Peter Blanchard

Peter Blanchard is currently a Research Scientist at Harvard University (Department: External). Previously, he served as a CIERA Postdoc at Northwestern University from 2019–2024. His research focuses on superluminous supernovae, tidal disruption events, gamma-ray bursts, and electromagnetic counterparts of gravitational wave events. He is affiliated with the REACH program and has contributed to groundbreaking studies such as the analysis of the brightest gamma-ray burst linked to massive star collapse.

Education & Career

• CIERA Postdoctoral Fellowship, Northwestern University (2019–2024)

Research Highlights

• Expertise in transient astrophysical phenomena
• Investigations into gamma-ray burst progenitors
• Studies of gravitational wave electromagnetic counterparts

Grants & Advising

• No explicit grants or student advisees listed

Labs/Teams Previously affiliated with CIERA (Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics) at Northwestern University.