Brief Bio

Dr. Jennifer Wiseman is a senior astrophysicist at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, where she serves as the Senior Project Scientist for the Hubble Space Telescope.   She previously headed the Laboratory for Exoplanets and Stellar Astrophysics.   She studies star forming regions of our galaxy using radio, optical, and infrared telescopes, with a particular interest in molecular cloud cores, protostars, and outflows.  Dr. Wiseman is also interested in science policy and public science outreach and engagement.

Selected Publications

Refereed

Sewiło, M., S. B. Charnley, P. Schilke, et al. V. Taquet, J. M. Oliveira, T. Shimonishi, E. Wirström, R. Indebetouw, J. L. Ward, J. T. van Loon, J. Wiseman, S. Zahorecz, T. Onishi, A. Kawamura, C.-H. R. Chen, Y. Fukui, and R. Hamedani Golshan. 2019. "Complex Organic Molecules in Star-Forming Regions of the Magellanic Clouds." ACS Earth and Space Chemistry 3 (10): 2088-2109 [10.1021/acsearthspacechem.9b00065]

Sewilo, M., B. Whitney, B. Yung, et al. T. Robitaille, D. Elia, R. Indebetouw, E. Schisano, R. Szczerba, A. Karska, J. Wiseman, B. Babler, M. Boyer, W. Fischer, M. Meade, L. Olmi, D. Padgett, and N. Siodmiak. 2019. "VizieR Online Data Catalog: YSO candidates in Canis Major OB1 association (Sewilo+, 2019)." VizieR Online Data Catalog J/ApJS/240/26

Sewilo, M., B. A. Whitney, B. H. Yung, et al. T. P. Robitaille, D. Elia, R. Indebetouw, E. Schisano, R. Szczerba, A. Karska, J. Wiseman, B. Babler, M. L. Boyer, W. J. Fischer, M. Meade, L. Olmi, D. Padgett, and N. Si'odmiak. 2019. "Identifying Young Stellar Objects in the Outer Galaxy: l = 224textdegree Region in Canis Major." Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 240 (2): 26 [10.3847/1538-4365/aaf86f]

Sewilo, M., R. Indebetouw, S. B. Charnley, et al. S. Zahorecz, J. M. Oliveira, J. T. van Loon, J. L. Ward, C.-H. Chen, J. Wiseman, Y. Fukui, A. Kawamura, M. Meixner, T. Onishi, and P. Schilke. 2018. "The Detection of Hot Cores and Complex Organic Molecules in the Large Magellanic Cloud." Astrophysical Journal Letters 853 (2): L19 [10.3847/2041-8213/aaa079]

Sewilo, M., J. Wiseman, R. Indebetouw, et al. S. B. Charnley, J. E. Pineda, J. E. Lindberg, and S.-L. Qin. 2017. "Very Large Array Ammonia Observations of the HH 111/HH 121 Protostellar System: A Detection of a New Source with a Peculiar Chemistry." The Astrophysical Journal 849 (1): 68 [10.3847/1538-4357/aa8b18]

Wiseman, J., and M. Sewilo. 2017. "Astrophysics: Multi-molecular views of a stellar nursery." Nature 546 (7656): 37-39 [10.1038/nature22499]

Nishikawa, T., M. Takami, M. Hayashi, J. Wiseman, and T.-S. Pyo. 2008. "SUBARU High-Dispersion Spectroscopy of Hensuremathalpha and [N II] 6583 rA Emission in the HH 46/47 Jet." The Astrophysical Journal 684 (2): 1260-1272 [10.1086/588644]

Beltr'an, M., J. Wiseman, P. Ho, et al. R. Estalella, G. Fuller, and A. Wootten. 2008. "Dissection of the protostellar envelope surrounding IRAS 05173-0555 in L1634." Astronomy & Astrophysics 485 (2): 517-526 [10.1051/0004-6361:20079224]

Wiseman, J., A. Wootten, H. Zinnecker, and M. McCaughrean. 2001. "The Flattened, Rotating Molecular Gas Core of Protostellar Jet HH 212." Astrophysical Journal Letters 550 (1): L87-L90 [10.1086/319474]

Wiseman, J. J., and P. T. Ho. 1998. "Large-Scale Structure, Kinematics, and Heating of the Orion Ridge. I. VLA NH$_3$ (1, 1) and (2, 2) Multifield Mosaics." The Astrophysical Journal 502 (2): 676-694 [10.1086/305930]

Wiseman, J. J., and P. T. Ho. 1996. "Heated gaseous streamers and star formation in the Orion molecular cloud." Nature 382 (6587): 139-141 [10.1038/382139a0]

Wiseman, J. J. 1995. "Large Scale Structure, Kinematics, and Heating of the Orion Ridge." PhD Thesis, Harvard University

Adams, F. C., and J. J. Wiseman. 1994. "Formal Results Regarding Metric Space Techniques for the Study of Astrophysical Maps." The Astrophysical Journal 435 693 [10.1086/174847]

Wiseman, J. J., and F. C. Adams. 1994. "A Quantitative Analysis of IRAS Maps of Molecular Clouds." The Astrophysical Journal 435 708 [10.1086/174848]

Wiseman, J., and P. Ho. 1994. "Fragmentation and Heating of Streamers in Orion." apss 216 (1-2): 139-142 [10.1007/BF00982483]

Non-Refereed

Nave, G., P. Barklem, M. T. Belmonte, et al. N. Brickhouse, P. Butler, F. Cashman, M. Chatzikos, C. R. Cowley, E. Den Hartog, S. Federman, G. Ferland, M. Fogle, H. Hartman, F. Guzman, S. Heap, F. Kerber, A. Kramida, V. P. Kulkarni, J. E. Lawler, J. Marler, S. Nahar, J. Pickering, P. Quinet, Y. Ralchenko, D. Savin, C. Sneden, E. Takacs, G. Wahlgren, J. Webb, J. Wiseman, and M. Wood. 2019. "Atomic data for astrophysics: Needs and challenges." baas 51 1

Wiseman, J. J., M. M. Sewilo, R. Indebetouw, et al. J. Lindberg, S. B. Charnley, and J. E. Pineda. 2017. "A Newly Discovered Source with Peculiar Chemistry Near the HH 111/HH 121 Protostellar System." American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts #229 229 212.04

Wiseman, J. J. 2016. "Maximizing the Scientific Return and Legacy of the Hubble Space Telescope Mission." American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts #227 227 222.01

Wiseman, J. 2015. "The Hubble Space Telescope at 25: Lessons Learned for Future Missions." IAU General Assembly 29 2258532

Wiseman, J. J., M. Barsony, and R. Sahai. 2011. "''Extremely Low Mass: The Circumstellar Envelope of a Potential Proto-Brown Dwarf." AAS/Division for Extreme Solar Systems Abstracts 27.04

Wiseman, J. 2011. "The Hubble Space Telescope and Laboratory Astrophysics." 2010 NASA Laboratory Astrophysics Workshop I9

Wiseman, J. J., M. Barsony, and R. Sahai. 2011. "VLA Ammonia Observations of IRAS 16253-2429: A Very Young and Low Mass Protostellar System." American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts #217 217 113.02

Wiseman, J., M. Barsony, and R. Sahai. 2010. "The Wasp-Waist Nebula: VLA Ammonia Observations of the Molecular Core Envelope In a Unique Class 0 Protostellar System." American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts #215 215 429.24

Postman, M., W. Traub, J. Krist, et al. K. Stapelfeldt, R. Brown, W. Oegerle, A. Lo, M. Clampin, R. Soummer, J. Wiseman, and M. Mountain. 2010. "Advanced Technology Large-Aperture Space Telescope (ATLAST): Characterizing Habitable Worlds." Pathways Towards Habitable Planets 430 361

Kasting, J., W. Traub, A. Roberge, et al. A. Leger, A. Schwartz, A. Wootten, A. Vosteen, A. Lo, A. Brack, A. Tanner, A. Coustenis, B. Lane, B. Oppenheimer, B. Mennesson, B. Lopez, C. Grillmair, C. Beichman, C. Cockell, C. Hanot, C. McCarthy, C. Stark, C. Marois, C. Aime, D. Angerhausen, D. Montes, D. Wilner, D. Defrere, D. Mourard, D. Lin, E. Kite, E. Chassefiere, F. Malbet, F. Tian, F. Westall, G. Illingworth, G. Vasisht, G. Serabyn, G. Marcy, G. Bryden, G. White, G. Laughlin, G. Torres, H. Hammel, H. Ferguson, H. Shibai, H. Rottgering, J. Surdej, J. Wiseman, J. Ge, J. Bally, J. Krist, J. Monnier, J. Trauger, J. Horner, J. Catanzarite, J. Harrington, J. Nishikawa, K. Stapelfeldt, K. von Braun, K. Biazzo, K. Carpenter, K. Balasubramanian, L. Kaltenegger, M. Postman, M. Spaans, M. Turnbull, M. Levine, M. Burchell, M. Ealey, M. Kuchner, M. Marley, M. Dominik, M. Mountain, M. Kenworthy, M. Muterspaugh, M. Shao, M. Zhao, M. Tamura, N. Kasdin, N. Haghighipour, N. Kiang, N. Elias, N. Woolf, N. Mason, O. Absil, O. Guyon, O. Lay, P. Borde, P. Fouque, P. Kalas, P. Lowrance, P. Plavchan, P. Hinz, P. Kervella, P. Chen, R. Akeson, R. Soummer, R. Waters, R. Barry, R. Kendrick, R. Brown, R. Vanderbei, R. Woodruff, R. Danner, R. Allen, R. Polidan, S. Seager, S. MacPhee, S. Hosseini, S. Metchev, S. Kafka, S. Ridgway, S. Rinehart, S. Unwin, S. Shaklan, T. ten Brummelaar, T. Mazeh, V. Meadows, W. Weiss, W. Danchi, W. Ip, and Y. Rabbia. 2009. "Exoplanet Characterization and the Search for Life." astro2010: The Astronomy and Astrophysics Decadal Survey 2010 151

Postman, M., V. Argabright, B. Arnold, et al. D. Aronstein, P. Atcheson, M. Blouke, T. Brown, D. Calzetti, W. Cash, M. Clampin, D. Content, D. Dailey, R. Danner, R. Doxsey, D. Ebbets, P. Eisenhardt, L. Feinberg, A. Fruchter, M. Giavalisco, T. Glassman, Q. Gong, J. Green, J. Grunsfeld, T. Gull, G. Hickey, R. Hopkins, J. Hraba, T. Hyde, I. Jordan, J. Kasdin, S. Kendrick, S. Kilston, A. Koekemoer, B. Korechoff, J. Krist, J. Mather, C. Lillie, A. Lo, R. Lyon, P. McCullough, G. Mosier, M. Mountain, B. Oegerle, B. Pasquale, L. Purves, C. Penera, R. Polidan, D. Redding, K. Sahu, B. Saif, K. Sembach, M. Shull, S. Smith, G. Sonneborn, D. Spergel, P. Stahl, K. Stapelfeldt, H. Thronson, G. Thronton, J. Townsend, W. Traub, S. Unwin, J. Valenti, R. Vanderbei, M. Werner, R. Wesenberg, J. Wiseman, and B. Woodgate. 2009. "Advanced Technology Large-Aperture Space Telescope (ATLAST): A Technology Roadmap for the Next Decade." eprint arXiv:09040941 0904 941 [Full Text (Link)]

Stapelfeldt, K., J. Trauger, W. Traub, et al. M. Clampin, W. Oegerle, J. Wiseman, and O. Guyon. 2007. "First Steps in Direct Imaging of Planetary Systems Like our Own: The Science Potential of 2-m Class Optical Space Telescopes." arXiv e-prints arXiv:0707.1886

Nishikawa, T., M. Takami, M. Hayashi, J. Wiseman, and T.-S. Pyo. 2005. "Subaru High-Dispersion Spectroscopy of H-alpha in the HH 46/47 Jet." Protostars and Planets V Posters 8572

Marvel, K., J. Wiseman, and S. Baum. 2003. "Scientists as Policymakers in DC." American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts 203 72.01

Wootten, A., J. G. Mangum, J. Wiseman, and G. A. Fuller. 2003. "Depletion in the Star-Forming Core IRAM04191+1523." IAU Symposium 221 P131

Wootten, A., J. Mangum, J. Wiseman, and G. Fuller. 2002. "Depletion in the Star-Forming Core IRAM04191." American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts 201 20.07

Wiseman, J., and J. Biretta. 2002. "What can we learn about extragalactic jets from galactic jets?" nar 46 (2-7): 411-415 [10.1016/S1387-6473(02)00152-5]

Wiseman, J., M. Putman, and P. Ho. 2002. "The Environmental Impact and Blocking of the Massive Outflow in Orion (OMC-1)." Hot Star Workshop III: The Earliest Phases of Massive Star Birth 267 443

Wootten, A., J. Wiseman, and G. Fuller. 2001. "Gas Kinematics Around the Youngest Protostars and Jets: The Ammonia Core Encompassing IRAM04191." American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts 199 60.02

Wiseman, J. 2001. "Dynamics of Flattened Molecular Gas Envelopes around Protostars." Tetons 4: Galactic Structure, Stars and the Interstellar Medium 231 622

Wiseman, J. 2001. "Rotating Molecular Gas Envelopes around Protostellar Jet Sources." Science with the Atacama Large Millimeter Array 235 179

Wiseman, J., G. Fuller, and A. Wootten. 2000. "Rotating Gas Envelopes of the Youngest Protostars and Jets." American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts 197 29.02

Wiseman, J. 2000. "Dynamics of Molecular Gas Around Protostars." Star Formation from the Small to the Large Scale 445 195-200

Wiseman, J. 2000. "Multi-Field Imaging with the Very Large Array." Imaging at Radio through Submillimeter Wavelengths 217 251

Wiseman, J., A. Wootten, G. Fuller, H. Zinnecker, and M. McCaughrean. 1999. "Rotating Molecular Gas Disks around Protostellar Jets." American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts 195 02.01

Wiseman, J. J. 1999. "Rotating Molecular Gas Disks around Protostellar Jet Sources." Science with the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) 75

Wiseman, J., P. Ho, and R. Brown. 1997. "The Structure and Environmental Impacts of Protostellar Outflows in DR 21 and Orion." American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts 191 121.05

Wiseman, J. J., M. E. Putman, and P. T. Ho. 1997. "VLA ammonia (3,3) observations of heated and high velocity gas in Orion-KL." American Institute of Physics Conference Series 393 391-394 [10.1063/1.52753]

Wiseman, J. J., M. E. Putman, and P. T. Ho. 1997. "H-H ejecta and the heating of the Orion Ridge." Herbig-Haro Flows and the Birth of Stars 182 W6

Wiseman, J., and P. Ho. 1995. "Kinematics, Fragmentation, and Heating of Molecular Streamers in the Orion Ridge." The Physics and Chemistry of Interstellar Molecular Clouds 459 125 [10.1007/BFb0102108]

Wiseman, J., and P. Ho. 1994. "Large Scale Structure and Kinematics of the Orion Ridge.." IAU Colloq. 140: Astronomy with Millimeter and Submillimeter Wave Interferometry 59 234

Wiseman, J. J., and P. T. Ho. 1994. "Molecular Streamers in Orion: Haystack C18 O and VLA NH3 Observations." Clouds, Cores, and Low Mass Stars 65 396

Wiseman, J., and P. Ho. 1993. "Large Scale Structure, Kinematics, and Temperature Distribution of the Orion Ridge." American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts 183 26.01D

Wiseman, J., and P. Ho. 1993. "Large Scale Structure & Kinematics of the Orion Ridge." American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts #182 182 37.10

Wiseman, J., and F. Adams. 1991. "Analysis of IRAS Molecular Cloud Maps." baas 23 1371

Wiseman, J., and P. Ho. 1990. "Extended Structure in the Orion Molecular Cloud-1." baas 22 1298

Wiseman, J., and B. Skiff. 1987. "Comet Wiseman-Skiff (1987b)." iaucirc 4299 1

Mori, H., T. Seki, J. Wiseman, et al. S. Bus, E. Bowell, and B. Marsden. 1987. "Periodic Comet Wiseman-Skiff (1987b)." iaucirc 4301 1