Dr. Yarnall is a NASA postdoctoral scientist.
Yukiko Yarnall
(POST DOC)
| Email: | yukiko.y.yarnall@nasa.gov |
| Phone: | 301.286.9031 |
| Org Code: | 691 |
| Address: |
NASA/GSFC Mail Code 691 Greenbelt, MD 20771 |
| Employer: | UMBC Univ. of MD, Baltimore |
Brief Bio
Teaching Experience
2019 Adjunct professor of General Chemistry lecture for Enlisted to Medical Degree Preparatory Program (EMDP2), George Mason University, Manassas, Virginia
2015-2017 Graduate lecture Instructor of General Chemistry laboratory for Enlisted to Medical Degree Preparatory Program (EMDP2), George Mason University, Manassas, Virginia
2015 Graduate Teaching Assistant instructor of General Chemistry laboratory, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia
2014 Graduate lecture instructor of Physical Chemistry laboratory, George Mason, University, Fairfax, Virginia
Education
2019 PhD Chemistry and Biochemistry George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia
2016 MS Mathematics George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia
2014 BS Chemistry and Biochemistry George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia
2014 BS Mathematics George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia
Awards
2019 NASA Postdoctoral Program
2017 NSF Graduate Research Opportunities Worldwide, Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan
2016 Annual Graduate Student Award, George Mason University
2015 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
2015 NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship
2014 ACS Chemical Society of Washington College Chemistry Achievement Award
Talks, Presentations and Posters
Other
Identification and quantification of Interstellar ices and salts using IR intensities
July 9, 2022
Leeward Community College, Pearl City HI, USA, Oral.
Spectrum Analysis of Interstellar and Planetary Ices & Salts
July 9, 2022
Waipahu Highschool, Waipahu HI, USA, Virtual meeting.
Experimental Study of Infrared Spectral Intensities of Amine Ices, Precursors to Amino Acid
June 17, 2022
AbSciCon 2022, i-poster and flash talk, Atlanta Georgia, USA
Experimental Study of NH4CN at Low Temperatures: IR Optial Properties and Sublimation Behavior
June 2, 2021
Astrochemistry Subdivision of the American Chemical Society
AstroCheminer: Online Seminar Series: online talk
http://astro.phys-acs.org/AstroCheminar.html
Publications
Refereed
2024. "Radiation-Driven Destruction of Thiophene and Methyl-Substituted Thiophenes." Astrobiology 24 (11): 1085-1095 [10.1089/ast.2024.0038] [Journal Article/Letter]
2024. "Infrared Spectroscopic and Physical Properties of Methanol Ices—Reconciling the Conflicting Published Band Strengths of an Important Interstellar Solid." The Astrophysical Journal 970 (2): 108 [10.3847/1538-4357/ad47a5] [Journal Article/Letter]
2024. "Sublimation and infrared spectral properties of ammonium cyanide." Icarus 413 116007 [10.1016/j.icarus.2024.116007] [Journal Article/Letter]
2023. "Infrared spectra and optical constants of astronomical ices: V. cyclopropane and ethylene oxide." Icarus 396 115499 [10.1016/j.icarus.2023.115499] [Journal Article/Letter]
2022. "Infrared intensities of methyl acetate, an interstellar compound - comparisons of three organic esters." Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy 283 121738 [10.1016/j.saa.2022.121738] [Journal Article/Letter]
2022. "Benzene Vapor Pressures at Titan Temperatures: First Microbalance Results." The Planetary Science Journal 3 (5): 120 [10.3847/PSJ/ac67a5] [Journal Article/Letter]
2022. "A New Method for Measuring IR Band Strengths in H2O-Ices: First Results for OCS, H2S, and SO2 ." The Astrophysical Journal Letters [10.3847/2041-8213/ac6b32] [Journal Article/Letter]
2022. "Infrared Spectra and Intensities of Amorphous and Crystalline Allene." ACS Earth and Space Chemistry [10.1021/acsearthspacechem.1c00339] [Journal Article/Letter]
2022. "Infrared Spectral Intensities of Amine Ices, Precursors to Amino Acids." Astrobiology 22 (4): 452-461 [10.1089/ast.2021.0138] [Journal Article/Letter]
2022. "Ammonia Ices Revisited: New IR Intensities and Optical Constants for Solid NH3." The Astrophysical Journal 925 (2): 156 [10.3847/1538-4357/ac3e74] [Journal Article/Letter]
2022. "Crystalline ices – Densities and comparisons for planetary and interstellar applications." Icarus 373 114799 [10.1016/j.icarus.2021.114799] [Journal Article/Letter]
2022. "Direct measurements of infrared intensities of HCN and H2O + HCN ices for laboratory and observational astrochemistry." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 509 (3): 3515-3522 [10.1093/mnras/stab2992] [Journal Article/Letter]
2022. "Infrared Spectra and Optical Constants of Astronomical Ices: IV. Benzene and Pyridine." Icarus [10.1016/j.icarus.2022.114899] [Journal Article/Letter]
2021. "Infrared spectra and optical constants of astronomical ices: III. Propane, propylene, and propyne." Icarus 354 114033 [10.1016/j.icarus.2020.114033] [Journal Article/Letter]
2020. "Infrared band strengths and other properties of amorphous and crystalline dimethyl ether." Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy 233 118217 [10.1016/j.saa.2020.118217] [Journal Article/Letter]
2020. "Propanal, an interstellar aldehyde - first infrared band strengths and other properties of the amorphous and crystalline forms." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 494 (4): 4606–4615 [10.1093/mnras/staa1028] [Journal Article/Letter]
2019. "Nitrogen Sublimation as a Driver of Chemistry in Pluto-Analog Laboratory Ices: Formation of Carbon Suboxide (C3O2) and Various Salts." ACS Earth and Space Chemistry 3 (8): 1640-1655 [10.1021/acsearthspacechem.9b00005] [Journal Article/Letter]