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Maura McLaughlin(1972)
AstronomyMaura McLaughlin is a recipient of the Shaw Prize in Astronomy (2023) from United States. Their primary field is Astronomy. They were educated at Pennsylvania State University and Cornell University. They have been affiliated with West Virginia University.
United StatesNational Radio Astronomy Observatory
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Major Awards
759
Publications
41,026
Citations
91
h-index
308
i10-index
54.1
Avg Citations/Paper
Awards & Recognition
Most Cited Works
Top publications by citation count#2
A Parkes “Murriyang” Search for Pulsars and Fast Transients in the Large Magellanic Cloud
Astrophysical Journal(2022)
2
citations
#3
Radio Detection of an Elusive Millisecond Pulsar in the Globular Cluster NGC 6397
Astrophysical Journal Letters(2022)
4
citations
#4
Hybrid Recommender System for Detection of Rare Cases Applied to Pulsar Candidate Selection
International Conference on Data Science and Advanced Analytics(2021)
0
citations
#5
2
citations
#6
Gravitational Waves, Extreme Astrophysics, and Fundamental Physics with Precision Pulsar Timing
arXiv: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics(2019)
9
citations
#7
A Deep Targeted Search for Fast Radio Bursts from the Sites of Low-redshift Short Gamma-Ray Bursts
Astrophysical Journal(2019)
15
citations
#8
High-precision X-Ray Timing of Three Millisecond Pulsars with NICER: Stability Estimates and Comparison with Radio
Astrophysical Journal(2019)
26
citations
#9
PALFA Single-pulse Pipeline: New Pulsars, Rotating Radio Transients, and a Candidate Fast Radio Burst
Astrophysical Journal(2018)
36
citations
#10
Wavelet Denoising of Radio Observations of Rotating Radio Transients (RRATs): Improved Timing Parameters for Eight RRATs
The Astrophysical Journal(2017)
8
citations
Recent Publications
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A Parkes “Murriyang” Search for Pulsars and Fast Transients in the Large Magellanic Cloud
Astrophysical Journal2022
2citations
Open AccessRadio Detection of an Elusive Millisecond Pulsar in the Globular Cluster NGC 6397
Astrophysical Journal Letters2022
4citations
Open AccessHybrid Recommender System for Detection of Rare Cases Applied to Pulsar Candidate Selection
International Conference on Data Science and Advanced Analytics2021
0citations
Gravitational Waves, Extreme Astrophysics, and Fundamental Physics with Precision Pulsar Timing
arXiv: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics2019
9citations
A Deep Targeted Search for Fast Radio Bursts from the Sites of Low-redshift Short Gamma-Ray Bursts
Astrophysical Journal2019
15citations
Open AccessHigh-precision X-Ray Timing of Three Millisecond Pulsars with NICER: Stability Estimates and Comparison with Radio
Astrophysical Journal2019
26citations
Open AccessPALFA Single-pulse Pipeline: New Pulsars, Rotating Radio Transients, and a Candidate Fast Radio Burst
Astrophysical Journal2018
36citations
Open AccessWavelet Denoising of Radio Observations of Rotating Radio Transients (RRATs): Improved Timing Parameters for Eight RRATs
The Astrophysical Journal2017
8citations
Open AccessCareer History
Astronomer
National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Charlottesville, US
Education
Harvard University
PhD
Astronomy
2001
External Profiles
Co-winners
Shared the same award in the same year
Education
Pennsylvania State University
Cornell University
Doctoral Advisor
James Cordes
Top Publications
Relativistic Shapiro delay measurements of an extremely massive millisecond pulsar
Nature Astronomy20191,446 citations
The NANOGrav 15 yr Data Set: Evidence for a Gravitational-wave Background
The Astrophysical Journal Letters20231,279 citations
The Radius of PSR J0740+6620 from NICER and XMM-Newton Data
The Astrophysical Journal Letters20211,130 citations
A NICER View of the Massive Pulsar PSR J0740+6620 Informed by Radio Timing and XMM-Newton Spectroscopy
The Astrophysical Journal Letters20211,076 citations
Refined Mass and Geometric Measurements of the High-mass PSR J0740+6620
The Astrophysical Journal Letters2021836 citations
Related Laureates
Other winners of the same award(s)
SW
Simon White
Kavli Prize in Astrophysics (2024)
SK
Shrinivas Kulkarni
Shaw Prize in Astronomy (2024)
CB
Charles Bennett
Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2023)
VK
Victoria Kaspi
Kavli Prize in Astrophysics (2022)
CK
Chryssa Kouveliotou
Kavli Prize in Astrophysics (2022)
LL
Lennart Lindegren
Shaw Prize in Astronomy (2022)
MP
Michael Perryman
Shaw Prize in Astronomy (2022)
RG
Reinhard Genzel
Nobel Prize in Physics (2020)
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