Education and Positions

• Postdoctoral research fellow, ASIAA (2021~present)
• Postdoctoral researcher, University of Cologne (2017~2021)
• PhD in Astrophysics, Cardiff University (2013~2017)
• Master of Physics, University of Oxford (2009~2013)

Research Interests

My research is split into three main topics: (magneto-)hydrodynamic simulations of filament formation, evolution and fragmentation to determine how their role in the star formation process; the production of synthetic observations and techniques to better compare and interpret observations and simulations; and observations of continuum and molecular line emission of giant molecular filaments to study their kinematics and fragmentation. I am also interested in larger-scale problems such as the formation of molecular clouds and the effects of the supernova-driven bubble-dominated ISM on dense molecular gas, as well as smaller-scale problems such as core fragmentation, outflow jets, and core chemistry. A greater aim of my work is to better connect the physics on these multiple scales, via both observations and theory, to better understand how each scale influences the others and the resulting star formation.

Publications

Complete List of Publications

My Publications from ADS

Journal Papers affiliated with ASIAA

1. Bonne L; Bontemps S; Schneider N; Simon R; Clarke SD; Csengeri T; Chambers E; Graf U; Jackson JM; Klein R; Okada Y; Tielens AGGM; Tiwari M, "Unveiling the formation of the massive DR21 ridge" , ApJ: 951(1), id.39 (26 pp), July, 2023 [SCI] ( ADS | Fulltext )
2. Clarke SD; Sánchez-Monge Ñ; Williams GM; Howard ADP; Walch S; Schneider N, "A Herschel study of G214.5-1.8: a young, cold and quiescent giant molecular filament on the shell of a HI superbubble" , MNRAS: 519(2), 3098-3117, Feb, 2023 [SCI] ( ADS | Fulltext )
3. Ganguly S; Walch S; Seifried D; Clarke SD; Weis M, "Unravelling the structure of magnetized molecular clouds with SILCC-Zoom: sheets, filaments, and fragmentation" , MNRAS: 525(1), 721-741, Oct, 2023 [SCI] ( ADS | Fulltext )
4. Makarenko EI; Walch S; Clarke SD; Seifried D; Naab T; Nürnberger PC; Rathjen T-E, "How do supernova remnants cool? - I. Morphology, optical emission lines, and shocks" , MNRAS: 520(1), 1421-1440, July, 2023 [SCI] ( ADS | Fulltext )
5. Clarke SD; Jaffa SE; Whitworth AP, "RJ-plots: An improved method to classify structures objectively" , MNRAS: 516(2), 2782-2791, Oct, 2022 [SCI] ( ADS | Fulltext )
6. Jaffa SE; Dale J; Krause M; Clarke SD, "Chaotic star formation: error bars for the star formation efficiency and column density PDF" , MNRAS: 511(2), 2702-2707, April, 2022 [SCI] ( ADS | Fulltext )
7. Schneider N; Ossenkopf-Okada V; Clarke S; Klessen RS; Kabanovic S; Veltchev T; Bontemps S; Dib S; Csengeri T; Federrath C; Di Francesco J; Motte F; André P; Arzoumanian D; Beattie JR; Bonne L; Didelon P; Elia D; Könyves V; Kritsuk A; Ladjelate B; Myers P; Pezzuto S; Robitaille JF; Roy A; Seifried D; Simon R; Soler J; Ward-Thompson D, "Understanding star formation in molecular clouds. IV. Column density PDFs from quiescent to massive molecular clouds" , A&A: 666, id.A165 (52pp), Oct, 2022 [SCI] ( ADS | Fulltext )