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Kathryn E. Weil

Physics and Astronomy · Purdue University West Lafayette

Established · publishing since 1986

Publications

46

Citations

302

Est. group size

~2

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

40

Publishing since 1986

Research summary
AI-generated

Kathryn E. Weil studies supernovae and their remnants—the debris left behind after massive stars explode—using observations across X-ray, optical, ultraviolet, and infrared wavelengths, including data from Hubble and JWST. Her work focuses on tracking how exploded stellar material expands and interacts with surrounding gas over time, and on identifying which stars might explode next in our galaxy. This research helps reconstruct the properties of dying stars and their explosions from the remnants they leave behind.

Supernovae and supernova remnantsMulti-wavelength astronomical observations (X-ray, optical, UV, infrared)Massive star evolution and core-collapse explosionsInterstellar medium and ejecta interactionsTime-domain and transient astronomy surveys

Publication output peaked around 2020-2021 and has settled into a steadier, somewhat lower pace of a few papers per year through 2025.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 3.0/year recently
2017: 2 publications172018: 1 publication182019: 4 publications192020: 10 publications10202021: 8 publications212022: 3 publications222023: 4 publications232024: 5 publications242025: 3 publications2526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • The Astrophysical Journal×7
  • arXiv (Cornell University)×6
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society×4
  • Transient Name Server AstroNote×4
  • The Astrophysical Journal Letters×3
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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