Glenn Ciolek
Lecturer
Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
United States of America
Biography
Glenn Ciolek is a theoretical and computational astrophysicist. His research focus has been in the theory of the interstellar medium, particularly astrophysical plasmas and magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) and their applications to star-forming molecular clouds and cores. This has included multifluid non-ideal MHD simulations (including dust grains) of shock waves in interstellar clouds, and numerical studies of gravitational collapse and fragmentation of protostellar cores.
Research Interest
Theoretical and computational astrophysics, Physics of the interstellar medium, Star formation
Publications
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Hydromagnetic Waves in Weakly Ionized Media. I. Basic Theory, and Application to Interstellar Molecular Clouds, by T. Ch. Mouschovias, G. E. Ciolek, & S. A. Morton, 2011, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 415, 1751
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Molecular Line Emission from Multifluid Shock Waves. I. Numerical Methods and Benchmark Tests, by G. E. Ciolek & W. G. Roberge, 2013, The Astrophysical Journal, 768, 78
