Kwok-Yung Lo

National Radio Astronomy Observatory
520 Edgemont Road, Charlottesville,
Director Fred Lo,
VA23903-2475 U.S.A.
Tel: 434 296 0241
Fax: 434 296 0385
e-mail: flo@nrao.edu
Personal Information:
Date of Birth: October 19, 1947
Place of Birth: Nanking, China
Marital Status: Married to Helen Chen, Jan. 1, 1973
Children: 2 boys (born Sept. 1976 and Sept. 1982)
Citizenship: U.S.A.

Education
  • S.B., Physics, 1969, M.I.T.
  • Ph.D., Physics, 1974, M.I.T.
Professional Experience
  • Research Fellow in Radio Astronomy, Caltech (1974-1976)
  • Miller Fellow for Basic Research in Science, U. C. Berkeley (1976-1978)
  • Assistant Research Astronomer, Radio Astronomy Lab, U. C. Berkeley (1978)
  • Senior Research Fellow in Radio Astronomy, Caltech (1978-1980)
  • Assistant Professor of Radio Astronomy, Caltech (1980-1986)
  • Astronome Titulaire, Paris Observatory, France (1984, Aug.-Sept.)
  • Visiting Lecturer, Astronomy Dept., University of Minnesota (1985, May)
  • Visiting Astronomer, Onsala Space Observatory, Sweden (1985, June)
  • Participant, ``Program on Star Formation'', Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California at Santa Barbara (1985, December)
  • Professor of Astronomy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1986-2000)
  • James Clerk Maxwell Telescope Fellow, Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii, (1991, July - September)
  • ROC National Science Council Guest Professor, Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, (1994, Jan. - April)
  • Visiting Professor, Ecole Normale Superieure (1994, May - June)
  • Alexander von Humboldt Senior Scientist, Max Planck Institut für extraterrestrische Physik (1994, June - December)
  • Chairman of Astronomy Department, University of Illinois (1995 - 1997)
  • Director and Distinguished Research Fellow, Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Academia Sinica, (1997 - present)
  • Professor of Physics, National Taiwan University (1998 - present)
Research Experience
  • Main Interests: The Galactic Center, Starburst and Active Galactic Nuclei, Circum-nuclear Masers, Dwarf Galaxies and Intergalactic HI, Cosmic Background Radiation, High Redshift Galaxies
  • Observational Expertise: Aperture Synthesis, Millimeter-wave Interferometry, Very Long Baseline Interferometry, Spectroscopy
  • Current Technical Research Interest: SIS junctions for millimeter and sub-millimeter-wave receivers
Honors
  • Miller Fellow for Basic Research in Science, University of California at Berkeley, 1976-1978
  • Associate, Center for Advanced Study, University of Illinois,1991-1992
  • Alexander von Humboldt Research Award, 1994-95
  • Distinguished Research Fellow, Academia Sinica, 1996-
  • Academician, Academia Sinica, Elected 1998
  • Fellow, Chinese Physical Society, Elected 2000
Professional Societies
  • American Astronomical Society
  • International Union of Radio Science
  • International Astronomical Union
  • American Association for Advancement of Science
Committees and Panels
  • National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) Very Large Array Proposal Review Panel, 1980-1982
  • NRAO Users' Committee, 1983-1985
  • VLB Network Proposal Review Panel, 1984-1986
  • NRAO Scientific Advisory Committee on the National Millimeter Array, 1985-1987
  • NRAO Advisory Committee, the National Millimeter Array, 1987
  • NASA Astrophysics Data Program Proposal Review Panel for IRAS, 1988
  • NRAO Very Large Array Proposal Review Panel, 1987-1989
  • National Science Foundation (NSF) Site Review Panel for the Haystack Observatory, 1988
  • NSF Site Review Panel for the Five College Radio Astronomy Observatory, 1988
  • Illinois Space Institute Proposal Review Panel, 1988
  • NASA Astrophysics Data Program Proposal Review Panel Chair, 1989
  • NRAO Green Bank Telescope Design Workshop, 1989
  • NRAO National Millimeter Array Proposal Workshop, 1989
  • NASA Long Term Space Astrophysics Research Program Review Panel, 1989
  • Visiting Committee, Haystack Observatory, 1990
  • NRAO National Millimeter Array Advisory Committee, 1991
  • Chairman, Visiting Committee, Haystack Observatory, 1991, 1992
  • Co-chairman, Planning Committee of National Astronomy Observatory of Taiwan, R. O. C., 1990-1992
  • Advisory Committee of the National Millimeter-wave Array of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, 1993 - 1994
  • Advisory Panel of the Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics of the Academia Sinica, Taiwan, R. O. C., 1993 - 1996
  • Associated Universities Inc. Visiting Committee for the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, 1994 - 1997
  • Advisory Board of the National Center of Supercomputers Applications, 1996-1999
  • Australia Telescope National Facility Steering Committee, 1999-2001
  • Chair, Academia Sinica Institute of Earth Sciences Director Search Committee, 1999-2000
  • International Advisory Committee, "Role of Physics in the New Millennium: Research, Education Society, " held at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, July 31 - Aug 4, 2000
  • Taiwan Space Program Science & Telchnology Steering Committee, 2000-
  • NASA SIRTF Legacy Proposal Review Panel and Time Assignment Committee, 2000
  • Member, Selection Committee for Taiwan-France Science & Technology Award, 2000-2001
  • Member, Editorial Board, Chinese Journal of Astropnomy & Astrophysics, 2001
  • Advisory Committee for Astro- and Geo-Sciences, Ministry of Education, Taiwan, R.O.C. 2001-
  • Chair, Selection Committee for Physical Science, Presidential Science Prize, ROC, 2001
  • Member, Academia Sinica Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences Director Search Committee, 2001
  • Member, Editorial Board, International Journal of Modern Physics D, 2001-
  • Chair, Taiwan National Space Program Office Adivsory Panel, 2002-
  • Co-chair, Planning Committee of the Second Ten-year Astronomy Development in Taiwan, 2001-2002
Science Organizing Committees
  • Workshop on "The Galactic Center," held at Caltech, January 7-8, 1982
  • Workshop on "The Galactic Center," held at Caltech, January 13, 1984
  • International Astronomical Union (IAU) Symposium No. 136:"The Galactic Center," held at UCLA, July 25-29, 1988
  • Conference on "Gravitational Lenses," held in honor of Bernard Burke's 60th birthday, on June 20, 1988 at MIT
  • IAU Symposium 146, "Galaxy Dynamics and Molecular Observations," 1989
  • Co-chair, "Taipei Astrophysical Workshop on the relationships between Active Galactic Nuclei and Starburst Galaxies," 1990-1991
  • Ringberg Conference on "Nuclei of Normal Galaxies: Lessons from the Galactic Center," 1992
  • "21st Century Chinese Astronomy Conference," held at the University of Hong Kong, July 31 - Autust 4, Hong Kong, 1996
  • "Dwarf GAlaxies and Cosmology," 1998 Moriond Astrophysics meeting at Les Arcs, 14-21 March 1998
  • International Advisory Committee, "Role of Physics in the New Millennium: Research, Education & Society," held at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, July 31-Aug 4, 2000
  • Chair, the 8th Taipei Astrophysics Workshop on "AMiBA 2001: High-z clusters, Missing Baryons, and CMB Polarization," Taipei & Hualien, 11-15 June 2001
  • International Workshop on "Background Polarized Emission from Radio to Microwave Wavelengths," Bologna, Italy, October 2001
  • Workshop on "Large Amplitude Variable Stars and their Circumstellar Space," to be held in Sendai (Tohoku Univ.), May 2002
  • Asia-Pacific Regional Meeting of the IAU, Tokyo, July 2002
  • Convenor, Session on "Post-COBE Studies of the Cosmic Microwave Background," URSI General Assembly in Maastricht, August 2002
  • Co-chair, "Star Formation Workshop 2002: Magnetohydrodynamics, Radiation Diagnostics and Chemistry of Star Formation," to be held in Taipei and Taroko Gorge, Taiwan, June 12-16, 2002
Teaching Experience
Taught the following courses at Caltech and the University of Illinois:
  • Undergraduate Level
    Introductory Physics
    Introductory Astronomy for Science Majors
    Interstellar Medium and Plasma Physics
    Astrophysics
    Astronomical Techniques
  • Graduate Level
    Radio Astronomical Techniques
    Diffuse Matter Astrophysics
    Seminar on Star Formation
Ph. D. and Masters Students Supervised
  • Raymond Plante (Ph. D.), 1988 - 1995
  • Lisa Norton Young (Ph. D.), 1992 - 1997
  • Wei-Hao Wang (M. Sc.), 1997 - 1998
  • Mao-Chang Liang (M. Sc.), 1998 - 2000
  • Paul Bao-Ching Hsieh (Ph. D.), 2000 -
  • Cheng Jiun Ma (Ph. D.), 2001 -
  • Kai Yang Lin (Ph. D.), 2001 -
Postdoctoral Fellows Supervised - Present Position
  • Mark Claussen - 1982-1985 - System Scientist, NRAO
  • Roger Ball - 1985-1987 - Asst. Research Physicist, Space Sciences Lab, U. C., Berkeley
  • Neil Killeen - 1987-1989 - Staff Member, Australia Telescope National Facilities
  • Jonas Zmuidzinas - 1987-1989 - Associate Professor of Physics, Caltech
  • David Adler - 1988-1991 - Scientist, STScI/CSC
  • Gregory Engargiola - 1991-1994 - Postdoc. Fellow, UC Berkeley
  • Yu Gao - 1996-1998 - Postdoc. Fellow, IPAC, Caltech
  • Robert Gruendl - 1996-1997 - Postdoc. Fellow, U. of Illinois
  • Siow-Wang Lee - 1997-1999 - Postdoc. Fellow, U. of Toronto
  • Ding Van Trung - 1999-present
  • Dong-Chan Kim - 1999-2001
  • Quiqing Mao, 2001-present
REFEREED PAPERS
  1. Johnston, K.J., Knowles, S.H., Sullivan, W. III, Moran, J.M., Burke, B.F., Lo, K.Y., Papa, D.C., Papadopoulos, G.D., Schwartz, P.R., Knight, C.A., Shapiro, I.I., and Welch, W.J., 1971, Ap. J., 166, L21, ''An Interferometer Map of the Water-Vapor Sources in W49''
  2. Lo, K.Y., Spencer, J., Crane, P.C., and Burke, B.F., 1972, Nature, 240, 58, ''High Frequency Observations the Second Radio Flare in Cygnus X-3''
  3. Burke, B.F., Johnston, K.J., Efanov, V.A., Clark, B.D., Kogan, L.R., Kostenko, V.I., Lo, K.Y., Matveenko, L.I., Moiseev, I.G., Moran, J.M., Knowles, S.H., Papa, D.C., Papadopoulos, G.D., Rogers, A.E.E., and Schwartz, P.R., 1972, Soviet Astronomy - A. J., 16, 379, ''Observations of Maser Radio Source Emission With an Angular Resolution 0".0002''
  4. Lo, K.Y. and Burke, B.F., 1973, Astr. Ap., 26, 487, ''H2O Sources in Sharpless HII Regions''
  5. Moran, J.M., Papadopoulos, G.D., Burke, B.F., Lo, K.Y., Schwartz, P.R., Thacker, D.L., Johnston, K.J., Knowles, S.H., Reisz, C.A., and Shapiro, I.I., 1973, Ap. J., 185, 535, ''Very Long Baseline Interferometric Observations of the H2O Sources in W49 N, W3(OH), Orion A and VY Canis Majoris''
  6. Reisz, C.A., Shapiro, I.I., Moran, J.M., Papadopoulos, G.D., Burke, B.F., Lo, K.Y., and Schwartz, P.R., 1973, Ap. J., 186, 537, ''W3(OH): Accurate Relative Positions of Water-Vapor Emission Features''
  7. Lo, K.Y. and Bechis, K.P., 1973, Ap. J. (Letters), 185, L71, ''Anomalous 1720-MHz OH Emission From V1057 Cygni''
  8. Lo, K.Y. and Bechis, K.P., 1974, Ap. J. (Letters), 185, L125, ''The V1057 Cygni OH Source: Time Variation, Polarization Properties and Accurate Position''
  9. Bechis, K.P. and Lo, K.Y., 1975, Ap. J., 201, 118, ``CO Mapping and Analysis of the V1057 Cygni Region''
  10. Lo, K.Y., Burke, B.F., and Haschick, A.D., 1975, Ap. J., 202, 81, ''H2O Sources in Regions of Star Formation''
  11. Lo, K.Y., Walker, R.C., Burke, B.F., Moran, J.M., Johnston, K.J., and Ewing, M.S., 1975, Ap. J., 202, 650, ''Evidence for Zeeman Splitting in 1720-MHz OH Line Emission''
  12. Lo, K.Y., Schilizzi, R.T., Cohen, M.H., and Ross, H.N., 1975, Ap. J. (Letters), 202, L63, ''VLBI Observations of the Compact Radio Source in the Center of the Galaxy''
  13. Lo, K.Y., Morris, M.M., Moran, J.M., and Haschick, A.D., 1976, Ap. J. (Letters), 204, L21, ''The Unusual H2O Sources Near Herbig-Haro Object Number 11''
  14. Lo, K.Y. and Bechis, K.P., 1976, Ap. J. (Letters), 205, L21, ''CRL 2688 and CRL 618: Proto-Planetary Nebulae?''
  15. Walker, R.C., Lo, K.Y., Burke, B.F., Johnston, K.J., and Moran, J.M., 1976, Ap. J., 208, 296, ''6 Centimeter Observations of Radio Galaxies Over a 228 Kilometer Baseline''
  16. Westbrook, W.E., Werner, M.W., Elias, J.H., Gezari, D.Y., Hauser, M.G., Lo, K.Y., and Neugebauer, G., 1976, Ap. J., 209, 94, ``One Millimeter Continuum Emission Studies of Four Molecular Clouds''
  17. Lo, K.Y., Cohen, M.H., Schilizzi, R.T., and Ross, H.N., 1977, Ap. J., 218, 668, ''An Angular Size for the Compact Radio Source at the Galactic Center''
  18. Lo, K.Y. and Bechis, K.P., 1977, Ap. J. (Letters), 218, L27, ''Variable 2.6 mm CO Emission From Chi Cygni and Mira''
  19. Elias, J.H., Ennis, D.J., Gezari, D.Y., Hauser, M.G., Houck, J.R., Lo, K.Y., Matthews, K., Nadeau, K.D., Neugebauer, G., Werner, M.W., and Westbrook, W.E., 1978, Ap. J., 220, 25, ''One Millimeter Continuum Observations of Extragalactic Objects''
  20. Walker, R.C., Burke, B.F., Haschick, A.D., Crane, P.C., Moran, J.M., Johnston, K.J., Lo, K.Y., Yen, J.L., Broten, N.W., Legg, T.H., Greisen, E.W., and Hansen, S.S., 1978, Ap. J., 226, 95, ''VLBI Aperture Synthesis Observations of H2O Masers Associated With Molecular Clouds''
  21. Morris, M. and Lo, K.Y., 1978, Ap. J., 223, 803, ''A Study of CO Emission From Two Scd Galaxies: IC342 and NGC 6946''
  22. Brown, R.L., Lo, K.Y., and Johnston, K.J., 1978, A. J., 83, 1594, ''The Radio Spectrum of the Compact Source at the Galactic Center''
  23. Lo, K.Y. and Sargent, W.L.W., 1979, Ap. J., 227, 756, ''Search for Intergalactic Neutral Hydrogen in Three Nearby Groups of Galaxies''
  24. Lo, K.Y., Cohen, M.H., Readhead, A.C.S., and Backer, D.C., 1981, Ap. J., 249, 504, ''Multiwavelength VLBI Observations of the Galactic Center''
  25. Brown, R.L., Johnston, K.J., and Lo, K.Y., 1981, Ap. J., 250, 155, ''High Resolution VLA Observations of the Galactic Center''
  26. Knapp, G.R., Phillips, T.G., Leighton, R.B., Lo, K.Y., Wannier, P.G., and Wooten, H.A., 1982, Ap. J., 252, 616, ''Mass Loss From Evolved Stars: I. Observations of 17 Stars in the CO (2-1) Line''
  27. Brown, R.L. and Lo, K.Y., 1982, Ap. J., 253, 108, ''Variability of the Compact Radio Source at the Galactic Center''
  28. Biretta, J.A., Lo, K.Y. and Young, P.J., 1982, Ap. J., 262, 578, ''Two Color CCD Observations of the Galactic Center Region''
  29. Sargent, W.L.W., Sancisi, R., and Lo, K.Y., 1983, Ap. J., 265, 711, ''The HI Distribution in an Extremely Faint Dwarf Irregular Galaxy M81 dwA''
  30. Biretta, J.A., Lo, K.Y., Boroson,T.A., and Lacy, J.H., 1983, A. J., 88, 94, ''Spectroscope Observations of Two Very Red Objects Toward the Galactic Center''
  31. Lo, K.Y. and Claussen, M.J., 1983, Nature, 306, 647, ''High Resolution Observations of Ionized Gas in Central 3 Parsecs of the Galaxy: Possible Evidence For Infall?''
  32. Masson, C.R., Berge, G.L., Claussen, M.J., Heiligman, G.M., Leighton, R.B., Lo, K.Y., Moffet, A.T., Phillips, T.G., Sargent, A.I., Scott, S.L., Wannier, P.G. and Woody, D.P., 1985, Ap. J. (Letters), 285, L79, ''Interferometric Observations of CO in Orion: Hot Core and Plateau''
  33. Sargent, A.I., Sutton, E.C., Masson, C.R., Lo, K.Y., and Phillips, T.G., 1985, Ap. J., 289, 150, ``CO (2-1) Observations of the Nucleus of Maffei 2''
  34. Lo, K.Y., Berge, G.L., Claussen, M.J., Heiligman, G.M., Leighton, R.B., Masson, C.R., Moffet, A.T., Phillips, T.G., Sargent, A.I., Scott, S.L., Wannier, P.G., and Woody, D.P., 1984, Ap. J. (Letters), 282, L59, ''Aperture Synthesis Observations of CO Emission From the Nucleus of IC342''
  35. Claussen, M.J., Berge, G.L., Heiligman, G.M., Leighton, R.B., Lo, K.Y., Masson, C.R., Moffet, A.T., Phillips, T.G., Sargent, A.I., Scott, S.L., Wannier, P.G., and Woody, D.P., 1984, Ap. J. (Letters), 285, L79, ''Aperture Synthesis Observations of CO Emission From the W3 Molecular Cloud Core''
  36. Claussen, M.J., Heiligman, G.M., and Lo, K.Y., 1984, Nature, 310, 298, ``Water Vapour Maser Emission From Galactic Nuclei''
  37. Masson, C.R., Cheung, K.W., Berge, G.L., Claussen, M.J., Heiligman, G.M., Leighton, R.B., Lo, K.Y., Moffet, A.T., Phillips, T.G., Sargent, A.I., Scott, S.L., and Woody, D.P., 1985, Ap. J., 292, 464, ``High-Resolution CO Observations of NGC 7027''
  38. Lo, K.Y., Backer, D.C., Ekers, R.D., Kellermann, K.I., Reid, M., and Moran, J.M., 1985, Nature, 315, 124, ``On the Size of the Galactic Center Compact Radio Source: Diameter < 20 AU''
  39. Zaritsky, D. and Lo, K.Y., 1986, Ap. J., 303, 66, ``Evidence for Non-Axisymmetric Nuclear Bulges in Spiral Galaxies''
  40. Masson, C.R., Claussen, M.J., Lo, K.Y., Moffet, A.T., Phillips, T.G., Sargent, A.I., Scott, S.L. and Scoville, N.Z., 1985, Ap. J. (Letters), 295, L47, ``Interferometric Measurements of the Millimeter Wave Dust Emission From OMCl''
  41. Lo, K.Y., 1986, ``Minnesota Lectures on Active Galactic Nuclei", P.A.S.P., 98, 179, ``The Galactic Center: The Nearest Seyfert Nucleus''
  42. Ball, R., Sargent, A.I., Scoville, N.Z., Lo, K.Y., Scott, S.L., 1986, Ap. J. (Letters), 298, L21, ``The Molecular Bar and Star Formation in the Nucleus of NGC 6946''
  43. Scoville, N.Z., Sargent, A.I., Sanders, D.B., Claussen, M.J., Masson, C.R., Lo, K.Y., Phillips, T.G., 1986, Ap. J., 303, 416, ``High Resolution Mapping of Molecular Outflows in NGC2071, W49 and NGC7538''
  44. Claussen, M.J., Lo, K.Y., 1986, Ap. J., 308, 592, ``Circum-Nuclear Water Vapor Masers in Active Galaxies''
  45. Heiligman, G.M., Berge, G.L., Claussen, M.J., Leighton, R.B., Lo, K.Y., Masson, C.R., Moffet, A.T., Phillips, T.G., Sargent, A.I., Scott, S.L., Scoville, N.Z., Wannier, P.G., Woody, D.P., 1986, Ap. J., 308, 306, ``Aperture Synthesis Observations of Carbon Monoxide in the Egg Nebula''
  46. Lo, K.Y., 1986, Science, 233, 1394, ``The Galactic Center: Is It A Massive Black-hole?''
  47. Zuckerman, B. and Lo, K.Y., 1986, Astr. and Ap., 173, 263, ``H2O Maser Emission from Stars in the IRAS Point-Source Catalog''
  48. Lo, K.Y., Cheung, K.W., Masson, C.R., Phillips, T.G., Scott, S.L., Woody, D.P., 1987, Ap. J., 312, 574, ``Molecular Gas in the Starburst Nucleus of M82''
  49. Scoville, N.Z., Sanders D.B., Sargent, A.I., Soifer, B.I., Scott, S.L., Lo, K.Y., 1986, Ap. J. (Letters), 311, L47, ``Millimeter Interferometry of the Molecular Gas in Arp 220''
  50. Lo, K.Y., Ball, R., Masson, C.R., Phillips, T.G., Scott, S.L., Woody, D., 1986, Ap. J. (Letters), 317, L63, ``Molecular Spiral Structure in M51''
  51. Masson, C.R., Lo, K.Y., Phillips, T.G., Scoville, N.Z., Woody, D., 1986, Ap. J., 319, 446, ``CO Maps of the OMC-1 Outflow''
  52. Martin, P., Roy, J-R, Noreau, L., Lo, K. Y., 1989, Ap. J., 345, 707, ``The Optical Jet of the Galaxy NGC 4258: Interaction with the Interstellar Medium''
  53. Tilanus, R., Taconi, L., S. Zhou, Sanders, D., Sutton, E., Lo, K. Y., Stephens, S., Wynn-Williams, G., 1991, Ap. J. (Letters), 376, 500, ``CO(3-2) Mapping and Gas Excitation in the Core of M82''
  54. Plante, R., Lo, K. Y., Martin, P., Roy, J-R., Noreau, L. 1991, Ap. J., 381, 110, ``Possible Deflection of a Jet by Molecular Clouds in NGC 4258''
  55. Adler, D., Allen, R. J., Lo, K. Y., 1991, Ap. J., 382, 475, ``The Relationship between the CO Intensity and the Radio Continuum Emission in Spiral Galaxies''
  56. Zhao, J-H, Goss, W. M., Lo, K. Y., Ekers, R. D. 1991, Nature, 354, 46, ``High Resolution VLA Images of the Galactic Centre at 2 Wavelength with Large Dynamic Range''
  57. Zhao, J-H, Roberts, D. A., Goss, W. M., Frail, D., Lo, K. Y., Subrahmanyan, R., Kesteven, M., Ekers, R. D., Allen, D. A., Burton, M., Spyromilio, 1992, Science, 255, 1538, ``A Transient Radio Source near the Center of the Milky Way Galaxy''
  58. Killeen, N., Lo, K. Y., Crutcher, R., 1992, Ap. J. 385, 585, ``Zeeman Measurements of the Magnetic Fields at the Galactic Center''
  59. Adler, D., Lo, K. Y., M. Wright, Plante, R., Allen, R., G. Rydbeck, 1992, Ap. J., 392, 497, ``A Completely Sampled Aperture Synthesis CO Map of M51''
  60. Wright, M., Ishizuki, S., Turner, J., Ho, P., Lo, K. Y., 1993, Ap. J., 406, 470, ``Heterogeneous Array Observations of IC342; CO Isotopic Ratio''
  61. Blitz, L., Binney, J., Lo, K. Y., Bally, J., Ho, P., 1993, Nature, 361, 417, ``The Center of the Milky Way''
  62. Lo, K. Y., Backer, D. C., Kellermann, K. I., Reid, M., Zhao. J-H, Goss, M., Moran, J. M., 1993, Nature, 362, 38, ``High Resolution VLBA Imaging of the Radio Source Sgr A* at the Galactic Centre''
  63. Yun, M. S., Ho, P. T. P., Lo, K. Y., 1993, Ap. J. (Letters), 411, L17, ``HI Streamers around M82: Tidally Disrupted Outer Gas''
  64. Lo, K. Y., Sargent, W. L. W., Young, K., 1993, A. J., 106, 507, ``The HI Structure of Nine Intrinsically Faint Dwarf Galaxies''
  65. Backer, D. C., Zensus, J. A., Kellermann, K. I., Reid, M., Moran, J. M., Lo, K. Y., 1993, Science, 262, 1414, ``Upper Limit of 3.3 Astronomical Units to the Diameter of the Galactic Center Radio Source Sgr A*''
  66. Engargiola, G., Zmuidzinas, J., Lo, K. Y., 1994, Rev. Sci. Instrum., 65, 1833, ``A 492 GHz Quasioptical SIS Receiver for Submillimeter Astronomy''
  67. Yun, M. S., Ho, P. T. P., Lo, K. Y., 1994, Nature, 372, 530, ``A New High-Resolution Image of Atomic Hydrogen in the M81 Group of Galaxies''
  68. Stark, A.A., Lane, A., Balm, S., Rumitz, M., Bania, T., Chamberlain, R., Huang, M., Ingalls, J., Jackson, J., Castro, E., Wilson, R., Mumma, D., Wright, G., Bally, J., Lo, K. Y., Engargiola, G., Stutzki, J., Staguhn, J., 1994, Antarctic Journal of the United States, 29, 344, ``Predeployment tests of the Antarctic Submillimeter Telescope and Remote Observatory instrument"
  69. Greenhill, L.J., Jiang, D.R., Moran, J.M., Reid, M.J., Lo, K. Y., Claussen, M.J. 1995, Ap. J., 440, 619, ``Detection of a Subparsec Diameter Disk in the Nucleus of NGC 4258''
  70. Plante, R.L., Lo, K. Y., Crutcher, R. M., 1995, Ap. J. (Letters), 445, L113, ``The Magnetic Fields in the Galactic Center: Detection of H I Zeeman Splitting''
  71. Shen, J. J., Lo, K. Y., 1995, Ap. J. (Letters), 445, L99, ``Locations of Starbursts in M82''
  72. Welch, W. J., et al, 1996, PASP, 108, 93, ``The Berkeley-Illinois-Maryland Association Millimeter Array''
  73. Young, L. M., Lo, K. Y., 1996, Ap. J., 462, 203, ``The Neutral ISM in Nearby Dwarf Galaxies. I. Leo A''
  74. Young, L. M., Lo, K. Y., 1996, Ap. J. (Letters), 464, L59, ``Molecular Clouds in the Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy, NGC 205''
  75. Peng, R. S., Zhou, S., Whiteoak, J. B., Lo, K. Y., Sutton, E. C., Ap. J., 470, 821, ``BIMA CS J= 1 - 0 Observations of NGC 253: Kinematic Evidence for Dense Gas in a Bar''
  76. Young, L. M., Lo, K. Y., 1997, Ap. J., 476, 127, ``The Neutral ISM in Nearby Dwarf Galaxies. II. NGC 185, NGC 205 and NGC 147''
  77. Lo, K. Y., Gao, Yu, Gruendl, Robert, 1997, Ap. J. (Letters), 475, L103, ``Arp 302: Nonstarburst Luminous Infrared Galaxies''
  78. Lord, S., Malhotra, S., Lim, T., Helou, G., Beichman, C., Dinerstein, H., Hollenbach, D., Hunter, D., Lo, K. Y., Lu, N., Rubin, R., Stacey, G., Thronson, H., Werner, M., 1996, Ast. Ap., 315, L117, ``ISM Parameters in the Normal Galaxy NGC 5713''
  79. Malhotra, S., Helou, G.,van Buren, D., Kong, M., Beichman, C., Dinerstein, H., Hollenbach, D., Hunter, D., Lo, K. Y., Lord, S., Lu, N., Rubin, R., Stacey, G., Thronson, H., Werner, M., 1996, Ast. Ap., 315, L161, ``ISOCAM Observations of NGC 6946: Mid-IR Structure''
  80. Helou, G., Malhotra, S., Beichman, C., Dinerstein, H., Hollenbach, D., Hunter, D., Lo, K. Y., Lord, S., Lu, N., Rubin, R., Stacey, G., Thronson, H., Werner, M., 1996, Ast. Ap., 315, L157, ``The Mid-IR Color of NGC 6946''
  81. Stark, A. A., Bolatto, A. D. Chamberlin, R. A., Lane, A. P., Bania, T. M., Jackson, J. M., Lo, K. Y. 1997, Ap. J. (Letters), 480, L59, ``First Detection of 492 GHz [CI] Emission from the Large Magellanic Cloud''
  82. Smith, I. A., Gruendl, R. A., Liang, E. P., Lo, K. Y., 1997, Ap. J. (Letters), 487, L5, ``BIMA Search for a Millimeter-wave Counterpart to Gamma-ray Bursters GRB 970111 and GRB970228''
  83. Young, L. M., Lo, K. Y., 1997, Ap. J., 490, 710 ``The Neutral ISM in Nearby Dwarf Galaxies. III. Sag DIG, LGS 3, and Phoenix''
  84. Malhotra, S., Helou, G., Stacey, G., Hollenbach, D., Lord, S., Beichman, C., Dinerstein, H., Hunter, D., Lo, K. Y., Lu, N., Rubin, R., Thronson, H., Werner, M., 1997, Ap. J., 491, L27, ``ISO measurements of [CII] line variations in galaxies''
  85. Trotter, Adam, Greenhill, L.J., Moran, J.M., Reid, M.J., Irwin, J., Lo, K. Y., 1998, Ap. J., 495, 740, ``Water Maser Emission and the Parsec-Scale Jet in NGC 3079''
  86. Lo, K. Y., Z.-Q.,Zhao, J.-H., Ho, P.T.P 1998, Ap. J (Letters), 508 , L61, "Instrinsic structure of Sgr A*: 72 Schwarzschild Radii"
  87. Lo, K. Y., Chen, Hsiao-wen, Ho, P. T. P., Steidel, C., 1999, Astr. Ap.,341, 348, ``A Survey of Molecular Gas Content of Galaxies at 0.08 < z < 1.06''
  88. Hwang, C-Y., Lo, K.Y., Gao, Y., Gruendl, R., 1998, Ap, J.(Letters), 511, L17, "ISO observations of Merging Luminous Ir Galaxies"
  89. Dale, Daniel A., Silbermann, Nancy A., ... Lo, K.Y. & et al. 2000, Ap. J., 120, 583 "ISO Mid-Infrared Observations of Normal Star-Forming Galaxies: The Key Project Sample"
  90. Lutz, D., Genzel, R., Sturm, E., ...& Lo, K. Y., 2000, Ap. J., 530, 733 "A Search for Broad Infrared Recombination Lines in NGC 1068"
  91. Gao. Yu., Lo, K. Y., Lee, S.-W., Lee, T. -H., 2000, Ap. J., 548, 172, ``Molecular Gas and the Modest Star Formation Efficiency in the "Antennae'' Galaxies: Arp 244=NGC 4038/39''
  92. Doelman, S., Shen, Z-Q, Rogers, A.E.E.R., Wright, M.C.H., Zhao, J.H., Backer, D.C., Bower, G. C., Crowley, J. W., Freund, R., Ho, P.T.P, Lo, K. Y., Woody, D. P., 2001, A. J., 121, 2610, ``Structure of Sgr A* at 86 GHz using VLBI Closure Amplitudes''
  93. Trung, D. V., Lo, K. Y., Kim, D. C., Gao, Y., Gruendl, R., 2001, Ap. J. , 556, 141, ``Nature of Widely Separated Ultraluminous Galaxies''
  94. Stark, A. A., et al, 2001, PASP, 113 , 567, ``The Antarctic Submillimeter Telescope and Remote Observatory (AST/RO)''
  95. Liang, M. C., Geballe, T. R., Lo, K. Y., Kim, D. C. 2001, Ap. J. (Lett.), 549, L59, ``The Interacting Region of Arp 244 (the Antennae): Colliding Molecular Complexes?''
  96. Wang, W.H., Lo, K. Y., Gao, Y., Gruendl, R., 2001, A. J., 122, 140, "Star Formation in Widely Separated Luminous Infrared Galaxies NGC 6670"
  97. Chen, Jacqueline, Lo, K. Y., Gruendl, R., Gao, Y., 2001, A. J. , in revision, "Distorted HI Gas in the Widely-separated LIRG: Arp 256"
PAPERS IN PREPARATION
  1. Lo, K. Y., 2002, invited review for Ann. Rev. for Astro. and Ap., "Megamasers and Galaxies"
  • Abbreviations for Journals:
    A. J. - Astronomical Journal
    Ap. J. - Astrophysical Journal
    Ap. J. (Letters) - Astrophysical Journal (Letters)
    Astr. Ap. = Astronomy and Astrophysics
CONFERENCE CONTRIBUTIONS AND REVIEWS
  1. Lo, K.Y., Phillips, T.G., Knapp, G.R., Wootten, H.A., and Huggins, P., 1980, B.A.A.S., 12, 859, ``Optically Thin CO Emission From M82 and NGC253''
  2. Lo, K.Y., 1982, AIP Conference proceedings No. 83 - ``The Galactic Center'', ed. Riegler, G.R. and Blandford, R.D., p. 1, ``Observations of the Galactic Center in the Radio Band''
  3. Biretta, J.A., Lo, K.Y. and Young, P.J., 1982, AIP Conference Proceedings No. 83 - ``The Galactic Center'', ed. Riegler, G.R. and Blandford, R.D., p. 91, ``Two Color CCD Observations of the Galactic Center''
  4. Sargent, A.I., Sutton, E.C., Masson, C.R., Phillips, T.G. and Lo, K.Y., 1983, IAU Symposium No. 106, ``The Milky Way Galaxy'' , ed. R.J. Allen and W.B. Burton (Dordrecht: Reidel), p. 197, ``CO (2-1) Observations of the Nucleus of Maffei 2''
  5. Lo, K.Y., 1983, IAU Symposium No. 110, ``VLBI and Compact Radio Sources'', ed. G. Setti and K. Kellermann (Dordrecht: Reidel), p. 265, ``The Galactic Center''
  6. Masson, C.R., Berge, G.L., Claussen, M.J., Heiligman, G.M., Leighton, R.B., Lo, K.Y., Moffet, A.T., Phillips, T.G., Sargent, A.I., Scott, S.L., Woody, D.P., and Young, A., Symposium on Millimeter and Submillimeter Wave Radio Astronomy, held in Granada on September 9-14, 1984, ``The Caltech Millimeter-Wave Interferometer''
  7. Lo, K.Y., Berge, G., Claussen, M., Heiligman, G., Keene, J., Masson, C., Phillips, T., Sargent, A., Scoville, N., Scott, S., Watson, D., and Woody, D., in Proceedings of the 1984 URSI International Symposium on Millimeter and Sub-Millimeter Wave Radio Astronomy, held in Granada, Spain, 1984, ``Aperture Synthesis Maps of CO Emission From M51''
  8. Sargent, A.I., Scoville, N.Z., Masson, C.R., Claussen, M.J., Lo, K.Y., Phillips, T.G., 1985, Proceedings of Workshop on Bipolar Outflow Sources, held at Haystack Observatory, May 1985, ``Interferometric 13CO Observations of Molecular Sources''
  9. Scoville, N.Z., Sargent, A.I., Sanders, D.B., Claussen, M.J., Masson, C.R., Lo, K.Y., Phillips, T.G., 1985, Proceedings on Workshop on Bipolar Outflow Sources, held at Haystack Observatory, May 1985, ``High Resolution Interferometer Mapping of CO in Molecular Outflow Sources''
  10. Lo, K.Y., Cheung, K.W., Masson, C.R., Phillips, T.G., Woody, D.P., 1985, Proceedings of Workshop on (Sub)millimeter-wave Astronomy, held at Aspenas, Sweden, June 1985, ``Aperture Synthesis Observations of CO Emission from M82''
  11. Sargent, W.L.W., Lo, K.Y., 1985, Star Forming Dwarf Galaxies and Related Objects, held in Paris, eds. D. Kunth, T.X. Thuan, p. 253, ``The HI Structures of Extreme Dwarf Galaxies''
  12. Lo, K.Y., 1987, Proceedings of the 13th Texas Symposium, Ed. M. Ulmer, (World Scientific; Singapore), p. 373, ``The Galactic Center Compact Radio Source''
  13. Lo, K. Y., 1987, AIP Proceedings No. 155: ``The Galactic Center'' - Proceedings of the Symposium honoring C. H. Townes, ed. D. Backer, p. 30, ``The Compact Nonthermal Radio Source''
  14. Ball, R., Lo, K. Y., 1988, Comets to Cosmology: Proceedings of the Third International IRAS Conference, ed. A. Lawrence (Berlin: Springer-Verlag), p. 213, ``Separation of Nuclear and Disk Components in IRAS Observations of Spiral Galaxies''
  15. Claussen, M., Schneps, M., Reid, M., Lo, K. Y., Moran, J., Gusten, R., 1988, Symposium on the Application of VLBI to Geodesy & Astrophysics, p. 231, ``Very High Resolution Observations of the Luminous Water Masers in NGC4258''
  16. Lo, K. Y., Tilanus, R., Allen, R. J., Wright, M., Jackson, J., 1988, ``Molecular Clouds in the Milky Way and External Galaxies'', ed. R. Dickman, R. Snell and J. Young (Springer-Verlag), p. 439, ``Gaseous Spiral Structure in M51''
  17. Lo, K. Y., 1989, IAU Symposium No. 136 on ``The Galactic Center'', ed. M. Morris, p. 527, ``The Compact Nonthermal Radio Source at the Galactic Center: an Update''
  18. Killeen, N., Lo, K. Y., 1989, IAU Symposium No. 136 on ``The Galactic Center'', ed. M. Morris, p. 453, ``High Quality VLA Imaging of Sgr A West at 6 cm''
  19. Martin, P., Roy, J.-R., Noreau, L., Lo, K. Y., 1989, IAU Colloquium No. 120, ``Structure and Dynamics of the Insterstellar Medium'', ed. G. Tenorio-Tagle, M. Moles, (Springer-Verlag), p. 359, ``The Shaping of Optical Jet of the Galaxy NGC 4258''
  20. Lo, K. Y., S. Stephens, E. Rosenthal, Eales, S., Wynn-Williams, G. 1990, Submillimetre Astronomy, eds. G. D. Watt, A. Webster, p. 211, ``JCMT Observations of CO(3-2) Emission from M82''
  21. Zmuidzinas, J., Sharifi, F., Van Harlingen, D., Lo, K. Y., 1990, Submillimetre Astronomy, eds. G. D. Watt, A. Webster, p. 69, ``Small Area Niobium/Aluminium Oxide/Niobium Junctions for SIS Mixers''
  22. Rosenthal, E., Eales, S., Lo, K. Y., Stephens, S., 1990, Submillimetre Astronomy, eds. G. D. Watt, A. Webster, p. 241, ``CO(3-2) Emission from the Nucleus of NGC6946''
  23. Killeen, N., Lo, K. Y., Sault, R. J., Crutcher, R. 1990, IAU Symposium No. 140 on ``Galactic and Intergalactic Magnetic Fields'', eds. R. Beck, P. Kronberg, R. Wielebinski, p. 382, ``On Zeeman Determination of the Magnetic Field at the Galactic Center''
  24. Adler, D. S., Allen, R. J., Lo, K. Y., 1990, The Interstellar Medium in External Galaxies, eds. D. Hollenbach, H. Thronson, NASA Publication 3084, p. 130, ``A Relationship between the Integrated CO Intensity and the Radio Continuum Emission in Spiral Galaxies''
  25. Adler, D. S., Lo, K. Y., Allen, R. J., ibid, p. 291, ``A High Resolution Map of M51''
  26. Lees, J. F., Lo, K. Y., ibid, p. 296, ``Dissociation and Ionization of Molecular Gas in the Spiral Arms of M51''
  27. Lo, K. Y. 1991, Skylines: Proceedings of the Third Haystack Observatory Meeting, eds. A. D. Haschick and P. T. P. Ho, (Provo, Utah: Astronomical Society of the Pacific), pp. 7 - 18, ``Molecules in External Galaxies''
  28. Zhao, J-H, Goss, W. M., Lo, K. Y., Ekers, R. D. 1991, Taipei Astrophysical Workshop on ``Relationship between Active Galactic Nuclei and Starburst Galaxies'', ed. A. Filippenko, p. 295, ``Evidence for Intrinsic Activity of Sgr A* at the Galactic Center''
  29. Yun, M. S., Ho, P., Lo, K. Y. 1991, Skylines: Proceedings of the Third Haystack Observatory Meeting, eds. A. D. Haschick and P. T. P. Ho, (Provo, Utah: Astronomical Society of the Pacific), pp. 35-42, ``Disrupted HI Environment Around M82''
  30. Lo, K. Y., Adler, D., Wright, M., R. Plante, Allen, R., Rydbeck, G., 1991, IAU Symposium 146 on ``Dynamics of Galaxies and Their Molecular Cloud Distributions'', ed. F. Combes, F. Casoli (Kluwer Academic Publishers: Dordrecht), p. 81, ``M51 - Fully Sampled Aperture Synthesis Maps of CO Emission''
  31. Yun, M. S., Ho, P. T. P., Lo, K. Y., 1991, IAU Symposium 146 on ``Dynamics of Galaxies and Their Molecular Cloud Distributions'', ed. F. Combes, F. Casoli (Kluwer Academic Publishers: Dordrecht), p. 202, ``Disrupted HI Environment around M82''
  32. Lo, K. Y., Stark, A., J. Bally, T. Bania, A. Lane, R. Wilson, 1991, IAU Symposium 147 on ``The Magellanic Clouds and Their Interactions with the Milky Way'', eds. R. Haynes, D. Milne, pp. 112 - 113, ``AST/RO and Submillimeter-wave Observations of the Magellanic Clouds from the South Pole''
  33. Yun, M.S., Ho, P.T.P., Brouillet, N., Lo, K.Y., 1993, in Proceedings of the Third Teton Summer School on Astrophysics: The Evolution of Galaxies and Their Environment, eds. D. Hollenbach, H. Thronson, and J.M. Shull, ``A New Observational and Numerical Study of Tidal Interaction in M81-M82-NGC3077 System''
  34. Lo, K. Y., Sargent, W. L. W., Young, K., 1994, ``Panchromatic View of Galaxies - Their Evolutionary Puzzle'', Editions Frontiers, p. 200, ``HI and Star Formation in Faint Dwarf Galaxies''
  35. Lo, K. Y., Plante, R., Lacy, J., Wright, M., Killeen, N., 1994, IAU Colloquium No. 140: ``Astronomy with Millimeter and Submillimeter Wave Interferometry", ASP Conference Series, Vol. 59, ed. M. Ishiguro, W. J. Welch, p. 156, ``Ionized and Neutral Gas in the Central 10 pc of the Galaxy''
  36. Plante, R., Handa, T., Lo, K. Y., 1994, IAU Colloquium 140:``Astronomy with Millimeter and Submillimeter Wave Interferometry", ASP Conference Series, Vol. 59, ed. M. Ishiguro, W. J. Welch, p. 359, ``Jet-Cloud Interactions in NGC4258: CO Observations Using the Nobeyama Millimeter Array''
  37. Lo, K. Y., 1994, Proceedings of ``Nuclei of Normal Galaxies: Lessons from the Galactic Center", NATO ASI series, ed. A. Harris and R. Genzel, (Kluwer Academy Publishers: Dordrecht, Netherlands), p. 395, ``Compact Nuclear Radio Sources in Our and Other Galaxies''
  38. Plante, R., Lo, K. Y., Crutcher, R. M., Killeen, N. E. B., 1994, Proceedings of ``Nuclei of Normal Galaxies: Lessons from the Galactic Center", NATO ASI series, ed. A. Harris and R. Genzel, (Kluwer Academy Publishers: Dordrecht, Netherlands), p. 205, ``The Magnetic Field at the Galactic Center: Detection of HI Zeeman Splitting"
  39. Lo, K. Y., Young, L. M., 1995, The Interplay Between Massive Star Formation, The ISM and Galaxy Formation, Editions Frontiere, ``HI and Star Formation in Dwarf Galaxies"
  40. Lo, K. Y., 1997, Advances in Stellar Evolution, ed. R. T. Rood & A. Renzini (Cambridge: Cambridge U. Press), p. 269, ``Stars at the Galactic Center"
  41. Lo, K. Y., 1997, 21st Century Chinese Astronomy Conference -- Dedicated to Prof. C.C.Lin, ed. K. S. Cheng, (Singapore: World Scientific Press), p. 29, ``Recent Evidence for Massive Black Holes in Galactic Nuclei"
  42. Gruendl, R. A., Smith, I. A., Forester, R., Lo, K.Y., E. Liang, and M. Leventhal, 1997, Proceedings of the 4th Huntsville Gamma--Ray Burst Symposium, p. 576, ``The BIMA Search for Millimeter--Wavelength Counterparts to Gamma--Ray Bursts,''
  43. Gao, Y., Gruendl, R. A., Hwang, C. Y., Lo, K. Y., 1999, Proceedings of IAU Symposium No. 186, "Galaxy Interactions at Low and High Redshifts", ed. D. B. Sanders, p. 227, ``Luminous IR Galaxies in a Merger Sequence: BIMA CO Imaging''
  44. Hwang, C. Y., Lo, K. Y., Gao, Y., Gruendl, R. A., Lu, N. Y., 1997, Proceedings of IAU Symposium No. 186, "Galaxy Interactions at Low and High Redshifts", ed. D. B. Sanders, p. 282, ``Luminous IR Galaxies in a Merging Sequence: ISO Observations''
  45. L. M. Young, Lo, K. Y., 1997, Proceedings of IAU Joint Discussion No. 2 on "Dwarf Galaxies", ed. E. Brinks, 2E, 9, `` HI Studies of Local Group Dwarfs''
  46. Shen, Z., Lo, K. Y., Zhao, J. H., Ho, P., 1997, Proceedings of IAU Symposium No. 184 (Aug 18-22 1997, Kyoto), "The Central Regions of the Galaxy and Galaxies", ed. Y. Sofue, 437, ``Multi-wavelength VLBA Mapping of Sgr A*''
  47. Lo, K. Y., Shen, Z., Zhao, J.H. , Ho, P.T.P., 1998, ASP Conf. Ser. 186, "The Central Parsecs of the Galactic", Proceedings of Tucson Workshop on the Galactic Center, ed. H. Falcke, p. 72, "Intrinsic Size and Shape of Sgr A*: 3.6 AU by < 1 AU"
  48. Yun, Min S., Ho, P. T. P., Lo, K. Y., Imaging from Radio to Submillimeter Wavelengths, ASP Series, ed. J. Mangum, in press ``New 24 Field VLA Mosaic Imaging of HI in M81 Group''
  49. Lo, K. Y., Hwang, C. Y., Lee, S. W., Kim, D. C., Lee, T. H., Gruendl, R., Gao, Y. 2000, in ASP Conf. Ser., vo. 179, Dynamics of Galaxies: from the Early Universe to the Present, eds. F. Combes, G.A. Mamon & V. Charmandaris, (San Francisco: ASP), p. 279, ``Observing a Merging Sequence of Luminous IR Galaxies''
  50. Young, L. M., van Zee, L., Dohm-Palmer, R., Lo, K. Y. in ASP Conf. Ser., Gas & Galaxy Evolution, ed. J. Hibbard, M. Rupen, J. van Gorkum, in press, "Star Formation and the Interstellar Medium in Dwarf Galaxies"
  51. Lo, K. Y., Liang, H., Martin, R. N., Pen, U. L., Chiueh, T. 2000, in Proceeding of the IAU Symposium No.201, "New Cosmological Data and the Values of the Fundamental Parameters", eds. A. Wilkinson & A. Lasenby, 31 L, "Array for Microwave Background Anisotropy (AMiBA)"
  52. Lo, K. Y., Chiueh, T., Martin, R. N., Ng, Kin-Wang, Liang, H., Pen, Ue-Li, Ma, Chung-Pei, Kesteven, M., Sault, R., Subrahmanyan R., Wilson, W., Peterson, J., 2001, "Relativisitic Astrophysics," 20th Texas Symposium, p.172, "AMiBA: Array for Microwave Background Anisotropy"