Mao-Chang Liang Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences California Institute of Technology MS150-21 1200 E. California Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91125, USA Tel: 626 395 6960 Fax: 626 585 1917 e-mail: mcl@gps.caltech.edu
Personal Information:
Date of Birth: July 20, 1976 Place of Birth: Taichung, Taiwan

Education

• B.S., Physics, 1994-1998, National Tsing Hua University
• M.S., Physics, 1998-2000, National Tsing Hua University

Thesis: Multi-Wavelength Studies of Interacting Galaxies

Advisors: Dr. Kwok-Yung Lo and Dr. Hsiang-Kuang Chang

• Ph.D., Planetary Science, 2002-200x, California Institute of Technology

Research Interest

• Infrared Luminous Galaxies
• Sgr A*
• Galactic Magamasers
• Early Solar Systems
• Atmospheric Science
• Atmospheric Photochemistry on Close-in Extrasolar Giant Planets

Referred Papers

1. Liang, M.C.; Geballe, T.R.; Lo, K.Y.; Kim, D.-C., Infrared Line Emission in the Interacting Region of Arp 244 (the Antennae): Colliding Molecular Cloud Complexes?, ApJ Lett., 546, 59, 2001. (.html; .pdf)

2. Blake, G.A., Liang M.C., Morgan C.G., and Yung Y.L., A Born-Oppenheimer photolysis model of N2O fractionation, Geophys. Res. Lett., 30(12) 1656, doi:10.129/2003GL016932, 2003. (.html; .pdf)

3. Liang, Mao-Chang; Parkinson, Christopher D.; Lee, Anthony Y.-T.; Yung, Yuk L.; Seager, Sara, Source of Atomic Hydrogen in the Atmosphere of HD 209458b, ApJ Lett., 596, 247, 2003. (.html; .pdf)

4. Morgan, C., M. Allen, M.C. Liang, R.L. Shia, G.A. Blake, and Y.L. Yung, Isotopic Fractionation of Atmospheric Nitrous Oxide, J. Geophys. Res., in press, 2004. (.html; .pdf)

5. Liang, Mao-Chang; Seager, Sara; Parkinson, Christopher D.; Lee, Anthony Y.-T.; Yung, Yuk L., On the Significance of Photochemical Aerosols in the Atmospheres of Close-in Extrasolar Giant Planets, ApJ Lett., submitted, 2004. (.html; .pdf)

6. Liang, Mao-Chang; Blake, Geoffrey A.; and Yung, Yuk L., A Semi-Analytic Model for Photo-Induced Isotopic Fractionation in Simple Molecules, J. Geophys. Res., submitted, 2004. (.html; .pdf)

Papers in Preparation

1. Molecular Clouds in Arp 244

2. Atmospheric Photochemistry on Close-in Extrasolar Giant Planets

Conference and Posters

1. Zhi-Qiang Shen, M. C. Liang, K. Y. Lo, M. Miyoshi , Searching for Structural Variability in Sgr A*, Astronomische Nachrichten, 324(S1), DOI: 10.1002/asna.200385090, 2003. (.pdf)

2. Mao-Chang Liang, Christopher D. Parkinson, Anthony Y.-T. Lee, Yuk L. Yung, and Sara Seager, Photochemistry in the Atmosphere of HD 209458b, DPS 2003. (M$ PowerPoint)

3. Mao-Chang Liang, Sara Seager, Christopher D. Parkinson, Anthony Y. T. Lee, and Yuk L. Yung, Atmospheric Photochemistry on Close-in Extra-solar Giant Planets, AGU 2003. (M$ PowerPoint)

Last updated: Jan-15-2004