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Karin Öberg

May 08, 2024

Karin Ingegerd Öberg (born August 27, 1982) is a Swedish astrochemist.[1] She is a Professor of Astronomy at Harvard University and leader of the Öberg Astrochemistry Group at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian.[2] Her research concerns star formation, planet formation, and stellar evolution in relation to organic molecules, which are necessary to determine the origins of life on Earth and elsewhere.[3][4] In April 2015, her group discovered the first complex organic molecule in a protoplanetary disk.[2][5][6]

Karin Öberg
Born
Karin Ingegerd Öberg

(1982-08-27) August 27, 1982 (age 41)
Nyköping, Sweden
NationalitySwedish
Alma materCalifornia Institute of Technology, Leiden University
Known forDiscovering the first complex molecule in a protoplanetary disk
AwardsHubble Postdoctoral Fellowship, Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship in Physics, Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering
Scientific career
FieldsAstrochemistry, Astronomy
InstitutionsHarvard University, University of Virginia
ThesisComplex processes in simple ices: Laboratory and observational studies of gas-grain interactions during star formation (2009)
Websitehttps://karinoberg.cfa.harvard.edu/

Early life edit

Karin Öberg was born in Nyköping, Sweden.[1] At age 6, her family relocated to Karlskrona, where she spent the rest of her childhood.[1] She was raised alongside two brothers, and attended public primary, secondary, and high schools.[1] In 2001, Öberg's high school chemistry teacher signed her up for the local Chemistry Olympiad. She qualified for the international competition, being one of four students to represent Sweden.[7] Also during her senior year at the Chapmanskolan gymnasium, she conducted a project under the supervision of her father, which resulted in her first publication.[1]

Education edit

Öberg was educated at the California Institute of Technology and graduated cum laude in 2005 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry.[8] She has said that "Caltech was a birth through fire experience into science, which taught [her] to think, to ask questions, and to solve problems as [she] scarce had thought [her] mind capable of."[1] During her time as an undergraduate, she was a member of physical chemistry and astrochemistry research,[1] and published two scientific papers based on her work in the groups.[1]

Following her undergraduate studies, Öberg took up a Ph.D. position at Leiden University in the Netherlands under the supervision of Ewine van Dishoeck and Harold Linnartz.[1] She spent four years combining laboratory simulation and astronomical observation to study the chemistry and dynamics of interstellar ice.[4] This research led to a thesis, titled "Complex processes in simple ices: Laboratory and observational studies of gas-grain interactions during star formation."[1] Öberg presented the different chapters at conferences worldwide and several institutions in the United States.[1] The doctoral thesis was defended on September 16, 2009.[1] Besides conducting this research, Öberg supervised two M.Sc. projects and served as a teaching assistant for courses on Pulsars and research for undergraduate students.[1] She graduated cum laude with a Ph.D. in Astronomy from Leiden University in 2009.[8]

Career edit

After Öberg received her Ph.D. in 2009, NASA awarded her a Hubble Postdoctoral Fellowship.[9] She used this funding to research at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian until August 2012.[8] During this time, she studied the radioastronomical observations of organic molecules in young stars, such as protoplanetary disks and protostars.[4]

Next, Öberg worked at the University of Virginia as a visiting scholar and Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Astronomy until June 2013.[8] She conducted laboratory ice experiments and studied spatially- and spectrally-determined astronomical observations, both of which focused on the processes that take place during the chemical evolution of a planet or star.[4]

Öberg returned to Harvard in July 2013 as an Assistant Professor of Astronomy.[8] Here, she formed the Öberg Astrochemistry Group.[8] This group conducts research at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian.[8]

Öberg serves on the board of the Society of Catholic Scientists,[10] and is an advisor of the Purposeful Universe Project.[11]

Research edit

As of 2021, Öberg has published over 130 refereed articles, at least 36 of those as the first author, and has been cited over 11,000 times.[12][13] Her main domain of work currently pertains to astrochemistry and its effect on planet formation.[14] The Öberg Astrochemistry Group, her current research group, states that their main research addresses the following:[3]

1. the chemical evolution present during star and planet formation and its effects on planet compositions,

2. the fundamental physical chemical processes that underpin this evolution,

3. and the development of new molecular probes of different aspects of star and planet formation.

The group's research is composed of laboratory ice simulations and radio and infrared observations of astronomical behaviors and information.[3]

Discovery of a complex molecule in a protoplanetary disk edit

On April 9, 2015, the Öberg Astrochemistry Group published a paper stating they detected the first complex carbon molecule in a protoplanetary disk, this molecule being methyl cyanide.[2][5] Methyl cyanide (CH3CN) is thought to be important for the origins of life because it contains carbon-nitrogen bonds, which make up amino acids, the building blocks of proteins.[15] Up until this discovery, it was unclear if these molecules could exist in abundance in young disks because of their turbulent and chaotic nature.[15] Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), Öberg's group was able to survey the orbital debris of the newly formed star MWC 480, to discover enough methyl cyanide to fill all of Earth's oceans and the presence of other simpler molecules such as hydrogen cyanide.[5][15][16] This discovery is significant because it shows that the backbone of life, complex carbon bonds, are not exclusive to our Solar System.[5] In an interview, Öberg stated that comet records suggest the presence of complex organic molecules in other protoplanetary disks as well.[16]

The finding was published in the scientific journal Nature (volume 520), titled "The comet-like composition of a protoplanetary disk as revealed by complex cyanides."[5] It also had media coverage in The Washington Post and LA Times, along with a press release from the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO).[6][17][18]

Personal life edit

As a child, Öberg was confirmed in the Church of Sweden, but soon after became agnostic.[19] Her later conversion to Catholicism was partly inspired by G. K. Chesterton's Orthodoxy,[19] having remained a devout Catholic ever since.[20]

Selected publications edit

  • Öberg, K.; Linnartz, H.; Visser, R.; Van Dishoeck, E. (2009). "Photodesorption of Ices. II. H2O and D2O". The Astrophysical Journal. 693 (2): 1209–1218. arXiv:0812.1918. Bibcode:2009ApJ...693.1209O. doi:10.1088/0004-637x/693/2/1209. S2CID 9500068.
  • Öberg, K.; Guzmán, V.; Furuya, K.; Qi, C.; Aikawa, Y.; Andrews, S.; Wilner, D. (2015). "The comet-like composition of a protoplanetary disk as revealed by complex cyanides". Nature. 520 (7546): 198–201. arXiv:1505.06347. Bibcode:2015Natur.520..198O. doi:10.1038/nature14276. PMID 25855455. S2CID 205242974.
  • Öberg, K.; Boogert, A.; Pontoppidan, K.; Blake, G.; Evans, N.; Lahuis, F.; Dishoeck, E. (2008). "The c2d Spitzer Spectroscopic Survey of Ices around Low-Mass Young Stellar Objects. III. CH 4" (PDF). The Astrophysical Journal. 678 (2): 1032–1041. arXiv:0801.1223. Bibcode:2008ApJ...678.1032O. doi:10.1086/533432. hdl:2152/35166. S2CID 119257957.

Awards and honors edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Öberg, Karin I. (2009). Complex processes in simple ices - Laboratory and observational studies of gas-grain interactions during star formation (Ph.D.). Leiden University.[1]
  2. ^ a b c Öberg, Karin. "Home". The Öberg Astrochemistry Group. Harvard University.
  3. ^ a b c Öberg, Karin. "Research". The Öberg Astrochemistry Group. Harvard University.
  4. ^ a b c d . Simons Foundation. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.
  5. ^ a b c d e Öberg, Karin I.; Guzmán, Viviana V.; Furuya, Kenji; Qi, Chunhua; Aikawa, Yuri; Andrews, Sean M.; Loomis, Ryan; Wilner, David J. (2015). "The comet-like composition of a protoplanetary disk as revealed by complex cyanides". Nature. 520 (7546): 198–201. arXiv:1505.06347. Bibcode:2015Natur.520..198O. doi:10.1038/nature14276. PMID 25855455. S2CID 205242974.
  6. ^ a b . www.eso.org. Archived from the original on December 16, 2015. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
  7. ^ "33rd International Chemistry Olympiad Results" (PDF). International Chemistry Olympiad. Avon Health Authority.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Öberg, Karin. "Karin Öberg". The Öberg Astrochemistry Group. Harvard University.
  9. ^ "HubbleSite - NewsCenter - NASA Announces 2009 Astronomy and Astrophysics Fellows (02/25/2009) - The Full Story". hubblesite.org. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
  10. ^ "Our Leadership".
  11. ^ "About | Purposeful Universe". www.purposefuluniverse.com. Retrieved April 14, 2022.
  12. ^ "Karin Öberg - Google Scholar Citations". scholar.google.com. Retrieved March 30, 2021.
  13. ^ "NASA/ADS Public Library: Karin Öberg". Astrophysics Data System. Retrieved March 30, 2021.
  14. ^ "Karin Öberg". astronomy.fas.harvard.edu. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
  15. ^ a b c "Complex Organic Molecules Discovered in Infant Star System - NRAO: Revealing the Hidden Universe". public.nrao.edu. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
  16. ^ a b "The Building Blocks of Life Aren't Unique to Our Corner of the Galaxy". Motherboard. April 8, 2015. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
  17. ^ Feltman, Rachel (April 8, 2015). "For the first time, scientists find complex organic molecules in an infant star system". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
  18. ^ "Eureka! Complex organic molecules found in a young star system". Los Angeles Times. April 9, 2015. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
  19. ^ a b "Complete Podcast Interview Transcript: Karin Öberg, PhD, Astrochemist". Purpose Nation. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
  20. ^ "The Catholic Church Is the Mother of Modern Science". NC Register. September 21, 2022. Retrieved October 10, 2022.

May 08, 2024
karin, öberg, karin, ingegerd, öberg, born, august, 1982, swedish, astrochemist, professor, astronomy, harvard, university, leader, öberg, astrochemistry, group, center, astrophysics, harvard, smithsonian, research, concerns, star, formation, planet, formation. Karin Ingegerd Oberg born August 27 1982 is a Swedish astrochemist 1 She is a Professor of Astronomy at Harvard University and leader of the Oberg Astrochemistry Group at the Center for Astrophysics Harvard amp Smithsonian 2 Her research concerns star formation planet formation and stellar evolution in relation to organic molecules which are necessary to determine the origins of life on Earth and elsewhere 3 4 In April 2015 her group discovered the first complex organic molecule in a protoplanetary disk 2 5 6 Karin ObergBornKarin Ingegerd Oberg 1982 08 27 August 27 1982 age 41 Nykoping SwedenNationalitySwedishAlma materCalifornia Institute of Technology Leiden UniversityKnown forDiscovering the first complex molecule in a protoplanetary diskAwardsHubble Postdoctoral Fellowship Alfred P Sloan Fellowship in Physics Packard Fellowship for Science and EngineeringScientific careerFieldsAstrochemistry AstronomyInstitutionsHarvard University University of VirginiaThesisComplex processes in simple ices Laboratory and observational studies of gas grain interactions during star formation 2009 Websitehttps karinoberg cfa harvard edu Contents 1 Early life 2 Education 3 Career 4 Research 4 1 Discovery of a complex molecule in a protoplanetary disk 5 Personal life 6 Selected publications 7 Awards and honors 8 ReferencesEarly life editKarin Oberg was born in Nykoping Sweden 1 At age 6 her family relocated to Karlskrona where she spent the rest of her childhood 1 She was raised alongside two brothers and attended public primary secondary and high schools 1 In 2001 Oberg s high school chemistry teacher signed her up for the local Chemistry Olympiad She qualified for the international competition being one of four students to represent Sweden 7 Also during her senior year at the Chapmanskolan gymnasium she conducted a project under the supervision of her father which resulted in her first publication 1 Education editOberg was educated at the California Institute of Technology and graduated cum laude in 2005 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry 8 She has said that Caltech was a birth through fire experience into science which taught her to think to ask questions and to solve problems as she scarce had thought her mind capable of 1 During her time as an undergraduate she was a member of physical chemistry and astrochemistry research 1 and published two scientific papers based on her work in the groups 1 Following her undergraduate studies Oberg took up a Ph D position at Leiden University in the Netherlands under the supervision of Ewine van Dishoeck and Harold Linnartz 1 She spent four years combining laboratory simulation and astronomical observation to study the chemistry and dynamics of interstellar ice 4 This research led to a thesis titled Complex processes in simple ices Laboratory and observational studies of gas grain interactions during star formation 1 Oberg presented the different chapters at conferences worldwide and several institutions in the United States 1 The doctoral thesis was defended on September 16 2009 1 Besides conducting this research Oberg supervised two M Sc projects and served as a teaching assistant for courses on Pulsars and research for undergraduate students 1 She graduated cum laude with a Ph D in Astronomy from Leiden University in 2009 8 Career editAfter Oberg received her Ph D in 2009 NASA awarded her a Hubble Postdoctoral Fellowship 9 She used this funding to research at the Center for Astrophysics Harvard amp Smithsonian until August 2012 8 During this time she studied the radioastronomical observations of organic molecules in young stars such as protoplanetary disks and protostars 4 Next Oberg worked at the University of Virginia as a visiting scholar and Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Astronomy until June 2013 8 She conducted laboratory ice experiments and studied spatially and spectrally determined astronomical observations both of which focused on the processes that take place during the chemical evolution of a planet or star 4 Oberg returned to Harvard in July 2013 as an Assistant Professor of Astronomy 8 Here she formed the Oberg Astrochemistry Group 8 This group conducts research at the Center for Astrophysics Harvard amp Smithsonian 8 Oberg serves on the board of the Society of Catholic Scientists 10 and is an advisor of the Purposeful Universe Project 11 Research editAs of 2021 Oberg has published over 130 refereed articles at least 36 of those as the first author and has been cited over 11 000 times 12 13 Her main domain of work currently pertains to astrochemistry and its effect on planet formation 14 The Oberg Astrochemistry Group her current research group states that their main research addresses the following 3 1 the chemical evolution present during star and planet formation and its effects on planet compositions 2 the fundamental physical chemical processes that underpin this evolution 3 and the development of new molecular probes of different aspects of star and planet formation The group s research is composed of laboratory ice simulations and radio and infrared observations of astronomical behaviors and information 3 Discovery of a complex molecule in a protoplanetary disk edit On April 9 2015 the Oberg Astrochemistry Group published a paper stating they detected the first complex carbon molecule in a protoplanetary disk this molecule being methyl cyanide 2 5 Methyl cyanide CH3CN is thought to be important for the origins of life because it contains carbon nitrogen bonds which make up amino acids the building blocks of proteins 15 Up until this discovery it was unclear if these molecules could exist in abundance in young disks because of their turbulent and chaotic nature 15 Using the Atacama Large Millimeter submillimeter Array ALMA Oberg s group was able to survey the orbital debris of the newly formed star MWC 480 to discover enough methyl cyanide to fill all of Earth s oceans and the presence of other simpler molecules such as hydrogen cyanide 5 15 16 This discovery is significant because it shows that the backbone of life complex carbon bonds are not exclusive to our Solar System 5 In an interview Oberg stated that comet records suggest the presence of complex organic molecules in other protoplanetary disks as well 16 The finding was published in the scientific journal Nature volume 520 titled The comet like composition of a protoplanetary disk as revealed by complex cyanides 5 It also had media coverage in The Washington Post and LA Times along with a press release from the National Radio Astronomy Observatory NRAO 6 17 18 Personal life editAs a child Oberg was confirmed in the Church of Sweden but soon after became agnostic 19 Her later conversion to Catholicism was partly inspired by G K Chesterton s Orthodoxy 19 having remained a devout Catholic ever since 20 Selected publications editOberg K Linnartz H Visser R Van Dishoeck E 2009 Photodesorption of Ices II H2O and D2O The Astrophysical Journal 693 2 1209 1218 arXiv 0812 1918 Bibcode 2009ApJ 693 1209O doi 10 1088 0004 637x 693 2 1209 S2CID 9500068 Oberg K Guzman V Furuya K Qi C Aikawa Y Andrews S Wilner D 2015 The comet like composition of a protoplanetary disk as revealed by complex cyanides Nature 520 7546 198 201 arXiv 1505 06347 Bibcode 2015Natur 520 198O doi 10 1038 nature14276 PMID 25855455 S2CID 205242974 Oberg K Boogert A Pontoppidan K Blake G Evans N Lahuis F Dishoeck E 2008 The c2d Spitzer Spectroscopic Survey of Ices around Low Mass Young Stellar Objects III CH 4 PDF The Astrophysical Journal 678 2 1032 1041 arXiv 0801 1223 Bibcode 2008ApJ 678 1032O doi 10 1086 533432 hdl 2152 35166 S2CID 119257957 Awards and honors edit2001 Swedish representative in the International Chemistry Olympiad 8 2009 Hubble Postdoctoral Fellow 8 2010 C J Kokpriijs award for best Ph D thesis at Leiden University 8 2012 Paul Hertelendy PH Lecturer Center for Astrophysics Harvard amp Smithsonian 8 2012 Alfred P Sloan Research Fellow in Physics 8 2014 Simons Collaboration on the Origins of Life SCOL Investigator award 8 2014 Packard Fellow for Science and Engineering 8 References edit a b c d e f g h i j k l m Oberg Karin I 2009 Complex processes in simple ices Laboratory and observational studies of gas grain interactions during star formation Ph D Leiden University 1 a b c Oberg Karin Home The Oberg Astrochemistry Group Harvard University a b c Oberg Karin Research The Oberg Astrochemistry Group Harvard University a b c d Simons Collaboration on the Origins of Life Karin Oberg Simons Foundation Archived from the original on March 4 2016 a b c d e Oberg Karin I Guzman Viviana V Furuya Kenji Qi Chunhua Aikawa Yuri Andrews Sean M Loomis Ryan Wilner David J 2015 The comet like composition of a protoplanetary disk as revealed by complex cyanides Nature 520 7546 198 201 arXiv 1505 06347 Bibcode 2015Natur 520 198O doi 10 1038 nature14276 PMID 25855455 S2CID 205242974 a b Complex Organic Molecules Discovered in Infant Star System Hints that the building blocks of the chemistry of life are universal www eso org Archived from the original on December 16 2015 Retrieved December 2 2015 33rd International Chemistry Olympiad Results PDF International Chemistry Olympiad Avon Health Authority a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Oberg Karin Karin Oberg The Oberg Astrochemistry Group Harvard University HubbleSite NewsCenter NASA Announces 2009 Astronomy and Astrophysics Fellows 02 25 2009 The Full Story hubblesite org Retrieved December 2 2015 Our Leadership About Purposeful Universe www purposefuluniverse com Retrieved April 14 2022 Karin Oberg Google Scholar Citations scholar google com Retrieved March 30 2021 NASA ADS Public Library Karin Oberg Astrophysics Data System Retrieved March 30 2021 Karin Oberg astronomy fas harvard edu Retrieved December 2 2015 a b c Complex Organic Molecules Discovered in Infant Star System NRAO Revealing the Hidden Universe public nrao edu Retrieved December 2 2015 a b The Building Blocks of Life Aren t Unique to Our Corner of the Galaxy Motherboard April 8 2015 Retrieved December 2 2015 Feltman Rachel April 8 2015 For the first time scientists find complex organic molecules in an infant star system The Washington Post ISSN 0190 8286 Retrieved December 3 2015 Eureka Complex organic molecules found in a young star system Los Angeles Times April 9 2015 Retrieved December 3 2015 a b Complete Podcast Interview Transcript Karin Oberg PhD Astrochemist Purpose Nation Retrieved December 14 2020 The Catholic Church Is the Mother of Modern Science NC Register September 21 2022 Retrieved October 10 2022 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Karin Oberg amp oldid 1221853618, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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