Curriculum Vitae

Kamber R. Schwarz

Max-Planck-Institute for Astronomy, Königstuhl 17

D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany; schwarz at mpia.de

 

Employment

Postdoctoral Researcher, Max-Planck-Institute for Astronomy, September 2021 – Present

Sagan Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Arizona, September 2018 – August 2021

Education

PhD in Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of Michigan, September 2012 – August 2018

BS in Astronomy & Physics, Cum Laude & Honors, University of Arizona, August 2008 – May 2012

Select Publications

a full publication list can be found here

First author publications

  • Schwarz, K. R., Samland, M., Olofsson, G., Henning, T., et al. “MINDS. JWST- MIRI Observations of a Spatially Resolved Atomic Jet and Polychromatic Molecular Wind Toward SY Cha”, 2025, ApJ, 980, 148
  • Schwarz, K. R., Henning, T., Christiaens, V., Gasman, D., Samland, M., Perotti, G., et al. “MINDS. JWST-MIRI Reveals a Dynamic Gas-Rich Inner Disk Inside the Cavity of SY Cha”, 2024, ApJ, 962, 8
  • Schwarz, K. R., Calahan, J., Zhang, K., Alarc ́on, F., Aikawa, Y., et al., “Molecules with ALMA at Planet-forming Scales (MAPS). XX. The Massive Disk Around GM Aurigae” 2021, ApJS, 257, 20
  • Schwarz, K. R., Bergin E. A., Cleeves, L. I., Zhang, K., O ̈berg, K. I., Blake, G. A., Anderson, D. “Unlocking CO Depletion in Protoplanetary Disks II. Primordial C/H Predictions Inside the CO Snowline” 2019, ApJ, 877, 131
  • Schwarz, K. R., Bergin E. A., Cleeves, L. I., Zhang, K., O ̈berg, K. I., Blake, G. A., Anderson, D. “Unlocking CO Depletion in Protoplanetary Disks I. The Warm Molecular Layer” 2018, ApJ, 823, 91
  • Schwarz, K. R., Bergin E. A., Cleeves, L. I., Blake, G. A., Zhang, K., O ̈berg, K. I., van Dishoeck, E. F., Qi, C. “The Radial Distribution of H2 and CO in TW Hya as Revealed by Resolved ALMA Observations of CO Isotopolgues” 2016, ApJ, 823, 91
  • Schwarz, K. R., & Bergin, E. A. “The Effects of Initial Abundances on Nitrogen in Protoplanetary Disks” 2014, ApJ, 797, 113

Co-authored Publications

  • Fadul, A.,1 Schwarz, K. R., Suhasaria, T., van’t Hoff, M., Huang, J., Calahan, J., “First Detection of Ethylene Glycol and Glycolonitrile in a Protoplanetary Disk”, 2025, ApJL, 988, L44
  • Fadul, A., Schwarz, K. R., van’t Hoff, M., Huang, J., Bergner, J., Suhasaria, T., Calahan, J., “A deep search for complex organic molecules toward the protoplantary disk V883 Ori”, 2025, AJ, 196, 307
  • Suhasaria, T., Wee, S. M., Basalg`ete, R., Ja ̈ger, C., Schwarz, K. R., Henning, T. “Ly-alpha processing of solid-state Ethanolamine: Potential Precursors to Sugar and Peptide Derivatives”, 2025, ApJL, 982, 48
  • Zhang, K., Booth A., Law, C., Bosman, A., Schwarz, K. et al., “Molecules with ALMA at Planet- forming Scales (MAPS). V. CO Gas Distributions” 2021, ApJS, 257, 5
  • Krijt, S., Bosman, A., D., Zhang, K., Schwarz, K. R., Bergin, E. A., Ciesla, F. J. “CO Depletion in Protoplanetary Disks: A Unified Picture Combining Physical Sequestration and Chemical Processing” 2020, ApJ, 899, 134
  • Zhang, K., Schwarz, K. R., Bergin, E. A. “Rapid Evolution of Volatile CO from the Protostellar Disk Stage to the Protoplanetary Disk Stage” 2020, ApJ, 891, 17
  • Zhang, K., Bergin, E. A, Schwarz, K. R., Krijt, S., Ciesla, F. “Systematic Variations of CO Gas Abundance with Radius in Gas-rich Protoplanetary Disks” 2019, ApJ, 883, 98
  • Macías, E., Espailat, C., Ribas, Á., Schwarz, K. R., Anglada, G., Osorio, M., Carrasco-González, C., Gómez, J., Robinson, C., “Multiple Rings in the Transitional Disk of GM Aurigae Revealed by VLA and ALMA” 2018, ApJ, 865, 37
  • Krijt, S., Schwarz, K. R., Bergin, E. A., Ciesla, F. J. “Transport of CO in Proto- planetary Disks: Consequences of Pebble Formation, Settling, and Radial Drift” 2018, ApJ, 864, 78
  • Zhang, K., Bergin, E. A., Blake, G. A., Cleeves, L. I., Schwarz, K. R. “Mass inventory of the giant-planet formation zone in a solar nebula analogue” 2017, Nature Astronomy, 1, 0130
  • Bergin, E. A., Du, F., Cleeves, L. I., Blake, G. A., Schwarz, K. R., Visser, R., Zhang, K. “Hydrocarbon Emission Rings in Protoplanetary Disks Induced by Dust Evolution” 2016, ApJ, 831, 101
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