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Brendan O'Connor
University of Maryland, College Park, Carnegie Mellon University, George Washington University, Union College
Research areas: Physics and Astronomy · Astronomy and Astrophysics · Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae · Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations · Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena
0000-0002-9700-0036
Employment
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University of Maryland, College Park Neil Gehrels Prize Postdoctoral Fellow at Joint Space-Science Institute2026 - Present
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Carnegie Mellon University McWilliams Fellow at McWilliams Center for Cosmology2023 - 2026
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University of Maryland, College Park Faculty Research Assistant2019 - 2023
Education
- 2017 - 2023
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Union College Bachelor of Science2013 - 2017
Projects & Funding
Projects & funding information is unavailable.
Publications (64)
- A Possible High-redshift Origin for the Short GRB 061201: Implications of a Compact Binary Merger beyond Cosmic Noon Save
- An Extremely Bright Slow-rising Afterglow from an Off-axis Jet in GRB 260310A Save
- The Host Galaxies and Merger Environments of Short and Long Gamma-Ray Bursts Producing Kilonovae Save
- Prospects for Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglow Discovery with the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Observatory System Save
- EP250827b/SN 2025wkm: An X-Ray Flash-supernova Powered by a Central Engine and Circumstellar Interaction Save
- GRB 260310A/SN 2026fgk: Photometric and Spectroscopic Evolution of a Nearby Gamma-Ray Burst Supernova and an Exceptionally Bright Afterglow at z = 0.153 Save
- EP260321a/SN 2026gzf: The Faintest Shock Breakout Associated with a Broad-lined Supernova Save
- The DESI Transients Survey: Legacy Classifications and Methodology Save
- AT2025ulz and S250818k: Leveraging DESI Spectroscopy in the Hunt for a Kilonova Associated with a Subsolar-mass Gravitational-wave Candidate Save
- Detecting Prompt and Afterglow Jet Emission of Gravitational-wave Events from LIGO/Virgo/KAGRA and Next-generation Detectors Save
- A Merger within a Merger: Chandra Pinpoints the Short GRB 230906A in a Peculiar Environment Save
- AT2025ulz and S250818k: Zooming in with the Hubble Space Telescope Save
- The Jetted Tidal Disruption Event AT 2022cmc: Investigating Connections to the Optical Tidal Disruption Event Population and Spectral Subclasses through Late-time Follow-up Save
- Exploring the connection between compact object mergers and fast X-ray transients Save
- AT2025ulz and S250818k: Deep X-Ray and Radio Limits on Off-axis Afterglow Emission and Prospects for Future Discovery Save
- Radio Observations Point to a Moderately Relativistic Outflow in the Fast X-Ray Transient EP241021a Save
- Optical/Infrared Observations of the Extraordinary GRB 250702B: A Highly Obscured Afterglow in a Massive Galaxy Consistent with Multiple Possible Progenitors Save
- Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse, Betel-buddy? Constraints on the Dynamical Companion to α Orionis from HST Save
- Comprehensive X-Ray Observations of the Exceptional Ultralong X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Transient GRB 250702B with Swift, NuSTAR, and Chandra: Insights from the X-Ray Afterglow Properties Save
- Detecting Electromagnetic Counterparts to LIGO/Virgo/KAGRA Gravitational-wave Events with DECam: Neutron Star Mergers Save