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Dr. Schwamb's research focuses on how planets and their building blocks form and evolve. With ground-based surveys, she studies our Solar System's small body reservoirs, in particular focusing on the Kuiper belt beyond Neptune. She also utilizes citizen science to mine large datasets for Solar System science.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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R8893APL: Going from Thousands to Millions: Visualizing the Solar System in the Era of Rubin Observatory
07/07/2021 → …
Project: Research
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R2776LAW: Leverhulme Interdisciplinary Network on Algorithmic Solutions (LINAS)
Morison, J., Bourne, M., Degenhardt, T., MacCarthaigh, M., McCall, C., O'Kelly, C., Padmanabhan, D., Paternostro, M., Schwamb, M., Scott-Hayward, S., Smartt, S., Vandierendonck, H. & Woods, R.
17/03/2021 → …
Project: Research
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Col-OSSOS: evidence for a compositional gradient inherited from the protoplanetary disk?
Marsset, M., Fraser, W. C., Schwamb, M. E., Buchanan, L. E., Pike, R. E., Volk, K., Peixinho, N., Benecchi, S., Bannister, M. T., Tan, N. J. & Kavelaars, J. J., 01 Sep 2023, In: The Planetary Science Journal. 4, 9, 17 p., 160.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Col-OSSOS: the two types of Kuiper Belt surfaces
Fraser, W. C., Pike, R. E., Marsset, M., Schwamb, M. E., Bannister, M. T., Buchanan, L., Kavelaars, J. J., Benecchi, S. D., Tan, N. J., Peixinho, N., Gwyn, S. D. J., Alexandersen, M., Chen, Y-T., Gladman, B. & Volk, K., 01 May 2023, In: The Planetary Science Journal. 4, 5, 25 p., 80.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Morphometric trends and implications for the formation of araneiform clusters
Keown, L. E. M., Diniega, S., Bourke, M. C. & Schwamb, M. E., 01 Apr 2023, In: Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 607, 118049.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Phase curves of Kuiper Belt objects, Centaurs, and Jupiter-family comets from the ATLAS survey
Dobson, M. M., Schwamb, M. E., Benecchi, S. D., Verbiscer, A. J., Fitzsimmons, A., Shingles, L. J., Denneau, L., Heinze, A. N., Smith, K. W., Tonry, J. L., Weiland, H. & Young, D. R., 27 Apr 2023, In: The Planetary Science Journal. 4, 4, 34 p., 75.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Planet Four: a neural network’s search for polar spring-time fans on Mars
McDonnell, M. D., Jones, E., Schwamb, M. E., Aye, K-M., Portyankina, G. & Hansen, C. J., Feb 2023, In: Icarus. 391, 20 p., 115308.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Prizes
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Academia Sinica Postdoctoral Fellowship
Schwamb, Megan (Recipient), 2013
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
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Carl Sagan Medal for Excellence in Public Communication in Planetary Science
Schwamb, Megan (Recipient), 2017
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowship
Schwamb, Megan (Recipient), 2010
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
Activities
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Invited Talk at the European Astronomical Society Annual Meeting
Megan Schwamb (Invited speaker)
10 Jul 2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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LSST Solar System Readiness Sprint 2023
Megan Schwamb (Organiser)
Jan 2023 → Jun 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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Virtual Public talk to the Galway Astronomy Club
Megan Schwamb (Invited speaker)
07 Nov 2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Public lecture/debate/seminar
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Liverpool Telescope Time Allocation Committee (External organisation)
Megan Schwamb (Member)
01 Nov 2022 → …Activity: Membership types › Membership of peer review panel or committee
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National Astronomy Meeting 2023
Megan Schwamb (Member of programme committee)
Nov 2022 → Jul 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference