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Maura McLaughlin

Astronomy

Maura Ann McLaughlin is an American astrophysics professor born in 1972, on the faculty at West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia, known for her work on fast radio bursts. She shared the 2023 Shaw Prize in Astronomy with Matthew Bailes and Duncan Lorimer.

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Birth Year
1972 1
Nationality
United States 1
Birthplace
Philadelphia, United States 1
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Physics 1
Field (category)
Astrophysics 1
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1. Maura McLaughlin (Wikidata)
  • P27 (country of citizenship): United States
    Q30
  • P19 (place of birth): Philadelphia, United States
    Q1345
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