Duncan Lorimer

Duncan Lorimer
Duncan Lorimer in 2023
Born
Duncan Ross Lorimer

(1969-05-09) May 9, 1969
EducationQueen Elizabeth Sixth Form College
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

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.