2026 Edwin A. Bergin: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	123	732	693	402	375	779	48782

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Research.com Recognitions

2019 - Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics, American Astronomical Society

Overview

Edwin A. Bergin is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States and works primarily in the fields of Physics and Astronomy and Chemistry. Their research encompasses subfields such as Astronomy and Astrophysics, Spectroscopy, Atmospheric Science, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. The scientist has contributed extensively to topics including Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies, Molecular Spectroscopy and Structure, Astro and Planetary Science, Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Advanced Chemical Physics Studies, and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research.

Bergin's recent papers reflect a focus on molecular and astrochemical processes in star-forming regions and protoplanetary disks. Notable publications include:

Water in star-forming regions: physics and chemistry from clouds to disks as probed by Herschel spectroscopy, 2021, Astronomy and Astrophysics
Molecules with ALMA at Planet-forming Scales (MAPS). IV. Emission Surfaces and Vertical Distribution of Molecules, 2021, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
Thermal desorption of interstellar ices: a review on the controlling parameters and their implications from snowlines to chemical complexity, 2022, arXiv (Cornell University)
Molecules with ALMA at Planet-forming Scales (MAPS) II: CLEAN Strategies for Synthesizing Images of Molecular Line Emission in Protoplanetary Disks, 2021, arXiv (Cornell University)
Molecules with ALMA at Planet-forming Scales (MAPS) III: Characteristics of Radial Chemical Substructures, 2021, arXiv (Cornell University)

The scientist frequently collaborates with researchers including Jane Huang, Karin I. Öberg, Sean M. Andrews, Ke Zhang, and Richard Teague.

Bergin has published prolifically in several venues, with a substantial number of publications in:

arXiv (Cornell University)
The Astrophysical Journal
The Astrophysical Journal Letters
The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
Astronomy and Astrophysics

In recognition of their work, Edwin A. Bergin was awarded the Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics by the American Astronomical Society in 2019.

Best Publications

Cold Dark Clouds: The Initial Conditions for Star Formation

Edwin A. Bergin;Mario Tafalla

1376
Citations
Rapid Formation of Molecular Clouds and Stars in the Solar Neighborhood

Lee Hartmann;Javier Ballesteros-Paredes;Javier Ballesteros-Paredes;Edwin A. Bergin

679
Citations
The Effects of Snowlines on C/O in Planetary Atmospheres

Karin I. Öberg;Ruth Murray-Clay;Edwin A. Bergin

603
Citations
Chemical Evolution in Preprotostellar and Protostellar Cores

E. A. Bergin;W. D. Langer

572
Citations
Ocean-like water in the Jupiter-family comet 103P/Hartley 2

Paul Hartogh;Dariusz C. Lis;Dominique Bockelée-Morvan;Miguel de Val-Borro

521
Citations
Evidence of Fast Pebble Growth Near Condensation Fronts in the HL Tau Protoplanetary Disk

Ke Zhang;Geoffrey A. Blake;Edwin A. Bergin

426
Citations
N2H+ and C18O Depletion in a Cold Dark Cloud

Edwin A. Bergin;João Alves;Tracy Huard;Charles J. Lada

413
Citations
An old disk still capable of forming a planetary system

Edwin A. Bergin;L. Ilsedore Cleeves;Uma Gorti;Uma Gorti;Ke Zhang

413
Citations
WATER, O2, AND ICE IN MOLECULAR CLOUDS

David Hollenbach;Michael J. Kaufman;Michael J. Kaufman;Edwin A. Bergin;Gary J. Melnick

399
Citations
A study of the physics and chemistry of TMC-1.

P Pratap;JE Dickens;Ronald L. Snell;MP Miralles

395
Citations
Water in Star-Forming Regions with the Herschel Space Observatory (WISH): Overview of key program and first results

E. F. van Dishoeck;L. E. Kristensen;A. O. Benz;E. A. Bergin

386
Citations
Deuterated Water in Comet C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake) and Its Implications for the Origin of Comets☆

D. Bockelee-Morvan;D. Gautier;D. C. Lis;K. Young

346
Citations
Imaging of the CO Snow Line in a Solar Nebula Analog

Chunhua Qi;Karin I. Öberg;David J. Wilner;Paola D’Alessio

342
Citations
Detection of the water reservoir in a forming planetary system

Michiel R. Hogerheijde;Edwin A. Bergin;Christian Brinch;L. Ilsedore Cleeves

322
Citations
EVOLUTION OF CHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR LINE PROFILES DURING PROTOSTELLAR COLLAPSE

Jeong Eun Lee;Edwin A. Bergin;Neal J. Evans

318
Citations
Gas-phase chemistry in dense interstellar clouds including grain surface molecular depletion and desorption

E. A. Bergin;W. D. Langer;P. F. Goldsmith

301
Citations
The ancient heritage of water ice in the solar system.

L. Ilsedore Cleeves;Edwin A. Bergin;Conel M. O. 'D. Alexander;Fujun Du

299
Citations
Water in star-forming regions with the Herschel Space Observatory (WISH). I. Overview of key program and first results

E. F. van Dishoeck;L. E. Kristensen;A. O. Benz;E. A. Bergin

295
Citations
Evolution of Chemistry and Molecular Line Profile during Protostellar Collapse

Jeong-Eun Lee;Edwin A. Bergin;Neal J. Evans

281
Citations
Disk Imaging Survey of Chemistry with SMA (DISCS): I. Taurus Protoplanetary Disk Data

Karin I. Oberg;Chunhua Qi;Jeffrey K.J. Fogel;Edwin A. Bergin

271
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