteroid transition objects.
1994-1996
Teaching Assistant, Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park.
1993-1994
Goddard High-Energy Astrophysics Fellow, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
Supervisor: Dr. K. A. Arnaud.
Investigations of X-ray emission from clusters of galaxies and the spatial distribution of intracluster material.
1992
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow, Department of Astronomy, California Institute of Technology.
Advisor: Prof. S. R. Kulkarni.
Study of low-mass X-ray binaries and millisecond pulsars.


Honors and Awards

SIRTF Fellowship. 2002 - 2005.

Graduate School Fellowship, University of Maryland, College Park. 1994 - 1996.

Goddard High-Energy Astrophysics Fellowship, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard Space Flight Center. 1993 - 1994.

Spalding Fellowship, California Institute of Technology. 1990 - 1993.

Minor Planet (12225) Yanfernandez named in honor.


Invited Presentations

``Sizes, Shapes and Size Distributions of Asteroids and Comets,'' presented at Future Ground-based Solar System Research: Synergies with Space Probes and Space Telescopes, Portoferraio, LI, Italy, September 2008.

``The Enigmatic Behavior of Comet Encke,'' presented at Belton Symposium: Journey Through the Solar System, Tucson, AZ, November 2006.

``Review of Spitzer Space Telescope Observations of Small Bodies,'' presented at IAU Symposium 229, Comets Asteroids Meteors, Búzios, RJ, Brazil, August 2005.

``Size and Activity of Comet Hale-Bopp,'' presented at IAU Colloquium 186, Cometary Science After Hale-Bopp, Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, January 2002.

``Physical Properties of Comet Hale-Bopp,'' presented at Washington Area Astronomers meeting, Fairfax, VA, October 1997.


Professional Societies

American Astronomical Society, Division for Planetary Sciences




Refereed Publications

[Citations in ADS database]



N. Dello Russo et al., including Y. R. Fernández et al. 2008. The volatile composition of comet 17P/Holmes after its extraordinary outburst. Ap. J. 680, 793. [ADS]

J. M. Bauer et al., including Y. R. Fernández et al. 2008. The large-grained dust coma of 174P/Echeclus. P.A.S.P. 120, 393. [ADS]

I. M. Coulson et al., including Y. R. Fernández et al. 2008. JCMT observations of the Deep Impact event. In Deep Impact as a World Observatory Event: Synergies in Space, Time, and Wavelength (H. U. Käufl and C. Sterken, Eds.), Springer, Berlin, pp. 69-72. [ADS]

J. Pittichova, Y. R. Fernández, K. J. Meech 2008. Dust evolution of comet 9P/Tempel 1. In Deep Impact as a World Observatory Event: Synergies in Space, Time, and Wavelength (H. U. Käufl and C. Sterken Eds.), Springer, Berlin, pp. 317-322. [ADS]



Y. R. Fernández et al. 2007. Near-infrared light curve of comet 9P/Tempel 1 during Deep Impact. Icarus 187, 220. [ADS]

C. M. Lisse et al., including Y. R. Fernández, 2007. Planetary science goals for the Spitzer warm era. In The Science Opportunities of the Warm Spitzer Mission Workshop (L. J. Storrie-Lombardi & N. A. Silberman, Eds.), AIP, Melville, NY, pp. 184-212. [ADS]

D. P. Cruikshank et al., including Y. R. Fernández, 2007. Physical properties of trans-neptunian objects. In Protostars and Planets V (B. Reipurth et al., Eds.), U. Ariz. Press, Tucson, pp. 879-893. [ADS]

J. P. Emery et al., including Y. R. Fernández, 2007. Ices on (90377) Sedna: Confirmation and compositional constraints. A&A 466, 395. [ADS]



Y. R. Fernández et al. 2006. Comet 162P/Siding Spring: A Surprisingly Large Nucleus. A.J. 132, 1354. [ADS]

Y. R. Fernández et al. 2006. Review of Spitzer Space Telescope observations of small bodies. In Asteroids, Comets, and Meteors: Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union Symposium 229 (D. Lazzaro et al., Eds.), Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, pp. 121-131. [ADS]

C. M. Lisse et al., including Y. R. Fernández, 2006. Spitzer spectral observations of the Deep Impact ejecta. Science 313, 635. [ADS]

H. U. Käufl et al., including Y. R. Fernández, 2006. Pre-impact mid-IR and optical observations of comet 9P/Tempel 1. E.M.&P. 97, 331. [ADS]

D. P. Cruikshank et al., including Y. R. Fernández, 2006. Solar System observations with Spitzer Space Telescope. In The Spitzer Space Telescope: New Views of the Cosmos (L. Armus and W. T. Reach, Eds.), Astron. Soc. Pacific, San Francisco, pp. 23-30. [ADS]

J. Ziffer et al., including, Y. R. Fernández, 2006. Near infrared spectra of two asteroids with low Tisserand invariant. E.M.&P. 97, 203. [ADS]

H. Campins et al., including Y. R. Fernández, 2006. Nuclear spectra of comet 162P/Siding Spring (2004 TU12). A.J. 132, 1346. [ADS]



Y. R. Fernández et al. 2005. Albedos of asteroids in comet-like orbits. A.J. 130, 308. [ADS]

Y. R. Fernández et al. 2005. New near-aphelion light curves of comet 2P/Encke. Icarus 175, 194. [ADS]

Abell, P. A., Y. R. Fernández, et al. 2005. Physical characteristics of comet nucleus C/2001 OG108 (LONEOS). Icarus 179, 174. [ADS]

M. J. S. Belton, N. H. Samarasinha, Y. R. Fernández, K. J. Meech 2005. The excited spin state of comet 2P/Encke. Icarus 175, 181. [ADS]

K. J. Meech, M. F. A'Hearn, Y. R. Fernández, et al. 2005. The Deep Impact Earth-based campaign. Space Science Reviews 117, 297. [ADS]

P. L. Lamy, I. Toth, Y. R. Fernández, H. A. Weaver 2005. The sizes, shapes, albedos, and colors of cometary nuclei. In Comets II (M. Festou et al., Eds.), U. Az. Press, Tucson, pp. 223--264. [ADS]

K. J. Meech et al., including Y. R. Fernández 2005. Deep Impact: Observations from a World-Wide Earth-Based Campaign. Science 310, 265. [ADS]

Lisse, C. M., et al., including Y. R. Fernández 2005. Rotationally resolved 8-35 um Spitzer Space Telescope observations of the nucleus of comet 9P/Tempel 1 Ap. J. 625, L139. [ADS]

Cruikshank, D. P., et al., including Y. R. Fernández 2005. The high-albedo Kuiper Belt object (55565) 2002 AW197. Ap. J. 624, L53. [ADS]

M. J. S. Belton, et al., including Y. R. Fernández 2005. Deep Impact: Working properties for the target nucleus -- comet 9P/Tempel 1. Space Science Reviews 117, 137. [ADS]



J. A. Stansberry, et al., including Y. R. Fernández 2004. Spitzer observations of the dust coma and nucleus of 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1. Ap. J. Supp. 154, 463. [ADS]

C. M. Lisse, Y. R. Fernández, et al. 2004. A tale of two very different comets: ISO and MSX measurements of dust emission from 126P/IRAS (1996) and 2P/Encke (1997). Icarus 171, 444. [ADS]

H. H. Hsieh, D. C. Jewitt, Y. R. Fernández 2004. The strange case of 133P/Elst-Pizarro: A comet amongst the asteroids. A.J. 127, 2997. [ADS]



Y. R. Fernández et al. 2003. The albedo distribution of Jovian Trojan asteroids. A.J. 126, 1563. [ADS]

Y. R. Fernández et al. 2003. The nucleus of Deep Impact target comet 9P/Tempel 1. Icarus 164, 481. [ADS]

J. M. Bauer, K. J. Meech, Y. R. Fernández et al. 2003. Physical survey of 24 Centaurs with visible photometry. Icarus 166, 195. [ADS]

J. M. Bauer, Y. R. Fernández et al. 2003. An optical survey of the active Centaur C/NEAT (2001 T4). P.A.S.P. 115, 981. [ADS ]

D. C. Jewitt, S. S. Sheppard, and Y. R. Fernández 2003. 143P/Kowal-Mrkos and the shapes of cometary nuclei. A.J. 125, 3366. [ADS]



Y. R. Fernández 2002. The nucleus of comet Hale-Bopp: size and activity. Earth Moon & Planets 89, 3. [ADS]

Y. R. Fernández et al. 2002. Thermal properties of Centaurs Asbolus and Chiron. A.J. 123, 1050. [ADS]

H. Campins and Y. R. Fernández 2002. Surface characteristics of cometary nuclei. Earth Moon & Planets 89, 117. [ADS]

J. M. Bauer, K. J. Meech, Y. R. Fernández, et al. 2002. Observations of the Centaur 1999 UG5: Evidence of a unique outer Solar System surface. P.A.S.P. 114, 1309. [ADS]

C. M. Lisse, A. Schulz, Y. R. Fernández, et al. 2002. Discovery of an extremely red object in the field of HD 155826. Ap.J. 570, 779. [ADS]



Y. R. Fernández et al. 2001. Low albedos among extinct comet candidates. Ap.J. 553, L197. [ADS]

D. C. Jewitt and Y. R. Fernández 2001. Physical properties of planet-crossing objects. In Collisional Processes in the Solar System (H. Rickman and M. Marov, Eds.), pp. 143-161. Kluwer, Dordrecht. [ADS]



Y. R. Fernández et al. 2000. Physical properties of the nucleus of comet 2P/Encke. Icarus 147, 145. [ADS]



Y. R. Fernández et al. 1999. The nucleus and inner coma of comet Hale-Bopp: Results from a stellar occultation. Icarus 140, 205. [ADS]

C. M. Lisse, Y. R. Fernández, et al. 1999. Infrared observations of the dust emitted by comet Hale-Bopp. Earth Moon & Planets 78, 251. [ADS]

C. M. Lisse, Y. R. Fernández, et al. 1999. The nucleus of comet Hyakutake (C/1996 B2). Icarus 140, 189. [ADS]





Y. R. Fernández et al. 1997. Analysis of POSS images of comet-asteroid transition object 107P/1949 W1 (Wilson-Harrington). Icarus 128, 114. [ADS ]

Y. R. Fernández et al. 1997. X-Band VLA observations of comet Hyakutake (C/1996 B2) and implications for nuclear properties. Plan. & Sp. Sci. 45, 735. [ADS ]

I. de Pater, et al.including Y. R. Fernández 1997. BIMA array observations of comet Hyakutake: upper limit to the 2.7 mm continuum emission. Plan. & Sp. Sci. 45, 731. [ADS]
Updated Nov 2008