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Laura Chomiuk is a Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Michigan State University (MSU), specializing in multi-wavelength studies of energetic stellar phenomena such as novae, supernovae, and black hole jets. She leads the MSU Observatory Research Program, engaging ~20 undergraduates annually, and serves as co-director of the MSU Observatory and undergraduate director for the astrophysics major. Her research focuses on radio observations using telescopes like the Jansky Very Large Array (VLA), Fermi, and SOAR to probe the physics of stellar explosions and their progenitor systems.
Chomiuk holds a B.A. from Wesleyan University and a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, with postdoctoral training as a Jansky Fellow at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory. Her work includes groundbreaking projects like MAVERIC (radio surveys of globular clusters to identify black holes), the ASAS-SN nova rate study, and radio constraints on Type Ia supernova environments. She is also involved in public outreach and climate advocacy.
Her recent research highlights include studies on shock physics in novae, radio detection of circumstellar material around supernovae, and the discovery of candidate transitional millisecond pulsars. She collaborates on large initiatives like the Local Group L-band Survey and has pioneered methods to measure the Galactic nova rate using ASAS-SN data.
