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Oliver Roberts

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 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7150-9061

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PhD projects

Magnetars, TGFs, GRBs, High-Energy Instrumentation, FRBs

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Education/Academic qualification

BSc,PhD

External positions

Scientist (Astronomy), Universities Space Research Association

7 Jun 2017 → 31 Oct 2025

Post-doc Fellow, NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellow

7 Jan 2017 → 6 Jun 2017

Post-doc Fellow, UCD

1 Apr 2014 → 31 Dec 2016

Post-doc Fellow, University of Brighton

2 Jan 2011 → 14 Mar 2014

Keywords

  • QB Astronomy
  • QC Physics

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):

  1. SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
    SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
  2. SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
    SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
  3. SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
    SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production

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  • Gravitational Waves and Gamma-Rays from a Binary Neutron Star Merger: GW170817 and GRB 170817A

    LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration, 2017, In: Astrophysical Journal Letters.

    Research output: Contribution to a Journal (Peer & Non Peer) › Article › peer-review

    3089 Citations (Scopus)

  • Rapid spectral variability of a giant flare from a magnetar in NGC 253

    Roberts, O. J., Veres, P., Baring, M. G., Briggs, M. S., Kouveliotou, C., Bissaldi, E., Younes, G., Chastain, S. I., DeLaunay, J. J., Huppenkothen, D., Tohuvavohu, A., Bhat, P. N., Göğüş, E., van der Horst, A. J., Kennea, J. A., Kocevski, D., Linford, J. D., Guiriec, S., Hamburg, R. & Wilson-Hodge, C. A. & 1 others, Burns, E., 2021, In: Nature.

    Research output: Contribution to a Journal (Peer & Non Peer) › Article › peer-review

    72 Citations (Scopus)

  • Quasiperiodic Peak Energy Oscillations in X-Ray Bursts from SGR J1935+2154

    Roberts, O. J., Baring, M. G., Huppenkothen, D., Kouveliotou, C., Göğüş, E., Kaneko, Y., Lin, L., van der Horst, A. J. & Younes, G., 2023, In: Astrophysical Journal Letters.

    Research output: Contribution to a Journal (Peer & Non Peer) › Article › peer-review

    6 Citations (Scopus)

  • The First Fermi-GBM Terrestrial Gamma Ray Flash Catalog

    Roberts, O. J., Fitzpatrick, G., Stanbro, M., McBreen, S., Briggs, M. S., Holzworth, R. H., Grove, J. E., Chekhtman, A., Cramer, E. S. & Mailyan, B. G., 2018, In: Journal of Geophysical Research.

    Research output: Contribution to a Journal (Peer & Non Peer) › Article › peer-review

    73 Citations (Scopus)

  • GRB 250702B: discovery of a gamma-ray burst from a black hole falling into a star

    Neights, E., Burns, E., Fryer, C. L., Svinkin, D., Bala, S., Hamburg, R., Gill, R., Negro, M., Masterson, M., DeLaunay, J., Lawrence, D. J., Abrahams, S. E. D., Kawakubo, Y., Beniamini, P., Diget, C. A., Frederiks, D., Goldsten, J., Goldstein, A., Hall-Smith, A. D. & Kara, E. & 36 others, Laird, A. M., Lamb, G. P., Roberts, O. J., Seeb, R., Villar, V. A., Airasca, A. H., Barber, J. R., Bhat, P. N., Bissaldi, E., Briggs, M. S., Cleveland, W. H., Dalessi, S., Depalo, D., Giles, M. M., Granot, J., Hristov, B. A., Hui, C. M., Von Kienlin, A., Kierans, C., Kocevski, D., Lesage, S., Lysenko, A. L., Mailyan, B., Malacaria, C., Mukherjee, O., Parsotan, T., Ridnaia, A., Ronchini, S., Scotton, L., Trigg, A. C., Tsvetkova, A., Ulanov, M., Veres, P., Williams, M., Wilson-Hodge, C. A. & Wood, J., 2026, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

    Research output: Contribution to a Journal (Peer & Non Peer) › Article › peer-review

    8 Citations (Scopus)
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