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Michael Coughlin
University of Minnesota, California Institute of Technology, Harvard University, University of Cambridge, Carleton College
Research areas: Physics and Astronomy · Astronomy and Astrophysics · Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae · Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research · Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
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Employment
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University of Minnesota Twin Cities Faculty, Associate Professor2025 - Present
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University of Minnesota Associate Professor of Physics2020 - Present
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University of Minnesota Twin Cities Faculty, Assistant Professor2020 - 2025
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California Institute of Technology David and Ellen Lee Postdoctoral Fellow2017 - 2020
Education
- 2013 - 2017
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University of Cambridge MPhil2012 - 2013
- 2008 - 2012
Projects & Funding
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Democracy Now: accessible and rapid alerts for the astronomical community Research Corporation for Science Advancement2026 - 2027
Publications (480)
- Binary neutron stars in the next-generation era: multimessenger detection prospects and constraints on the equation of state, mass distribution, and cosmology Save
- Constraints on Late-time Flaring from Luminous Fast Blue Optical Transients Using the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite and the Zwicky Transient Facility Save
- SN 2018erx: A Fast-evolving, Dust-reddened Type Icn Supernova with Broad C II Emission Lines Save
- The ZTF-ULTRASAT Experiment: Characterizing the Non-transients in ULTRASAT’s High Cadence Survey Save
- AppleCiDEr. II. SpectraNet—A Spectroscopic Neural Network Classifier for Transients Demonstrated on ZTF Follow-up Data Save
- Prospects for Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglow Discovery with the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Observatory System Save
- GWTC-4.0 Save
- Narrowband Searches for Continuous Gravitational Waves from known Pulsars in the First Two Parts of the Fourth LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA Observing Run Save
- Beyond Gaussian assumptions: A new robust statistical framework for gravitational-wave data analysis Save
- Constraints on Gravitational Waves from the 2024 Vela Pulsar Glitch Save
- GRB 241030A Save
- Low-luminosity Type IIP Supernovae from the Zwicky Transient Facility Census of the Local Universe. III. Hunting for Electron-capture Supernovae Using Nebular Spectroscopy Save
- Toward autonomous denoising of gravitational-wave detector data Save
- GW230814 Save
- GWTC-4.0 Save
- GWTC-4.0 Save
- Open Data from LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA through the First Part of the Fourth Observing Run Save
- Searches for Continuous Gravitational Waves from Supernova Remnants in the First Part of the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Fourth Observing Run Save
- A Natural ≳100× Telescope: Discovery of the Strongly Lensed Type II SN 2025mkn at z = 1.37 Save
- BOOM and Babamul: A Real-time, Multi-survey, Optical Alert Broker System Operating at Scale Save