Sciences and Exploration Directorate

Peter R Young

(RESEARCH ASTROPHYSICIST)

Peter R Young's Contact Card & Information.
Email: peter.r.young@nasa.gov
Phone: 301.286.4958
Org Code: 671
Address:
NASA/GSFC
Mail Code 671
Greenbelt, MD 20771
Employer:
NASA

Brief Bio


Dr Young grew up in the town of Amble in England and read Mathematics at Cambridge University. After completing Part III of the Maths Tripos he obtained a PhD working with Dr Helen Mason at the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics. His thesis title was "EUV Spectroscopy of Solar and Stellar Atmospheres". Following a postdoctoral position at Cambridge he moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts to work at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics with Dr Andrea Dupree on the analysis of stellar spectra from the FUSE mission. Dr Young returned to England to take up a position at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory where he was the SOHO/CDS Project Scientist and the RAL Project Manager for Hinode/EIS. In 2008 he moved back to the USA to join the Hinode/EIS team at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington DC, where he was employed by George Mason University. In 2015 he moved to the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, and in 2018 he became a civil servant with NASA.

Dr Young has published over 130 articles that have received more than 10000 citations, and he has an h-index of 50. A full publication list is available.

Positions/Employment


Research Astrophysicist

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center - Greenbelt, MD, USA

2018 - Present


Visiting Professor

University of Northumbria - Newcastle, United Kingdom

2016 - Present


Research Professor

George Mason University - Fairfax, VA

2015 - 2018

(based at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)


Research Professor

George Mason University - Fairfax, VA

2008 - 2015

(based at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory)


Solar Physicist

Rutherford Appleton Laboratory - United Kingdom

2002 - 2008



Astrophysicist

Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory - Cambridge, MA

1999 - 2002



Postdoctoral Research Associate

University of Cambridge - United Kingdom

1998 - 1999


Education


1998, PhD, University of Cambridge
1996, MA, University of Cambridge
1993, Certificate of Advanced Study in Mathematics, University of Cambridge
1992, BA, University of Cambridge

Professional Societies


Royal Astronomical Society

2003 - Present


American Astronomical Society

2008 - Present


American Geophysical Union

2014 - Present


International Astronomical Union

2015 - Present

Professional Service


Secretary of the Solar Physics Division of the American Astronomical Society (2019-2022).

Awards


  • Group Achievement Award for the CHIANTI atomic database, Royal Astronomical Society, 2010
  • Group Achievement Award for the Hinode/EIS mission, Royal Astronomical Society, 2015
  • NASA Goddard Heliophysics Division Peer Award, 2016
  • Robert H. Goddard Award for Exceptional Achievement, 2023
  • NASA Honor Agency Award (Group Achievement) for the CHIANTI consortium, 2024

Selected Publications


Refereed

2023. "Updated Reference Wavelengths for Si vii and Mg vii Lines in the 272–281 Å Range." The Astrophysical Journal 958 (1): 40 [10.3847/1538-4357/ad0548] [Journal Article/Letter]

2023. "CHIANTI—An Atomic Database for Emission Lines. XVII. Version 10.1: Revised Ionization and Recombination Rates and Other Updates*." The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 268 (2): 52 [10.3847/1538-4365/acec79] [Journal Article/Letter]

2023. "Centre-to-limb variations in coronal hole and quiet sun regions obtained with IRIS spectroscopic observations." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 526 (1): 383-390 [10.1093/mnras/stad2761] [Journal Article/Letter]

2023. "A multiple spacecraft detection of the 2 April 2022 M-class flare and filament eruption during the first close Solar Orbiter perihelion." Astronomy & Astrophysics 677 A130 [10.1051/0004-6361/202346321] [Journal Article/Letter]

2023. "The Transition Region of Solar Flare Loops." The Astrophysical Journal 943 (2): 120 [10.3847/1538-4357/aca8a9] [Journal Article/Letter]

2023. "A spectroscopic measurement of high velocity spray plasma from an M-class flare and coronal mass ejection." Advances in Space Research 71 (4): 1900-1906 [10.1016/j.asr.2022.06.002] [Journal Article/Letter]

2023. "Advancing solar and heliospheric science through the ongoing development and support of atomic and laboratory plasma physics." Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences 10 1056255 [10.3389/fspas.2023.1056255] [Journal Article/Letter]

2023. "The case for solar full-disk spectral diagnostics: Chromosphere to corona." Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences 9 1064192 [10.3389/fspas.2022.1064192] [Journal Article/Letter]

2022. "Plasma Composition Measurements in an Active Region from Solar Orbiter/SPICE and Hinode/EIS." The Astrophysical Journal 940 (1): 66 [10.3847/1538-4357/ac9b0b] [Journal Article/Letter]

2022. "Scattered Light in the Hinode/EIS and SDO/AIA Instruments Measured from the 2012 Venus Transit." The Astrophysical Journal 938 (1): 27 [10.3847/1538-4357/ac8472] [Journal Article/Letter]

2022. "Additions to the Spectrum of Fe ix in the 110–200 Å Region." The Astrophysical Journal 936 (1): 60 [10.3847/1538-4357/ac7d51] [Journal Article/Letter]

2022. "Properties of EUV Imaging Spectrometer (EIS) Slot Observations." Solar Physics 297 (7): 87 [10.1007/s11207-022-02014-4] [Journal Article/Letter]

2022. "Revised Analysis of Fe vii." The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 258 (2): 37 [10.3847/1538-4365/ac3a7e] [Journal Article/Letter]

2021. "An Analysis of Spikes in Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) Data." Solar Physics 296 (12): 181 [10.1007/s11207-021-01929-8] [Journal Article/Letter]

2021. "First observations from the SPICE EUV spectrometer on Solar Orbiter." Astronomy & Astrophysics 656 A38 [10.1051/0004-6361/202141221] [Journal Article/Letter]

2021. "Future Prospects for Solar EUV and Soft X-Ray Spectroscopy Missions." Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences 8 [10.3389/fspas.2021.662790] [Journal Article/Letter]

2021. "CHIANTI—An Atomic Database for Emission Lines. XVI. Version 10, Further Extensions." The Astrophysical Journal 909 (1): 38 [10.3847/1538-4357/abd8ce] [Journal Article/Letter]

2021. "Extreme-ultraviolet bursts and nanoflares in the quiet-Sun transition region and corona." Astronomy & Astrophysics 647 A159 [10.1051/0004-6361/202039969] [Journal Article/Letter]

2021. "Fe vii Emission Lines in the Wavelength Range 193–197 Å." The Astrophysical Journal 908 (1): 104 [10.3847/1538-4357/abd39b] [Journal Article/Letter]

2020. "The Solar Orbiter Science Activity Plan." Astronomy & Astrophysics 642 A3 [10.1051/0004-6361/202038445] [Journal Article/Letter]

2020. "Atomic Data for Plasma Spectroscopy: The CHIANTI Database, Improvements and Challenges." Atoms 8 (3): 46 [10.3390/atoms8030046] [Journal Article/Letter]

2019. "Spectroscopic Constraints on the Cross-sectional Asymmetry and Expansion of Active Region Loops." The Astrophysical Journal 885 (1): 7 [10.3847/1538-4357/ab449e] [Journal Article/Letter]

2019. "Multi-component Decomposition of Astronomical Spectra by Compressed Sensing." The Astrophysical Journal 882 (1): 13 [10.3847/1538-4357/ab263d] [Journal Article/Letter]

2019. "Plasmoid-mediated reconnection in solar UV bursts." Astronomy & Astrophysics 628 A8 [10.1051/0004-6361/201935820] [Journal Article/Letter]

2019. "Impact of small-scale emerging flux from the photosphere to the corona: a case study from IRIS." Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union 15 (S354): 439-442 [10.1017/s1743921319009724] [Journal Article/Letter]

2019. "The Sun: Our own backyard plasma laboratory." Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union 15 (S350): 333-340 [10.1017/s1743921319008366] [Journal Article/Letter]

2019. "CHIANTI—An Atomic Database for Emission Lines. XV. Version 9, Improvements for the X-Ray Satellite Lines." The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 241 (2): 22 [10.3847/1538-4365/ab05cf] [Journal Article/Letter]

2019. "IRIS Observations of Magnetic Interactions in the Solar Atmosphere between Preexisting and Emerging Magnetic Fields. II. UV Emission Properties." The Astrophysical Journal 871 (1): 82 [10.3847/1538-4357/aaf79d] [Journal Article/Letter]

2019. "SI iv Resonance Line Emission during Solar Flares: Non-LTE, Nonequilibrium, Radiation Transfer Simulations." The Astrophysical Journal 871 (1): 23 [10.3847/1538-4357/aaf46e] [Journal Article/Letter]