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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.
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R8574ARC: Leveling the Playing Field Within the LSST Solar System Science Collaboration
Schwamb, M. (PI)
09/11/2023 → …
Project: Research
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R1005APL: UK Involvement in LSST: Phase C (QUB component)
Schwamb, M. (PI) & Smartt, S. (CoI)
17/08/2023 → …
Project: Research
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R8528APL: Community Tools for Rubin Observatory Solar System Science
Schwamb, M. (PI)
22/11/2021 → …
Project: Research
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R8893APL: Going from Thousands to Millions: Visualizing the Solar System in the Era of Rubin Observatory
Schwamb, M. (PI)
07/07/2021 → …
Project: Research
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R2776LAW: Leverhulme Interdisciplinary Network on Algorithmic Solutions (LINAS)
Morison, J. (PI), Bourne, M. (CoI), Degenhardt, T. (CoI), MacCarthaigh, M. (CoI), McCall, C. (CoI), O'Kelly, C. (CoI), Padmanabhan, D. (CoI), Paternostro, M. (CoI), Schwamb, M. (CoI), Scott-Hayward, S. (CoI), Smartt, S. (CoI), Vandierendonck, H. (CoI) & Woods, R. (CoI)
17/03/2021 → …
Project: Research
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NGTS-EB-8: a double-lined eclipsing M+M binary discovered by citizen scientists
O’Brien, S. M., Schwamb, M. E., Watson, C. A., Nielsen, L. D., Bryant, E. M., Casewell, S. L., Burleigh, M. R., Fortson, L., Gill, S., Lintott, C. J., Hobbs, K. L., Apergis, I., Bayliss, D., Fernández Fernández, J., Günther, M. N., Hawthorn, F., Jenkins, J. S., Kendall, A., McCormac, J. & de Mooij, E. J. W. & 37 others, , 01 Dec 2025, In: The Astronomical Journal. 170, 6, 25 p., 316.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Predictions of the LSST solar system yield: discovery rates and characterizations of Centaurs
Murtagh, J., Schwamb, M. E., Merritt, S. R., Bernardinelli, P. H., Kurlander, J. A., Cornwall, S., Jurić, M., Fedorets, G., Holman, M. J., Eggl, S., Nesvorný, D., Volk, K., Jones, R. L., Yoachim, P., Moeyens, J., Kubica, J., Oldag, D., West, M. & Chandler, C. O., Aug 2025, In: The Astronomical Journal. 170, 2, 18 p., 98.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Sorcha: a solar system survey simulator for the legacy survey of space and time
Merritt, S. R., Fedorets, G., Schwamb, M. E., Cornwall, S., Bernardinelli, P. H., Jurić, M., Holman, M. J., Kurlander, J. A., Eggl, S., Oldag, D., West, M., Kubica, J., Murtagh, J., Jones, R. L., Yoachim, P., Lyttle, R. R., Kelley, M. S. P., Moeyens, J., Kiker, K. & Naidu, S. P. & 3 others, , Aug 2025, In: The Astronomical Journal. 170, 2, 41 p., 100.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Analyzing the onset of cometary activity by the Jupiter-family comet 2023 RN3
Dobson, M. M., Schwamb, M. E., Fitzsimmons, A., Kelley, M. S. P., Holt, C. E., Murtagh, J., Hsieh, H. H., Denneau, L., Erasmus, N., Heinze, A. N., Shingles, L. J., Siverd, R. J., Smith, K. W., Tonry, J. L., Weiland, H., Young, D. R., Lister, T., Gomez, E., Chatelain, J. & Greenstreet, S., Dec 2024, In: Astronomical Journal. 168, 6, 14 p., 286.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Brightness behavior of distant oort cloud comets
Holt, C. E., Knight, M. M., Kelley, M. S. P., Lister, T., Ye, Q., Snodgrass, C., Opitom, C., Kokotanekova, R., Schwamb, M. E., Dobson, M. M., Bannister, M. T., Micheli, M., Milam, S. N., Richardson, D. C., Gomez, E., Chatelain, J. P., Greenstreet, S. & The LCO Outbursting Objects Key (LOOK) Project), 01 Dec 2024, In: The Planetary Science Journal. 5, 12, 273.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile9 Citations (Scopus)59 Downloads (Pure)
Prizes
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Academia Sinica Postdoctoral Fellowship
Schwamb, M. (Recipient), 2013
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
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Carl Sagan Medal for Excellence in Public Communication in Planetary Science
Schwamb, M. (Recipient), 2017
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowship
Schwamb, M. (Recipient), 2010
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
Activities
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Invited talk at the Rebound 2024 Meeting
Schwamb, M. (Invited speaker)
08 Jul 2024 → 09 Jul 2024Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Girls in Maths and Physics 2024
Schwamb, M. (Organiser)
19 Jun 2024Activity: Other activity types › Hosting a school group or open day
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Time Domain Needles in Rubin’s Haystack Workshop Invited Talk
Schwamb, M. (Invited speaker)
17 Apr 2024 → 19 Apr 2024Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Invited talk at the LSST Informatics & Statistics Science Collaboration Meeting
Schwamb, M. (Invited speaker)
15 Apr 2024 → 17 Apr 2024Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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QUB Astronomy Day 2024
Schwamb, M. (Organiser)
24 Feb 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in Festival/Exhibition