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For more details on our work, please check the full list of publications in ADS/Google Scholar. My CV can be found in ORCID.
Peer-reviewed publications
2026
Lee, C-Y., K-J. Chuang, Y-Y. Hsu, C. Jäger, Th Henning, and Y-J. Chen. “Extreme-ultraviolet Photochemistry in Water-covered Carbonaceous Dust Analogs: Effects of Dust Thickness and Hydrogen Content.” The Astrophysical Journal 1004, no. 2 (2026): 181. [ADS/DOI]
DeVine, J. A., J. Terwisscha van Scheltinga, S. Ioppolo, K-J. Chuang, E. F. van Dishoeck, and T. Lamberts. “UV irradiation of ethanol-containing interstellar ice analogs: Photostability in CH3CH2OH: CO mixtures.” Astronomy & Astrophysics 708 (2026): A186. [ADS/DOI]
Coulaud, L., J.C. Santos, and K.-J. Chuang. “Experimental investigation of O2 diffusion and entrapment in interstellar amorphous solid water.” Astronomy & Astrophysics 707 (2026): A168. [ADS/DOI]
Bründl, T-M., J. Terwisscha van Scheltinga, S. Cazaux, K-J. Chuang, and H. Linnartz. “The photochemistry of irradiated Enceladus ice analogues: Implications for the formation of ozone and carbon trioxide.” Icarus 444 (2026): 116751. [ADS/DOI]
Samarth, P., G. Fedoseev, M. Bulak, S. Ioppolo, L. Hornekær, E. F. van Dishoeck, H. Linnartz, and K-J. Chuang. “In situ characterization of volatile and refractory hydrocarbons produced by UV photolysis of interstellar C2H2 ice.” Astronomy & Astrophysics 705 (2026): A229. [ADS/DOI]
2025
Hansen, K., D. A. García-Hernández, E. E. B. Campbell, D. Erbahar, A. Domaracka, C. Jäger, C. Ewels et al. “Roadmap on carbon molecular nanostructures in space.” The European Physical Journal D 79, no. 8 (2025): 94. [ADS/DOI]
Slavicinska, K., C. Coone, B. Benz, H. Linnartz, AC Adwin Boogert, and K-J. Chuang. “Laboratory Infrared Spectra and Band Strengths of Carbonyl Sulfide (OCS) in CH3OH-and CO-Rich Ice Mixtures for Analyzing Interstellar Ice Observations.” ACS Earth and Space Chemistry 9, no. 8 (2025): 2148-2158. [ADS/DOI]
Fedoseev, G., X. Li, G. A. Baratta, M. E. Palumbo, and K-J. Chuang. “Production of linear alkanes via the solid-state hydrogenation of interstellar polyynes.” Astronomy & Astrophysics 693 (2025): A277. [ADS/DOI]
Slavicinska, K., A. C. A. Boogert, E. F. van Dishoeck, M. L. van Gelder, M. G. Navarro, J.C. Santos, P.D. Klaassen, P.J. Kavanagh, and K-J. Chuang. “Ammonium hydrosulfide (NH4SH) as a potentially significant sulfur sink in interstellar ices.” Astronomy & Astrophysics 693 (2025): A146. [ADS/DOI]
2024
Santos, J.C., H. Linnartz, and K-J. Chuang. “Formation of carbonyl sulfide (OCS) via SH radicals in interstellar CO-rich ice under dense cloud conditions.” Astronomy & Astrophysics 690 (2024): A24. [ADS/DOI]
Santos, J.C., J. Enrique-Romero, T. Lamberts, H. Linnartz, and K-J. Chuang. “Formation of S-bearing complex organic molecules in interstellar clouds via ice reactions with C2H2, HS, and atomic H.” ACS Earth and Space Chemistry 8, no. 8 (2024): 1646-1660. [ADS/DOI]
Chuang, K-J., C. Jäger, J.C. Santos, and Th. Henning. “Formation of N–bearing complex organic molecules in molecular clouds: Ketenimine, acetonitrile, acetaldimine, and vinylamine via the UV photolysis of C2H2 ice.” Astronomy & Astrophysics 687 (2024): A7. [ADS/DOI]
Nazari, P., J. S. Y. Cheung, J. Ferrer Asensio, N. M. Murillo, E. F. van Dishoeck, J. K. Jørgensen, T. L. Bourke et al. “A deep search for large complex organic species toward IRAS16293-2422 B at 3 mm with ALMA.” Astronomy & Astrophysics 686 (2024): A59. [ADS/DOI]
Samarth, P., M. Bulak, D. Paardekooper, K-J. Chuang, and H. Linnartz. “Pulsed ion deflection to overcome detector saturation in cryogenic ice sampling.” Review of Scientific Instruments 95, no. 2 (2024). [ADS/DOI]
Keyte, L., M. Kama, K-J. Chuang, L.I. Cleeves, M.N. Drozdovskaya, K. Furuya, J. Rawlings, and O. Shorttle. “Spatially resolving the volatile sulfur abundance in the HD 100546 protoplanetary disc.” Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 528, no. 1 (2024): 388-407. [ADS/DOI]
2023
Chuang, K-J., C. Jäger, N-E. Sie, C-H. Huang, C-Y. Lee, Y-Y. Hsu, Th. Henning, and Y-J. Chen. “Interstellar carbonaceous dust erosion induced by X-ray irradiation of water ice in star-forming regions.” The Astrophysical Journal 956, no. 1 (2023): 57. [ADS/DOI]
Santos, J.C., H. Linnartz, and K-J. Chuang. “Interaction of H2S with H atoms on grain surfaces under molecular cloud conditions.” Astronomy & Astrophysics 678 (2023): A112. [ADS/DOI]
Chen, Y., M. L. Van Gelder, P. Nazari, C. L. Brogan, E. F. Van Dishoeck, H. Linnartz, J. K. Jørgensen et al. “CoCCoA: Complex Chemistry in hot Cores with ALMA-Selected oxygen-bearing species.” Astronomy & Astrophysics 678 (2023): A137. [ADS/DOI]
Slavicinska, K., M.G. Rachid, W.R.M. Rocha, K-J. Chuang, E.F. van Dishoeck, and H. Linnartz. “The hunt for formamide in interstellar ices-A toolkit of laboratory infrared spectra in astronomically relevant ice mixtures and comparisons to ISO, Spitzer, and JWST observations.” Astronomy & Astrophysics 677 (2023): A13. [ADS/DOI]
Santos, J.C., K-J. Chuang, J. G. M. Schrauwen, A. Traspas Muiña, J. Zhang, H. M. Cuppen, B. Redlich, H. Linnartz, and S. Ioppolo. “Resonant infrared irradiation of CO and CH3OH interstellar ices.” Astronomy & Astrophysics 672 (2023): A112. [ADS/DOI]
2022
Chuang, K-J., C. Jäger, S. A. Krasnokutski, D. Fulvio, and Th. Henning. “Formation of the simplest amide in molecular clouds: formamide (NH2CHO) and its derivatives in H2O-rich and CO-rich interstellar ice analogs upon VUV irradiation.” The Astrophysical Journal 933, no. 1 (2022): 107. [ADS/DOI]
Santos, J.C., K-J. Chuang, T. Lamberts, G. Fedoseev, S. Ioppolo, and H. Linnartz. “First experimental confirmation of the CH3O+ H2CO→ CH3OH+ HCO reaction: expanding the CH3OH formation mechanism in interstellar ices.” The Astrophysical Journal Letters 931, no. 2 (2022): L33. [ADS/DOI]
Krasnokutski, S.A., K-J. Chuang, C., Jäger, N., Ueberschaar, and Th. Henning. “A pathway to peptides in space through the condensation of atomic carbon.” Nature Astronomy 6, no. 3 (2022): 381-386. [ADS/DOI]
He, J., M. Simons, G. Fedoseev, K-J. Chuang, D. Qasim, T. Lamberts, S. Ioppolo, B.A. McGuire, H. Cuppen, and H. Linnartz. “Methoxymethanol formation starting from CO hydrogenation.” Astronomy & Astrophysics 659 (2022): A65. [ADS/DOI]
Lamberts, T., Gleb Fedoseev, Marc C. van Hemert, D. Qasim, Ko-Ju Chuang, J.C. Santos, and H. Linnartz. “Methane formation in cold regions from carbon atoms and molecular hydrogen.” The Astrophysical Journal 928, no. 1 (2022): 48. [ADS/DOI]
Bulak, M., D. M. Paardekooper, G. Fedoseev, K-J. Chuang, J. Terwisscha van Scheltinga, C. Eistrup, and H. Linnartz. “Quantification of O2 formation during UV photolysis of water ice: H2O and H2O: CO2 ices.” Astronomy & Astrophysics 657 (2022): A120. [ADS/DOI]
Fedoseev, G., D. Qasim, K-J. Chuang, S. Ioppolo, T. Lamberts, E.F. Van Dishoeck, and H. Linnartz. “Hydrogenation of accreting C atoms and CO molecules–simulating ketene and acetaldehyde formation under dark and translucent cloud conditions.” The Astrophysical Journal 924, no. 2 (2022): 110. [ADS/DOI]
2021
Chuang, K-J., G. L. E. B. Fedoseev, C. Scirè, G. A. Baratta, C. Jäger, Th Henning, H. Linnartz, and Maria Elisabetta Palumbo. “Formation of complex organic molecules in molecular clouds: acetaldehyde, vinyl alcohol, ketene, and ethanol via the “energetic” processing of C2H2 ice.” Astronomy & Astrophysics 650 (2021): A85. [ADS/DOI]
Ioppolo, S., G. Fedoseev, K-J. Chuang, H. M. Cuppen, A. R. Clements, M. Jin, R. T. Garrod et al. “A non-energetic mechanism for glycine formation in the interstellar medium.” Nature Astronomy 5, no. 2 (2021): 197-205. [ADS/DOI]
2020
Qasim, D., G. Fedoseev, K-J. Chuang, J. He, S. Ioppolo, E. F. van Dishoeck, and H. Linnartz. “An experimental study of the surface formation of methane in interstellar molecular clouds.” Nature Astronomy 4, no. 8 (2020): 781-785. [ADS/DOI]
Qasim, D., M. J. A. Witlox, G. Fedoseev, K-J. Chuang, T. Banu, S. A. Krasnokutski, S. Ioppolo, J. Kästner, E. F. Van Dishoeck, and H. Linnartz. “A cryogenic ice setup to simulate carbon atom reactions in interstellar ices.” Review of Scientific Instruments 91, no. 5 (2020). [ADS/DOI]
Chuang, K-J., G. Fedoseev, Danna Qasim, Sergio Ioppolo, C. Jäger, Th Henning, Maria Elisabetta Palumbo, E. F. Van Dishoeck, and H. Linnartz. “Formation of complex molecules in translucent clouds: acetaldehyde, vinyl alcohol, ketene, and ethanol via “nonenergetic” processing of C2H2 ice.” Astronomy & Astrophysics 635 (2020): A199. [ADS/DOI]
2019
McGuire, B.A., Christopher N. Shingledecker, Eric R. Willis, Kin Long Kelvin Lee, Marie-Aline Martin-Drumel, Geoffrey A. Blake, Crystal L. Brogan et al. “Searches for Interstellar HCCSH and H2CCS.” The Astrophysical Journal 883, no. 2 (2019): 201. [ADS/DOI]
Qasim, D., G. Fedoseev, K-J. Chuang, V. Taquet, T. Lamberts, J. He, S. Ioppolo, E. F. Van DIshoeck, and H. Linnartz. “Formation of interstellar propanal and 1-propanol ice: a pathway involving solid-state CO hydrogenation.” Astronomy & Astrophysics 627 (2019): A1. [ADS/DOI]
Qasim, D., T. Lamberts, J. He, K-J. Chuang, G. Fedoseev, S. Ioppolo, A. C. A. Boogert, and H. Linnartz. “Extension of the HCOOH and CO2 solid-state reaction network during the CO freeze-out stage: inclusion of H2CO.” Astronomy & Astrophysics 626 (2019): A118. [ADS/DOI]
Qasim, D, Gleb Fedoseev, Thanja Lamberts, Ko-Ju Chuang, Jiao He, Sergio Ioppolo, Johannes Kästner, and Harold Linnartz. “Alcohols on the rocks: solid-state formation in a H3CC≡ CH+ OH cocktail under dark cloud conditions.” ACS Earth and Space Chemistry 3, no. 6 (2019): 986-999. [ADS/DOI]
2018
Chuang, K-J., G. Fedoseev, D. Qasim, S. Ioppolo, E. F. Van Dishoeck, and H. Linnartz. “H2 chemistry in interstellar ices: the case of CO ice hydrogenation in UV irradiated CO: H2 ice mixtures.” Astronomy & Astrophysics 617 (2018): A87. [ADS/DOI]
Qasim, D., K-J. Chuang, G. Fedoseev, S. Ioppolo, A. C. A. Boogert, and H. Linnartz. “Formation of interstellar methanol ice prior to the heavy CO freeze-out stage.” Astronomy & Astrophysics 612 (2018): A83. [ADS/DOI]
Chuang, K-J., G. Fedoseev, D. Qasim, S. Ioppolo, EF van Dishoeck, and H. Linnartz. “Reactive desorption of CO hydrogenation products under cold pre-stellar core conditions.” The Astrophysical Journal 853, no. 2 (2018): 102. [ADS/DOI]
2017
Chuang, K-J., G. Fedoseev, D. Qasim, S. Ioppolo, E. F. Van Dishoeck, and H. Linnartz. “Production of complex organic molecules: H-atom addition versus UV irradiation.” Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 467, no. 3 (2017): 2552-2565. [ADS/DOI]
Fedoseev, G., K-J. Chuang, Sergio Ioppolo, Danna Qasim, EF van Dishoeck, and Harold Linnartz. “Formation of glycerol through hydrogenation of CO ice under prestellar core conditions.” The Astrophysical Journal 842, no. 1 (2017): 52. [ADS/DOI]
2016
Fedoseev, G., K-J. Chuang, Ewine F. van Dishoeck, Sergio Ioppolo, and Harold Linnartz. “Simultaneous hydrogenation and UV-photolysis experiments of NO in CO-rich interstellar ice analogues; linking HNCO, OCN−, NH2CHO, and NH2OH.” Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 460, no. 4 (2016): 4297-4309. [ADS/DOI]
Ciaravella, A., Y-J. Chen, C. Cecchi-Pestellini, A. Jiménez-Escobar, G. M. Munoz Caro, K-J. Chuang, and C-H. Huang. “Chemical evolution of a CO ice induced by soft X-rays.” The Astrophysical Journal 819, no. 1 (2016): 38. [ADS/DOI]
Chuang, K-J., G. Fedoseev, S. Ioppolo, E. F. Van Dishoeck, and H. Linnartz. “H-atom addition and abstraction reactions in mixed CO, H 2 CO and CH 3 OH ices–an extended view on complex organic molecule formation.” Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 455, no. 2 (2016): 1702-1712. [ADS/DOI]
2015
Ligterink, N. F. W., D. M. Paardekooper, K-J. Chuang, M. L. Both, G. A. Cruz-Diaz, J. H. Van Helden, and H. Linnartz. “Controlling the emission profile of an H2 discharge lamp to simulate interstellar radiation fields.” Astronomy & Astrophysics 584 (2015): A56. [ADS/DOI]
Chen, Y-J., K-J. Juang, M. Nuevo, Antonio Jiménez-Escobar, G. M. Muñoz Caro, J-M. Qiu, C-C. Chu et al. “Formation of S-bearing species by VUV/EUV irradiation of H2S-containing ice mixtures: Photon energy and carbon source effects.” The Astrophysical Journal 798, no. 2 (2015): 80. [ADS/DOI]
2014
Chen, Y-J., K-J. Chuang, G. M. Muñoz Caro, M. Nuevo, C-C. Chu, T-S. Yih, W-H. Ip, and C-YR Wu. “Vacuum ultraviolet emission spectrum measurement of a microwave-discharge hydrogen-flow lamp in several configurations: application to photodesorption of CO ice.” The Astrophysical Journal 781, no. 1 (2014): 15. [ADS/DOI]
Lamberts, Thanja, H. M. Cuppen, Gleb Fedoseev, Sergio Ioppolo, K-J. Chuang, and Harold Linnartz. “Relevance of the H2+ O reaction pathway for the surface formation of interstellar water-Combined experimental and modeling study.” Astronomy & Astrophysics 570 (2014): A57. [ADS/DOI]
2013
Chen, Y-J., A. Ciaravella, G. M. Muñoz Caro, C. Cecchi-Pestellini, A. Jiménez-Escobar, K-J. Juang, and T-S. Yih. “Soft X-ray irradiation of methanol ice: Formation of products as a function of photon energy.” The Astrophysical Journal 778, no. 2 (2013): 162. [ADS/DOI]
Proceedings
2021
Krasnokutski, S.A., K-J. Chuang, C. Jäger, and Th. Henning. “Condensation of Atomic Carbon: Routes Towards Organics.” In European Conference on Laboratory Astrophysics, pp. 63-67. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021.
Chuang, K-J., G. Fedoseev, D. Qasim, S. Ioppolo, C. Jäger, Th Henning, M. E. Palumbo, E. F. van Dishoeck, and H. Linnartz. “Formation of Complex Molecules in the Translucent Phase via “non-energetic” Processing on C 2 H 2 Ice.” In European Conference on Laboratory Astrophysics, pp. 29-34. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021.
2019
Chuang, K-J., G. Fedoseev, D. Qasim, S. Ioppolo, E. F. Van Dishoeck, C. Jäger, T. Henning, and H. Linnartz. “H2 photochemistry in interstellar ices: The formation of HCO in UV irradiated CO: H2 ice mixtures.” Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union 15, no. S350 (2019): 404-405.
2018
Chuang, K-J. “Solid-state production of complex organic molecules: H-atom addition versus UV irradiation.” Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union 13, no. S332 (2017): 429-434.