Dr. Fich is an astronomer specializing in studies of star formation, the interstellar medium, and the structure of galaxies. His recent research activities have focused on “small scale” formation studies of low and intermediate mass stars, circumstellar disks, and the formation of proto-solar systems.
Contact information
Office: PHY 255
Phone: 519 888-4567 ext. 32725
Email: fich@uwaterloo.ca
Website: astro.uwaterloo.ca/~fich/
A central part of Dr. Fich's research throughout his career has been the role of HII regions and the massive stars that power them. This was part of a study of dense clouds associated with HII regions and the massive stars that power them.
Other projects include:
Mairs, S., Johnstone, D., Kirk, H., Graves, S., Buckle, J., Beaulieu, S.F., Berry, D.S., Broekhoven-Fiene, H., Currie, M.J., Fich, M., Hatchell, J., Jenness, T., Mottram, J.C., Nutter, D., Pattle, K., Pineda, J.E., Salji, C., Di Francesco, J., Hogerheijde, M.R., Ward-Thompson D. The Gould Belt Survey: A quantitative comparison between SCUBA-2 Data Reduction Methods. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (2015) volume 454, pp. 2557-2579.
van Kempen, T.A., McCoey, C., Tisi, S., Johnstone, S., Fich, M. The origin of complex organic emission in NGC 2071. Astronomy and Astrophysics (2014) volume 569, pp. A53(1)-A53(9).
Sreenilayam, G., Fich, M., Ade, P., Bintley, D., Chapin, E.L., Chrysostomou, A., James S. Dunlop, J.S., Gibb, A,G., Greaves, J.S., Halpern, M., Holland, W.S., Ivison, R.J., Jenness, T., Robson, E.I., Scott, D. Cold Dust in Hot Regions, Astronomical Journal (2014) volume 147, pp 53-69.
Roelfsema, P. R., Helmich, F. P., Teyssier, D., Ossenkopf, V., Morris, P., Olberg, M., Shipman, R., Risacher, C., Akyilmaz, M., Assendorp, R., Avruch, I. M., Beintema, D., Biver, N., Boogert, A., Borys, C., Braine, J., Caris, M., Caux, E., Cernicharo, J., Coeur-Joly, O., Comito, C., de Lange, G., Delforge, B., Dieleman, P., Dubbeldam, L., de Graauw, Th., Edwards, K., Fich, M., Flederus, F., Gal, C., di Giorgio, A., Herpin, F., Higgins, D. R., Hoac, A., Huisman, R., Jarchow, C., Jellema, W., de Jonge, A., Kester, D., Klein, T., Kooi, J., Kramer, C., Laauwen, W., Larsson, B., Leinz, C., Lord, S., Lorenzani, A., Luinge, W., Marston, A., Martín-Pintado, J., McCoey, C., Melchior, M., Michalska, M., Moreno, R., Müller, H., Nowosielski, W., Okada, Y., Orleański, P., Phillips, T. G., Pearson, J., Rabois, D., Ravera, L., Rector, J., Rengel, M., Sagawa, H., Salomons, W., Sánchez-Suárez, E., Schieder, R., Schlöder, F., Schmülling, F., Soldati, M., Stutzki, J., Thomas, B., Tielens, A. G. G. M., Vastel, C., Wildeman, K., Xie, Q., Xilouris, M., Wafelbakker, C., Whyborn, N., Zaal, P., Bell, T., Bjerkeli, P., de Beck, E., Cavalié, T., Crockett, N. R., Hily-Blant, P., Kama, M., Kaminski, T., Leflóch, B., Lombaert, R., De Luca, M., Makai, Z., Marseille, M., Nagy, Z., Pacheco, S., van der Wiel, M. H. D., Wang, S. and Yıldız, U. In-orbit performance of Herschel-HIFI, Astronomy and Astrophysics (2012), volume 537, A17(1)-A17(13).
Fich, M., Johnstone, D., van Kempen, T.A., McCoey, C., Fuente, A., Caselli, P., Kristensen, L.E., Plume, R., Cernicharo, J., Herczeg, G.J., van Dishoeck, E.F., Wampfler, S., Gaufre, P., Gill, J.J., Javadi, H., Justen, M., Laauwen, W., Luinge, W., Ossenkopf, V., Pearson, J., Bachiller, R., Baudry, A., Benedettini, M., Bergin, E., Benz, A.O., Bjerkeli, P., Blake, G., Bontemps, S., Braine, J., Bruderer, S., Codella, C., Daniel, F., di Giorgio, A.M., Dominik, C., Doty, S.D., Encrenaz, P., Giannini, T., Goicoechea, J.R., de Graauw, Th., Helmich, F., Herpin, F., Hogerheijde, M.R., Jacq, T., Jørgensen, J.K., Larsson, B., Lis, D., Liseau, R., Marseille, M., Melnick, G., Nisini, B., Olberg, M., Parise, B., Risacher, C., Santiago, J., Saraceno, P., Shipman, R., Tafalla, M., van der Tak, F., Visser, R., Wyrowski, F., and Yıldız, U.A. Herschel-PACS spectroscopy of the intermediate mass protostar NGC7129 FIRS 2. Astronomy and Astrophysics (Letters) (2010), volume 518, pp L86-90.
Please see SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System for a complete list of Dr. Fich's publications.
April 17, 2017: New telescope at the top of the world to look at universe's earliest origins (CBC)
1983 PhD Astronomy, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, U.S.A.
1981 MSc Astronomy, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, U.S.A.
1978 BSc Physics, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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