Phone: (304) 293-4812
Email: maura.mclaughlin@mail.wvu.edu
College or Department: Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Physics and Astronomy
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Dr. McLaughlin's main research interests involve studying neutron stars and their environments
through radio, X-ray and gamma-ray observations. Neutron stars are amazing physical
laboratories for general relativity, studies of the interstellar medium, high-energy
particle and plasma physics, and studies of stellar evolution. A significant research
aim, as a member of the
NANOGrav collaboration, is to use neutron stars to detect gravitational waves
through timing an array of ultra-precise millisecond pulsars. She served as chair
and co-Director of the
NANOGrav Physics Frontiers Center and is also PI on an NSF IRES award which
provides students with research experience through the
International Pulsar Timing Array collaboration. Her work with the Pulsar Science Collaboratory involves West Virginia high-school students in
her research. She is also been named a 2020 Highly Cited
Researcher by Web of Science, one of the world’s top research awards. She has been awarded an
Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship, a
Cottrell Scholar Award from the Research Corporation for her work, and an APS Fellowship in 2021.
PO Box 6315
Morgantown, WV 26506
USA
- B.S. Pennsylvania State University, 1994
- Ph.D. Cornell University, 2001