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  • 2014 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Margaret Meixner is affiliated with the Space Telescope Science Institute in the United States. Their research spans various domains within physics and astronomy, with a focus on subfields such as astronomy and astrophysics, instrumentation, aerospace engineering, molecular biology, and atomic and molecular physics and optics.

Their work covers a range of main topics including stellar, planetary, and galactic studies; astrophysics and star formation studies; astronomy and astrophysical research; gamma-ray bursts and supernovae; astrophysical phenomena and observations; astro and planetary science; and galaxies relating to formation, evolution, and phenomena.

Meixner has published extensively, contributing to venues such as The Astrophysical Journal, arXiv (Cornell University), Journal of Astronomical Telescopes Instruments and Systems, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, and Astronomy and Astrophysics.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Meixner include:

  • The Mid-infrared Instrument for JWST and Its In-flight Performance, 2023, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
  • The Core Human Microbiome: Does It Exist and How Can We Find It? A Critical Review of the Concept, 2022, Nutrients
  • Capillary electrophoresis-mass spectrometry for the direct analysis of glyphosate: method development and application to beer beverages and environmental studies, 2020, Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry
  • The CO-dark molecular gas mass in 30 Doradus, 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • METAL: The Metal Evolution, Transport, and Abundance in the Large Magellanic Cloud Hubble Program. II. Variations of Interstellar Depletions and Dust-to-gas Ratio within the LMC, 2021, The Astrophysical Journal

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Meixner include:

  • Olivia Jones
  • Alec S. Hirschauer
  • Omnarayani Nayak
  • Nolan Habel
  • Laura Lenkić

Meixner's work falls predominantly within the fields of physics and astronomy, with a significant number of publications (157) contributing to these fields. The scientist's research output demonstrates involvement in both interdisciplinary and specialized areas, such as instrumentation and molecular biology, reflecting a diverse approach to scientific inquiry.

Among awards received, Meixner was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2014.

Best Publications

  • Spitzer Survey of the Large Magellanic Cloud, Surveying the Agents of a Galaxy's Evolution (SAGE) I: Overview and Initial Results

    Margaret Meixner;Karl D. Gordon;Remy Indebetouw;Joseph L. Hora

  • Spitzer Survey of the Large Magellanic Cloud: Surveying the Agents of a Galaxy's Evolution (SAGE). I. Overview and Initial Results

    Margaret Meixner;Karl D. Gordon;Remy Indebetouw;Joseph L. Hora

  • Herschel Detects a Massive Dust Reservoir in Supernova 1987A

    M. Matsuura;E. Dwek;M. Meixner;M. Otsuka

  • Surveying the Agents of Galaxy Evolution in the Tidally Stripped, Low Metallicity Small Magellanic Cloud (SAGE-SMC). II. Cool Evolved Stars

    Martha L. Boyer;Sundar Srinivasan;Jacco Th. van Loon;Iain McDonald

  • An hst snapshot survey of proto-planetary nebulae candidates: two types of axisymmetric reflection nebulosities

    Toshiya Ueta;Margaret Meixner;Matthew Bobrowsky

  • Surveying the Agents of Galaxy Evolution in the Tidally-Stripped, Low Metallicity Small Magellanic Cloud (SAGE-SMC). I. Overview

    Karl D. Gordon;Margaret Meixner;Marilyn Meade;Barbara A. Whitney

  • Massive-Star Supernovae as Major Dust Factories

    Ben E. K. Sugerman;Barbara Ercolano;M. J. Barlow;A. G. G. M. Tielens

  • The global gas and dust budget of the Large Magellanic Cloud: AGB stars and supernovae, and the impact on the ISM evolution

    M. Matsuura;M. J. Barlow;A. A. Zijlstra;P. A. Whitelock

  • Non-standard grain properties, dark gas reservoir, and extended submillimeter excess, probed by Herschel in the Large Magellanic Cloud

    F. Galliano;S. Hony;J.-P. Bernard;C. Bot

  • Spitzer SAGE survey of the Large Magellanic Cloud III: star formation and ~1000 new candidate young stellar objects

    B.A. Whitney;M. Sewilo;R. Indebetouw;T.P. Robitaille

  • Anatomy of the Photodissociation Region in the Orion Bar

    A. G. G. M. Tielens;M. M. Meixner;P. P. van der Werf;J. Bregman

  • Spitzer SAGE Survey of the Large Magellanic Cloud. II. Evolved Stars and Infrared Color-Magnitude Diagrams

    R.D. Blum;J.R. Mould;K.A. Olsen;J.A. Frogel

  • Spitzer SAGE Infrared Photometry of Massive Stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud

    A. Z. Bonanos;D. L. Massa;M. Sewilo;D. J. Lennon

  • Dust Production and Particle Acceleration in Supernova 1987A Revealed with ALMA

    R. Indebetouw;R. Indebetouw;M. Matsuura;E.L.I. Dwek;Giovanna Zanardo

  • Dust and Gas in the Magellanic Clouds from the HERITAGE Herschel Key Project. I. Dust Properties and Insights into the Origin of the Submm Excess Emission

    Karl D. Gordon;Julia Roman-Duval;Caroline Bot;Margaret Meixner

  • A Stubbornly Large Mass of Cold Dust in the Ejecta of Supernova 1987A

    Mikako Matsuura;E. Dwek;M. J. Barlow;B. Babler

  • Surveying the Agents of Galaxy Evolution in the Tidally Stripped, Low Metallicity Small Magellanic Cloud (SAGE-SMC). I. Overview

    K. D. Gordon;M. Meixner;M. R. Meade;B. Whitney;B. Whitney

  • Spitzer Survey of the Large Magellanic Cloud, Surveying the Agents of a Galaxy's Evolution (SAGE). IV. Dust Properties in the Interstellar Medium

    Jean Philippe Bernard;William T. Reach;Deborah Paradis;Margaret Meixner

  • The HERSCHEL Inventory of The Agents of Galaxy Evolution in the Magellanic Clouds, a Herschel Open Time Key Program

    M. Meixner;M. Meixner;P. Panuzzo;J. Roman-Duval;C. Engelbracht;C. Engelbracht

  • The Mid-Infrared Instrument for the James Webb Space Telescope I: Introduction

    G. H. Rieke;G. S. Wright;T. Boeker;J. Bouwman

Frequent Co-Authors

Remy Indebetouw
Remy Indebetouw National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Joseph L. Hora
Joseph L. Hora Smithsonian Institution
Brian Babler
Brian Babler University of Wisconsin–Madison
William T. Reach
William T. Reach Universities Space Research Association
Akiko Kawamura
Akiko Kawamura National Institutes of Natural Sciences
Charles W. Engelbracht
Charles W. Engelbracht University of Arizona
M. J. Barlow
M. J. Barlow University College London
Toshikazu Onishi
Toshikazu Onishi Osaka Metropolitan University
Barbara A. Whitney
Barbara A. Whitney University of Wisconsin–Madison

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