Faculty & Staff Directory
Esteban Araya
- Assistant Professor
Contact Info
- Name
- Dr. Esteban Araya
- Job Title
- Assistant Professor
- Office Number
- Planetary Hall 201B
Affiliations
Departments
- Physics & Astronomy Department (Faculty)
Education
PhD, Physics (Astrophysics), New Mexico Tech (2008)
MS, Physics, University of Puerto Rico (2003)
BS, Physics, Universidad de Costa Rica, (2000)
About
Esteban D. Araya is a Term Assistant Professor in the Physics and Astronomy Department at George Mason University. After finishing his PhD at New Mexico Tech, Dr. Araya was a postdoctoral Jansky Fellow of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) at the University of New Mexico. Before joining GMU, Dr. Araya was a Professor of Physics at Western Illinois University (WIU) for over 15 years, where he taught a wide range of courses, from Introduction to Astronomy to the capstone Graduate Seminar of the Master’s Program.
Dr. Araya’s research focuses on the interstellar medium and star formation at cm and mm wavelengths, using molecular spectroscopy and radio continuum observations. Dr. Araya is a coauthor of over 50 peer-reviewed publications in astrophysics, and he has mentored over 50 graduate, undergraduate, and high school students in research projects based on observations conducted with radio telescopes such as the NRAO’s Very Large Array.
Teaching Focus
Dr. Araya teaches university physics courses at the GMU Physics and Astronomy Department. He has more than 17 years of experience teaching physics and astronomy courses at the college level.
Selected Publications
Sanchez-Tovar, E. (*); Araya, E.; Rosero, V.; Hofner P.; Kurtz, S. Broadband VLA Spectral-line Survey of a Sample of Ionized Jet Candidates. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 2023 August 08; 267(2):43. Available from: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4365/acdb5e DOI: 10.3847/1538-4365/acdb5e
Tan, W. S. (*); Araya. E.; Rigg, C.(*); Hofner, P.; Kurtz, S.; Linz, H.; Rosero, V. Excited Hydroxyl Outflow in the High-mass Star-forming Region G34.26+0.15. The Astrophysical Journal. 2023 August 07; 953(1):90. Available from: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/acde7b DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/acde7b
Shuvo, O.(*); Araya, E.; Tan, W. S.(*); Hofner, P.; Kurtz, S.; Pihlström, Y.; Hoffman, I. Thermal Formaldehyde Emission in NGC 7538 IRS 1. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 2021 June; 504(2):1733-1748. Available from: https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/504/2/1733/6211007 DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stab933
Araya, E.; Hofner, P.; Goss, W. M.; Kurtz, S.; Richards, A.; Linz, H.; Olmi, L.; Sewiło, M. Quasi-Periodic Formaldehyde Maser Flares in the Massive Protostellar Object IRAS 18566+0408. The Astrophysical Journal. 2010 July 10; 717(2):L133-L137. Available from: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2041-8205/717/2/L133 DOI:
10.1088/2041-8205/717/2/L133
Araya, E.; Kurtz, S.; Hofner, P.; Linz, H. Radio Continuum and Methanol
Observations of DR21(OH). The Astrophysical Journal. 2009 June 20; 698(2):1321-
1329. Available from: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0004-637X/698/2/1321 DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/698/2/1321
See https://tinyurl.com/y5vy6vmj for the updated list of refereed and non-refereed publications.
Awards
2024 College of Arts and Sciences Award for Excellence in Research/Scholarly Activity. Western Illinois University, Macomb, Illinois, USA.
2016 College of Arts and Sciences Excellence in Undergraduate Research Award. Western Illinois University, Macomb, Illinois, USA.
2004 Costa Rican National Science Award “Dr. Clodomiro Picado Twight”, San Jose, Costa Rica.
Contact Info
- Name
- Dr. Esteban Araya
- Job Title
- Assistant Professor
- Office Number
- Planetary Hall 201B