Duncan Lorimer

Duncan Lorimer
Duncan Lorimer in 2023
Born
Duncan Ross Lorimer

(1969-05-09) May 9, 1969 (age 55)[1]
EducationQueen Elizabeth Sixth Form College[2]
Alma materUniversity of Wales (BSc)
University of Manchester (MSc, PhD)
SpouseMaura McLaughlin
AwardsShaw Prize (2023)
Scientific career
FieldsPulsars
InstitutionsWest Virginia University
Cornell University
University of Manchester
ThesisGalactic population of millisecond and normal pulsars (1996)
Doctoral advisorAndrew Lyne
Matthew Bailes
Websitephysics.wvu.edu/directory/faculty/duncan-lorimer Edit this at Wikidata

Duncan Ross Lorimer FRS (born 1969) is a British-born American astrophysicist. He is a professor of physics and astronomy at West Virginia University, known for the discovery of the first fast radio burst in 2007.[3][4][5][6][7]

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  3. ^ "A brief history: What we know so far about fast radio bursts across the universe". phys.org. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
  4. ^ "Burst of radio waves in Milky Way probably came from neutron star". The Guardian. November 4, 2020. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
  5. ^ "Let's ask the co-discoverer of the Fast Radio Burst, Duncan Lorimer". Center for Gravitational Waves and Cosmology. November 9, 2020. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
  6. ^ Woo, Marcus. "There are weird bursts of energy coming from deep space". BBC. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
  7. ^ Duncan Lorimer publications indexed by Google Scholar Edit this at Wikidata