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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2009 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For her seminal work to promote student and teacher education using NASA missions as inspiration

Overview

L. R. Cominsky is affiliated with Sonoma State University in the United States and specializes primarily in the field of Physics and Astronomy. Their research spans several subfields, including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Cognitive Neuroscience, Occupational Therapy, and Aerospace Engineering.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics such as Autism Spectrum Disorder Research, Assistive Technology in Communication and Mobility, Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research, Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena, Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena, Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology, and Child Development and Digital Technology.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Cominsky include:

  • NASA'S NEURODIVERSITY NETWORK (N3), 2022, Revista Mexicana de Astronomía y Astrofísica Serie de Conferencias

Other notable recent publications with Cominsky listed as co-author or within relevant collaborative works include:

  • Fermi Large Area Telescope Fourth Source Catalog, 2020, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
  • Teaching for Tomorrow: Science Literacy in The Classroom, 2024, The Science Teacher
  • Co-Designing Space Science Curricula for and with Neurodivergent Learners, 2024, Connected Science Learning
  • Communicating the gravitational-wave discoveries of the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Collaboration, 2024, Journal of Science Communication

Frequent collaborators in their research include L. M. Peticolas, S. Chaty, Hannah Hellman, Andrew Grillo-Hill, and H. Middleton.

Cominsky's work has been published in various venues; the most common publication sources include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
  • Revista Mexicana de Astronomía y Astrofísica Serie de Conferencias
  • The Science Teacher
  • Connected Science Learning

Award recognitions include fellowships from major scientific organizations:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2012
  • Fellow of American Physical Society (APS), 2009, with a citation noting seminal work in promoting student and teacher education using NASA missions as inspiration

Best Publications

  • Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger

    B. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;M. R. Abernathy

  • GW170817: observation of gravitational waves from a binary neutron star inspiral

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;F. Acernese

  • The Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Mission

    N. Gehrels;G. Chincarini;G. Chincarini;P. Giommi;K. O. Mason

  • GW151226: observation of gravitational waves from a 22-solar-mass binary black hole coalescence

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott

  • GWTC-1: A Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog of Compact Binary Mergers Observed by LIGO and Virgo during the First and Second Observing Runs

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott

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

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;F. Acernese

  • GW170104: Observation of a 50-Solar-Mass Binary Black Hole Coalescence at Redshift 0.2

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;F. Acernese

  • GW170814: A three-detector observation of gravitational waves from a binary black hole coalescence

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;F. Acernese

  • The Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) Mission

    Fiona A. Harrison;William W. Craig;Finn E. Christensen;Charles J. Hailey

  • GW170817: Measurements of Neutron Star Radii and Equation of State.

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;F. Acernese

  • THE NUCLEAR SPECTROSCOPIC TELESCOPE ARRAY (NuSTAR) HIGH-ENERGY X-RAY MISSION

    Fiona A. Harrison;William W. Craig;William W. Craig;Finn E. Christensen;Charles J. Hailey

  • Prospects for Observing and Localizing Gravitational-Wave Transients with Advanced LIGO, Advanced Virgo and KAGRA

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;M. R. Abernathy

  • Tests of general relativity with GW150914

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;M. R. Abernathy

  • Binary Black Hole Mergers in the First Advanced LIGO Observing Run

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott

  • Fermi Large Area Telescope Second Source Catalog

    P. L. Nolan;A. A. Abdo;A. A. Abdo;M. Ackermann;M. Ajello

  • GW170608: Observation of a 19-solar-mass Binary Black Hole Coalescence

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott

  • Binary Black Hole Mergers in the first Advanced LIGO Observing Run

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott

  • Measurement of the Cosmic Ray e+ + e- spectrum from 20 GeV to 1 TeV with the Fermi Large Area Telescope.

    A. A. Abdo;M. Ackermann;M. Ajello;M. Axelsson

  • Fermi Large Area Telescope Fourth Source Catalog Data Release 2

    J. Ballet;T.H. Burnett;S.W. Digel;B. Lott

  • The Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Mission

    N. Gehrels;G Chincarini;P. Giommi;K. O. Mason

Frequent Co-Authors

N. A. Robertson
N. A. Robertson California Institute of Technology
Alessandra Buonanno
Alessandra Buonanno Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
J. A. Giaime
J. A. Giaime Louisiana State University
G. Bergmann
G. Bergmann Max Planck Society
Bruce Allen
Bruce Allen Max Planck Society
Bernard F. Schutz
Bernard F. Schutz Cardiff University
Nelson Christensen
Nelson Christensen Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur
Roman Schnabel
Roman Schnabel Universität Hamburg
Maria Alessandra Papa
Maria Alessandra Papa Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics

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