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Glenn Ciolek
Clinical Assistant Professor
Education:
1993, PhD., Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1984, M.S, Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1983, B.S., Physics, Wayne State University
Career Highlights:
January 07-present, Adjunct Faculty, Department of Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy, Rensselaer
September 98-present, Research Associate, Department of Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy, Rensselaer
September 95-August 98, Research Associate, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago
September 93-August 95, Research Associate, Department of Physics, New York University
January 94-May 94, Instructor in Physics, Department of Physics, New York University
Research Interests:
Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics
Selected Publications:
"Dynamical Collapse of Nonrotating Magnetic Molecular Cloud Cores: Evolution Through Point-Mass Formation", by G. E. Ciolek and A. Konigl, The Astrophysical Journal, 504, 257 (1998)
"Magnetic Fields and Star Formation: A Theory Reaching Adulthood", by T. Ch. Mouschovias and G. E. Ciolek, in The Origins of Stars and Planetary Systems, ed. C. J. Lada and N. Kylafis
(Dordrecht: Kluwer), 305 (1999)
"Consistency of Ambipolar Diffusion Models with Infall in the L1544 Protostellar Core", by G. E. Ciolek and S. Basu, The Astrophysical Journal, 529, 925 (2000)
"On the Timescale for the Formation of Protostellar Cores in Magnetic Interstellar Clouds", by G. E. Ciolek and S. Basu, The Astrophysical Journal, 547, 272 (2001)
"Time-Dependent, Multifluid, Magnetohydrodynamic Shock Waves with Grain Dynamics I. Formulation and Numerical Tests", by G. E. Ciolek and W. G. Roberge, The Astrophysical Journal, 567, 947 (2002)
"Multifluid, Magnetohydrodynamic Shock Waves with Grain Dynamics II. Dust and the Critical Speed for C Shocks", by G. E. Ciolek, W. G. Roberge, and T. Ch. Mouschovias, The Astrophysical Journal, 610, 781 (2004)
"Formation and Collapse of Nonaxisymmetric Protostellar Cores in Planar Magnetic Interstellar Clouds: Formulation of the Problem and Linear Analysis", by G. E. Ciolek and S. Basu, The Astrophysical Journal, 652, 442 (2006)
"Driven Waves in a Multifluid Plasma", by W. G. Roberge and G. E. Ciolek, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 382, 717 (2007)
Contact:
(518)276-8077
cioleg@rpi.edu
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