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Dr Felix Priestley
Teams and roles for Felix Priestley
Research Associate
Astronomy
Cardiff Hub for Astrophysics Research and Technology
Overview
I work primarily on simulating the astrochemical evolution of star-forming gas in molecular clouds, and connecting these simulations to observational data via radiative transfer modelling. I previously worked on the interstellar dust budget, particularly the role of supernovae in producing and destroying dust grains.
Publication
2026
- Davies, H. M. et al. 2026. HCO+ and the Effect of Mixing in SN 1987A. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (10.1093/mnras/stag1445)
- Zhao, M. et al., 2026. BISTRO survey: Gravity-dominated and magnetically regulated star formation in M17 SW. The Astrophysical Journal 1005 (1) 91. (10.3847/1538-4357/ae6ce5)
- Cusack, M. T. et al. 2026. The impact of radiation environment on the evolution and fragmentation of protostellar discs. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 549 (1) stag880. (10.1093/mnras/stag880)
- Priestley, F. D. et al. 2026. NEATH V: the relationship between line emission from dense gas tracers and the star formation rate. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 547 (4) stag527. (10.1093/mnras/stag527)
2025
- Feher, O. et al. 2025. Dense gas tracers in and between spiral arms: from Giant Molecular Filaments to star-forming clumps. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 540 (4), pp.3441-3467. staf909. (10.1093/mnras/staf909)
- Priestley, F. D. et al. 2025. NEATH IV: an early onset of complex organic chemistry in molecular clouds. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 537 (3), pp.2453-2461. (10.1093/mnras/staf191)
- Cusack, M. T. et al. 2025. The fragmentation of molecular clouds in starburst environments. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 536 (4), pp.3518–3536. (10.1093/mnras/stae2812)
2024
- Wu, J. et al., 2024. A Tale of three: Magnetic fields along the Orion integral-shaped filament as revealed by the JCMT BISTRO survey. The Astrophysical Journal Letters 977 (2) L31. (10.3847/2041-8213/ad93d2)
- Choi, Y. et al., 2024. The JCMT BISTRO Survey: The magnetic fields of the IC 348 star-forming region. The Astrophysical Journal 977 (1) 32. (10.3847/1538-4357/ad88ed)
- De Looze, I. et al., 2024. The green monster hiding in front of Cas A: JWST reveals a dense and dusty circumstellar structure pockmarked by ejecta interactions. The Astrophysical Journal Letters 976 (1) L4. (10.3847/2041-8213/ad855d)
- Barnes, R. A. and Priestley, F. D. 2024. Cloud collision signatures in the central molecular zone. The Open Journal of Astrophysics 7 (10.33232/001c.124112)
- Matsuura, M. et al. 2024. Deep JWST/NIRCam imaging of Supernova 1987A. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 532 (4), pp.3625-3642. (10.1093/mnras/stae1032)
- Priestley, F. D. et al. 2024. NEATH III: A molecular line survey of a simulated star-forming cloud. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 531 (4), pp.4408–4421. (10.1093/mnras/stae1442)
- Rho, J. et al., 2024. Shockingly bright warm carbon monoxide molecular features in the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A revealed by JWST. The Astrophysical Journal Letters 969 L9. (10.3847/2041-8213/ad5186)
- Fehér, O. et al. 2024. N2H+(1–0) as a tracer of dense gas in and between spiral arms. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 530 (2), pp.1311–1327. (10.1093/mnras/stae918)
- Prole, L. R. et al., 2024. Heavy black hole seed formation in high-z atomic cooling halos. Astronomy & Astrophysics 685 A31. (10.1051/0004-6361/202348903)
- Whitworth, A. P. et al. 2024. The minimum mass for star formation by dynamical fragmentation: dependence on epoch, dust abundance, and environment. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 529 (4), pp.3712-3728. (10.1093/mnras/stae766)
- Milisavljevic, D. et al., 2024. A JWST survey of the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A. The Astrophysical Journal Letters 965 (2) L27. (10.3847/2041-8213/ad324b)
- Kirchschlager, F. et al., 2024. From total destruction to complete survival: dust processing at different evolutionary stages in the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 528 (3), pp.5364–5376. (10.1093/mnras/stae365)
- Rigby, A. J. et al. 2024. The dynamic centres of infrared-dark clouds and the formation of cores. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 528 (2), pp.1172–1197. (10.1093/mnras/stae030)
- Wang, J. et al., 2024. Filamentary network and magnetic field structures revealed with BISTRO in the high-mass star-forming region NGC 2264: Global properties and local magnetogravitational configurations. Astrophysical Journal 962 (2) 136. (10.3847/1538-4357/ad165b)
- Prole, L. R. et al. 2024. Population III star formation: multiple gas phases prevent the use of an equation of state at high densities. The Open Journal of Astrophysics 7 (10.21105/astro.2310.10730)
2023
- Priestley, F. D. et al. 2023. NEATH – II. N2H+ as a tracer of imminent star formation in quiescent high-density gas. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 526 (4), pp.4952–4960. (10.1093/mnras/stad3089)
- Priestley, F. D. et al. 2023. Non-equilibrium abundances treated holistically (NEATH): the molecular composition of star-forming clouds. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 524 (4), pp.5971–5983. (10.1093/mnras/stad2278)
- Priestley, F. D. , Arzoumanian, D. and Whitworth, A. P. 2023. Line emission from filaments in molecular clouds. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 522 (3), pp.3890-3897. (10.1093/mnras/stad1229)
- Karoly, J. et al., 2023. The JCMT BISTRO Survey: Studying the Complex Magnetic Field of L43. Astrophysical Journal 952 (1) 29. (10.3847/1538-4357/acd6f2)
- Prole, L. R. et al. 2023. From dark matter halos to pre-stellar cores: High resolution follow-up of cosmological Lyman-Werner simulations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 520 (2), pp.2081-2093. (10.1093/mnras/stad188)
- Priestley, F. D. , Clark, P. C. and Whitworth, A. P. 2023. Do simulated molecular clouds look like real ones?. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 519 (4), pp.6392–6400. (10.1093/mnras/stad150)
- Ward-Thompson, D. et al., 2023. First BISTRO observations of the dark cloud Taurus L1495A-B10: the role of the magnetic field in the earliest stages of low-mass star formation. Astrophysical Journal 946 (2)(10.3847/1538-4357/acbea4)
2022
- Ching, T. et al., 2022. The JCMT BISTRO-2 survey: magnetic fields of the massive DR21 filament. Astrophysical Journal 941 122. (10.3847/1538-4357/ac9dfb)
- Hwang, J. et al., 2022. The JCMT BISTRO Survey: a spiral magnetic field in a hub-filament structure, Monoceros R2. Astrophysical Journal 941 (1) 51. (10.3847/1538-4357/ac99e0)
- Chastenet, J. et al., 2022. SOFIA/HAWC+ observations of the Crab Nebula: dust properties from polarized emission. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 516 (3), pp.4229-4244. (10.1093/mnras/stac2413)
- Priestley, F. , Whitworth, A. and Fogerty, E. 2022. Differences in chemical evolution between isolated and embedded prestellar cores. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 518 (4), pp.4839-4844. (10.1093/mnras/stac3444)
- Whitworth, A. , Priestley, F. and Geen, S. T. 2022. Ionizing feedback from an O star formed in a shock-compressed layer. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 517 (4), pp.4940-4949. (10.1093/mnras/stac2955)
- Priestley, F. D. et al. 2022. Properties of shocked dust grains in supernova remnants. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 516 (2), pp.2314-2325. (10.1093/mnras/stac2408)
- Priestley, F. D. , Yin, C. and Wurster, J. 2022. The initial magnetic criticality of pre-stellar cores. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 515 (4), pp.5689-5697. (10.1093/mnras/stac2107)
- Matsuura, M. et al. 2022. Spitzer and Herschel studies of dust in supernova remnants in the Small Magellanic Cloud. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 513 (1), pp.1154-1174. (10.1093/mnras/stac583)
- Priestley, F. D. and Whitworth, A. P. 2022. The widths of magnetized filaments in molecular clouds. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 512 (1), pp.1407–1414. (10.1093/mnras/stac627)
- Kwon, W. et al., 2022. B-fields in Star-forming Region Observations (BISTRO): Magnetic fields in the filamentary structures of Serpens Main. Astrophysical Journal 926 (2) 163. (10.3847/1538-4357/ac4bbe)
- Priestley, F. D. et al. 2022. Dust destruction and survival in the Cassiopeia A reverse shock. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 509 (3), pp.3163–3171. (10.1093/mnras/stab3195)
- Priestley, F. D. , De Looze, I. and Barlow, M. J. 2022. The impact of metallicity-dependent dust destruction on the dust-to-metals ratio in galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society - Letters 509 (1), pp.L6–L10. (10.1093/mnrasl/slab114)
- Priestley, F. D. and Whitworth, A. P. 2022. The origin of a universal filament width in molecular clouds. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 509 (1), pp.1494–1503. (10.1093/mnras/stab2816)
2021
- Whitworth, A. P. , Priestley, F. D. and Arzoumanian, D. 2021. A systematic bias in fitting the surface-density profiles of interstellar filaments. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 508 (2), pp.2736–2742. (10.1093/mnras/stab2782)
- Priestley, F. D. and Whitworth, A. P. 2021. Molecular line signatures of cloud-cloud collisions. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 506 (1), pp.775–780. (10.1093/mnras/stab1777)
- Lyo, A. et al., 2021. The JCMT BISTRO survey: an 850/450 μm polarization study of NGC 2071IR in Orion B. Astrophysical Journal 918 (2) 85. (10.3847/1538-4357/ac0ce9)
- Whitworth, A. P. and Priestley, F. D. 2021. Ionizing feedback from an O star formed in a filament. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 504 (3), pp.3156-3165. (10.1093/mnras/stab1125)
- Yin, C. , Priestley, F. D. and Wurster, J. 2021. Investigating the role of magnetic fields in star formation using molecular line profiles. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 504 (2), pp.2381-2389. (10.1093/mnras/stab1039)
- Priestley, F. D. , Wurster, J. and Viti, S. 2021. Erratum: Ambipolar diffusion and the molecular abundances in pre-stellar cores. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 503 (2), pp.2899–2901. (10.1093/mnras/stab702)
- Priestley, F. D. , De Looze, I. and Barlow, M. J. 2021. The efficiency of grain growth in the diffuse interstellar medium. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 502 (2), pp.2438-2445. (10.1093/mnras/stab122)
- Priestley, F. D. et al. 2021. Revisiting the dust destruction efficiency of supernovae. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 500 (2), pp.2543-2553. (10.1093/mnras/staa3445)
2020
- Chawner, H. et al. 2020. A galactic dust devil: far-infrared observations of the tornado supernova remnant candidate. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 499 (4)(10.1093/mnras/staa2925)
- Priestley, F. D. and Whitworth, A. P. 2020. Synthetic line and continuum observations of simulated turbulent clouds: the apparent widths of filaments. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 499 (3), pp.3728-3737. (10.1093/mnras/staa3111)
- Priestley, F. D. et al. 2020. Constraining early-time dust formation in core-collapse supernovae. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 497 (2), pp.2227-2238. (10.1093/mnras/staa2121)
- Whitworth, A. P. and Priestley, F. D. 2020. The apparent anticorrelation between the mass opacity of interstellar dust and the surface density of interstellar gas. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society - Letters 494 (1), pp.L48-L52. (10.1093/mnrasl/slaa034)
- Priestley, F. D. et al. 2020. Dust masses and grain size distributions of a sample of Galactic pulsar wind nebulae. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 491 (4), pp.6020-6031. (10.1093/mnras/stz3434)
2019
- Kirchschlager, F. et al., 2019. Dust survival rates in clumps passing through the Cas A reverse shock - I. Results for a range of clump densities. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 489 (4), pp.4465-4496. (10.1093/mnras/stz2399)
- Priestley, F. D. , Barlow, M. J. and Viti, S. 2019. Erratum: Modelling the ArH+ emission from the Crab Nebula. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 488 (4), pp.5437. (10.1093/mnras/stz2133)
- De Looze, I. et al., 2019. The dust content of the Crab Nebula. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 488 (1), pp.164-182. (10.1093/mnras/stz1533)
- Priestley, F. D. , Wurster, J. and Viti, S. 2019. Ambipolar diffusion and the molecular abundances in pre-stellar cores. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 488 (2), pp.2357-2364. (10.1093/mnras/stz1869)
- Priestley, F. D. , Barlow, M. J. and De Looze, I. 2019. The mass, location, and heating of the dust in the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 485 (1), pp.440-451. (10.1093/mnras/stz414)
2018
- Priestley, F. D. and Barlow, M. J. 2018. OH+ emission from cometary knots in planetary nebulae. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 478 (2), pp.1502-1511. (10.1093/mnras/sty1099)
- Priestley, F. D. , Viti, S. and Williams, D. A. 2018. An efficient method for determining the chemical evolution of gravitationally collapsing prestellar cores. Astronomical Journal 156 (2) 51. (10.3847/1538-3881/aac957)
2017
- Priestley, F. D. , Barlow, M. J. and Viti, S. 2017. Modelling the ArH+ emission from the Crab nebula. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 472 (4), pp.4444-4455. (10.1093/mnras/stx2327)
- Holdship, J. et al., 2017. UCLCHEM: A Gas-grain Chemical Code for Clouds, Cores, and C-Shocks. Astronomical Journal 154 (1), pp.38. (10.3847/1538-3881/aa773f)
Articles
- Davies, H. M. et al. 2026. HCO+ and the Effect of Mixing in SN 1987A. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (10.1093/mnras/stag1445)
- Zhao, M. et al., 2026. BISTRO survey: Gravity-dominated and magnetically regulated star formation in M17 SW. The Astrophysical Journal 1005 (1) 91. (10.3847/1538-4357/ae6ce5)
- Cusack, M. T. et al. 2026. The impact of radiation environment on the evolution and fragmentation of protostellar discs. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 549 (1) stag880. (10.1093/mnras/stag880)
- Priestley, F. D. et al. 2026. NEATH V: the relationship between line emission from dense gas tracers and the star formation rate. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 547 (4) stag527. (10.1093/mnras/stag527)
- Feher, O. et al. 2025. Dense gas tracers in and between spiral arms: from Giant Molecular Filaments to star-forming clumps. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 540 (4), pp.3441-3467. staf909. (10.1093/mnras/staf909)
- Priestley, F. D. et al. 2025. NEATH IV: an early onset of complex organic chemistry in molecular clouds. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 537 (3), pp.2453-2461. (10.1093/mnras/staf191)
- Cusack, M. T. et al. 2025. The fragmentation of molecular clouds in starburst environments. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 536 (4), pp.3518–3536. (10.1093/mnras/stae2812)
- Wu, J. et al., 2024. A Tale of three: Magnetic fields along the Orion integral-shaped filament as revealed by the JCMT BISTRO survey. The Astrophysical Journal Letters 977 (2) L31. (10.3847/2041-8213/ad93d2)
- Choi, Y. et al., 2024. The JCMT BISTRO Survey: The magnetic fields of the IC 348 star-forming region. The Astrophysical Journal 977 (1) 32. (10.3847/1538-4357/ad88ed)
- De Looze, I. et al., 2024. The green monster hiding in front of Cas A: JWST reveals a dense and dusty circumstellar structure pockmarked by ejecta interactions. The Astrophysical Journal Letters 976 (1) L4. (10.3847/2041-8213/ad855d)
- Barnes, R. A. and Priestley, F. D. 2024. Cloud collision signatures in the central molecular zone. The Open Journal of Astrophysics 7 (10.33232/001c.124112)
- Matsuura, M. et al. 2024. Deep JWST/NIRCam imaging of Supernova 1987A. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 532 (4), pp.3625-3642. (10.1093/mnras/stae1032)
- Priestley, F. D. et al. 2024. NEATH III: A molecular line survey of a simulated star-forming cloud. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 531 (4), pp.4408–4421. (10.1093/mnras/stae1442)
- Rho, J. et al., 2024. Shockingly bright warm carbon monoxide molecular features in the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A revealed by JWST. The Astrophysical Journal Letters 969 L9. (10.3847/2041-8213/ad5186)
- Fehér, O. et al. 2024. N2H+(1–0) as a tracer of dense gas in and between spiral arms. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 530 (2), pp.1311–1327. (10.1093/mnras/stae918)
- Prole, L. R. et al., 2024. Heavy black hole seed formation in high-z atomic cooling halos. Astronomy & Astrophysics 685 A31. (10.1051/0004-6361/202348903)
- Whitworth, A. P. et al. 2024. The minimum mass for star formation by dynamical fragmentation: dependence on epoch, dust abundance, and environment. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 529 (4), pp.3712-3728. (10.1093/mnras/stae766)
- Milisavljevic, D. et al., 2024. A JWST survey of the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A. The Astrophysical Journal Letters 965 (2) L27. (10.3847/2041-8213/ad324b)
- Kirchschlager, F. et al., 2024. From total destruction to complete survival: dust processing at different evolutionary stages in the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 528 (3), pp.5364–5376. (10.1093/mnras/stae365)
- Rigby, A. J. et al. 2024. The dynamic centres of infrared-dark clouds and the formation of cores. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 528 (2), pp.1172–1197. (10.1093/mnras/stae030)
- Wang, J. et al., 2024. Filamentary network and magnetic field structures revealed with BISTRO in the high-mass star-forming region NGC 2264: Global properties and local magnetogravitational configurations. Astrophysical Journal 962 (2) 136. (10.3847/1538-4357/ad165b)
- Prole, L. R. et al. 2024. Population III star formation: multiple gas phases prevent the use of an equation of state at high densities. The Open Journal of Astrophysics 7 (10.21105/astro.2310.10730)
- Priestley, F. D. et al. 2023. NEATH – II. N2H+ as a tracer of imminent star formation in quiescent high-density gas. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 526 (4), pp.4952–4960. (10.1093/mnras/stad3089)
- Priestley, F. D. et al. 2023. Non-equilibrium abundances treated holistically (NEATH): the molecular composition of star-forming clouds. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 524 (4), pp.5971–5983. (10.1093/mnras/stad2278)
- Priestley, F. D. , Arzoumanian, D. and Whitworth, A. P. 2023. Line emission from filaments in molecular clouds. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 522 (3), pp.3890-3897. (10.1093/mnras/stad1229)
- Karoly, J. et al., 2023. The JCMT BISTRO Survey: Studying the Complex Magnetic Field of L43. Astrophysical Journal 952 (1) 29. (10.3847/1538-4357/acd6f2)
- Prole, L. R. et al. 2023. From dark matter halos to pre-stellar cores: High resolution follow-up of cosmological Lyman-Werner simulations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 520 (2), pp.2081-2093. (10.1093/mnras/stad188)
- Priestley, F. D. , Clark, P. C. and Whitworth, A. P. 2023. Do simulated molecular clouds look like real ones?. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 519 (4), pp.6392–6400. (10.1093/mnras/stad150)
- Ward-Thompson, D. et al., 2023. First BISTRO observations of the dark cloud Taurus L1495A-B10: the role of the magnetic field in the earliest stages of low-mass star formation. Astrophysical Journal 946 (2)(10.3847/1538-4357/acbea4)
- Ching, T. et al., 2022. The JCMT BISTRO-2 survey: magnetic fields of the massive DR21 filament. Astrophysical Journal 941 122. (10.3847/1538-4357/ac9dfb)
- Hwang, J. et al., 2022. The JCMT BISTRO Survey: a spiral magnetic field in a hub-filament structure, Monoceros R2. Astrophysical Journal 941 (1) 51. (10.3847/1538-4357/ac99e0)
- Chastenet, J. et al., 2022. SOFIA/HAWC+ observations of the Crab Nebula: dust properties from polarized emission. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 516 (3), pp.4229-4244. (10.1093/mnras/stac2413)
- Priestley, F. , Whitworth, A. and Fogerty, E. 2022. Differences in chemical evolution between isolated and embedded prestellar cores. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 518 (4), pp.4839-4844. (10.1093/mnras/stac3444)
- Whitworth, A. , Priestley, F. and Geen, S. T. 2022. Ionizing feedback from an O star formed in a shock-compressed layer. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 517 (4), pp.4940-4949. (10.1093/mnras/stac2955)
- Priestley, F. D. et al. 2022. Properties of shocked dust grains in supernova remnants. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 516 (2), pp.2314-2325. (10.1093/mnras/stac2408)
- Priestley, F. D. , Yin, C. and Wurster, J. 2022. The initial magnetic criticality of pre-stellar cores. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 515 (4), pp.5689-5697. (10.1093/mnras/stac2107)
- Matsuura, M. et al. 2022. Spitzer and Herschel studies of dust in supernova remnants in the Small Magellanic Cloud. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 513 (1), pp.1154-1174. (10.1093/mnras/stac583)
- Priestley, F. D. and Whitworth, A. P. 2022. The widths of magnetized filaments in molecular clouds. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 512 (1), pp.1407–1414. (10.1093/mnras/stac627)
- Kwon, W. et al., 2022. B-fields in Star-forming Region Observations (BISTRO): Magnetic fields in the filamentary structures of Serpens Main. Astrophysical Journal 926 (2) 163. (10.3847/1538-4357/ac4bbe)
- Priestley, F. D. et al. 2022. Dust destruction and survival in the Cassiopeia A reverse shock. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 509 (3), pp.3163–3171. (10.1093/mnras/stab3195)
- Priestley, F. D. , De Looze, I. and Barlow, M. J. 2022. The impact of metallicity-dependent dust destruction on the dust-to-metals ratio in galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society - Letters 509 (1), pp.L6–L10. (10.1093/mnrasl/slab114)
- Priestley, F. D. and Whitworth, A. P. 2022. The origin of a universal filament width in molecular clouds. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 509 (1), pp.1494–1503. (10.1093/mnras/stab2816)
- Whitworth, A. P. , Priestley, F. D. and Arzoumanian, D. 2021. A systematic bias in fitting the surface-density profiles of interstellar filaments. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 508 (2), pp.2736–2742. (10.1093/mnras/stab2782)
- Priestley, F. D. and Whitworth, A. P. 2021. Molecular line signatures of cloud-cloud collisions. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 506 (1), pp.775–780. (10.1093/mnras/stab1777)
- Lyo, A. et al., 2021. The JCMT BISTRO survey: an 850/450 μm polarization study of NGC 2071IR in Orion B. Astrophysical Journal 918 (2) 85. (10.3847/1538-4357/ac0ce9)
- Whitworth, A. P. and Priestley, F. D. 2021. Ionizing feedback from an O star formed in a filament. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 504 (3), pp.3156-3165. (10.1093/mnras/stab1125)
- Yin, C. , Priestley, F. D. and Wurster, J. 2021. Investigating the role of magnetic fields in star formation using molecular line profiles. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 504 (2), pp.2381-2389. (10.1093/mnras/stab1039)
- Priestley, F. D. , Wurster, J. and Viti, S. 2021. Erratum: Ambipolar diffusion and the molecular abundances in pre-stellar cores. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 503 (2), pp.2899–2901. (10.1093/mnras/stab702)
- Priestley, F. D. , De Looze, I. and Barlow, M. J. 2021. The efficiency of grain growth in the diffuse interstellar medium. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 502 (2), pp.2438-2445. (10.1093/mnras/stab122)
- Priestley, F. D. et al. 2021. Revisiting the dust destruction efficiency of supernovae. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 500 (2), pp.2543-2553. (10.1093/mnras/staa3445)
- Chawner, H. et al. 2020. A galactic dust devil: far-infrared observations of the tornado supernova remnant candidate. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 499 (4)(10.1093/mnras/staa2925)
- Priestley, F. D. and Whitworth, A. P. 2020. Synthetic line and continuum observations of simulated turbulent clouds: the apparent widths of filaments. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 499 (3), pp.3728-3737. (10.1093/mnras/staa3111)
- Priestley, F. D. et al. 2020. Constraining early-time dust formation in core-collapse supernovae. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 497 (2), pp.2227-2238. (10.1093/mnras/staa2121)
- Whitworth, A. P. and Priestley, F. D. 2020. The apparent anticorrelation between the mass opacity of interstellar dust and the surface density of interstellar gas. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society - Letters 494 (1), pp.L48-L52. (10.1093/mnrasl/slaa034)
- Priestley, F. D. et al. 2020. Dust masses and grain size distributions of a sample of Galactic pulsar wind nebulae. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 491 (4), pp.6020-6031. (10.1093/mnras/stz3434)
- Kirchschlager, F. et al., 2019. Dust survival rates in clumps passing through the Cas A reverse shock - I. Results for a range of clump densities. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 489 (4), pp.4465-4496. (10.1093/mnras/stz2399)
- Priestley, F. D. , Barlow, M. J. and Viti, S. 2019. Erratum: Modelling the ArH+ emission from the Crab Nebula. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 488 (4), pp.5437. (10.1093/mnras/stz2133)
- De Looze, I. et al., 2019. The dust content of the Crab Nebula. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 488 (1), pp.164-182. (10.1093/mnras/stz1533)
- Priestley, F. D. , Wurster, J. and Viti, S. 2019. Ambipolar diffusion and the molecular abundances in pre-stellar cores. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 488 (2), pp.2357-2364. (10.1093/mnras/stz1869)
- Priestley, F. D. , Barlow, M. J. and De Looze, I. 2019. The mass, location, and heating of the dust in the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 485 (1), pp.440-451. (10.1093/mnras/stz414)
- Priestley, F. D. and Barlow, M. J. 2018. OH+ emission from cometary knots in planetary nebulae. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 478 (2), pp.1502-1511. (10.1093/mnras/sty1099)
- Priestley, F. D. , Viti, S. and Williams, D. A. 2018. An efficient method for determining the chemical evolution of gravitationally collapsing prestellar cores. Astronomical Journal 156 (2) 51. (10.3847/1538-3881/aac957)
- Priestley, F. D. , Barlow, M. J. and Viti, S. 2017. Modelling the ArH+ emission from the Crab nebula. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 472 (4), pp.4444-4455. (10.1093/mnras/stx2327)
- Holdship, J. et al., 2017. UCLCHEM: A Gas-grain Chemical Code for Clouds, Cores, and C-Shocks. Astronomical Journal 154 (1), pp.38. (10.3847/1538-3881/aa773f)
Biography
I did an MSci Astrophysics at UCL, working on astrochemical models of star formation for my master's project. After failing to get any offers in star formation I stayed at UCL for my PhD, which ended up being split between molecular emission from ionized nebulae and dust in supernova remnants. I was a postdoc at UCL for slightly less than a year, continuing to work on supernova dust while also taking up star formation again, before moving to Cardiff for my current position.
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