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Dr. Lisa M. Young, Professor of Physics
New Mexico Tech
801 Leroy Place
Socorro, NM 87801
575-835-5104
fax: 575-835-5707

lyoung at physics.nmt.edu

Office: 363 Workman

Education
1987 University of Illinois Laboratory High School (Go Uni!)
1991 AB magna cum laude in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Harvard University
1997 PhD in Astronomy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Employment
1995-1997 Predoctoral Fellow, NRAO Socorro
1997-1999 Tombaugh Postdoctoral Scholar, Astronomy Department, NMSU
2000-2005 Assistant Professor, Physics, NMT
2005-2014 Associate Professor, Physics, NMT
2014-present Professor, Physics, NMT

Teaching
Physics 321 (Intermediate Mechanics)
Physics 425 (Plasma Astrophysics: Fluids and MHD)
Physics 426 (Plasma Astrophysics: Radiative Processes and High Energy Astrophysics)

Research Interests
My research concerns the structure and evolution of galaxies. I focus on the interstellar medium (ISM) and the interplay between the ISM and the rest of the galaxy (stars, dark matter). The ISM serves as the raw material for future star formation activity, reveals the past history of a galaxy, and is a useful tracer of the mass distribution. I work on elliptical, spiral, and dwarf galaxies.

Google Scholar page: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=AAb-LnoAAAAJ

Selected Semi-Recent Papers

Young, L. M., Scott, N., Serra, P., et al. (2013) “The Atlas3D project – XXVII. Cold gas and the colours and ages of early-type galaxies,” MNRAS, in press (arXiv:1312.6318) (ADS)
Lucero, D. M., & Young, L. M. (2013) “A High-resolution Study of the Atomic Hydrogen in CO-rich Early-type Galaxies,” AJ, 145, 56 (arXiv:1211.6808) (ADS)
Nyland, K., Alatalo, K., Wrobel, J. M., Young, L. M., et al. (2013) “Detection of a high brightness temperature radio core in the AGN-driven molecular outflow candidate NGC 1266,” ApJ, in press (arXiv:1310.7588) (ADS)
Bayet, E., Bureau, M., Davis, T. A., Young, L. M., et al. (2013) “The Atlas3D project – XVI. Physical parameters and spectral line energy distributions of the molecular gas in gas-rich early-type galaxies,” MNRAS, 432, 1742 (arXiv:1212.2630) (ADS)
Young, L. M., Bureau, M., Davis, T. A., et al. (2011) “The Atlas3D project – IV. The molecular gas content of early-type galaxies,” MNRAS, 414, 940 (arXiv:1102.4633) (ADS)
Young, Lisa M., Bendo, G. J., & Lucero, D. (2009) “Mid- to Far-IR Emission and Star Formation in Early-Type Galaxies,” AJ, 137, 3053 (arXiv:0811.1381) (ADS)
Young, Lisa M., Bureau, M., & Cappellari, M. (2008) “Structure and Kinematics of Molecular Disks in Fast-Rotator Early-Type Galaxies,” ApJ, 676, 317 (arXiv:0712.4189) (ADS)
Young, L. M., Skillman, E. D., Weisz, D. A., & Dolphin, A. (2007) "The Aptly Named Phoenix Dwarf Galaxy,'' ApJ, 659, 331 (astro-ph/0612766) (ADS)
Young, L. M. (2005) "Molecular Disks in the Elliptical Galaxies NGC 83 and NGC 2320,'' ApJ, 634, 258 (astro-ph/0508330) (ADS)