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Michael Kuhn

Dr Michael Kuhn

Senior Lecturer

 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0631-7514
20082026

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I am an astronomer and Senior Lecturer in Data Science in the Department of Physics, Astronomy, and Mathematics. I research the formation of stars, using multiwavelength observations (from X-ray to optical to radio) to investigate nearby star-forming regions and the young stellar objects (YSOs) that reside therein.

https://star.herts.ac.uk/~kuhn/

Several highlights include:
• Demonstrating that most clusters of young stars are expanding and gravitationally unbound (Kuhn et al. 2019, ApJ, 870, 32)
• Compilation of the Spitzer/IRAC Candidate YSO (SPICY) catalogue, one of the largest catalogues of disk-bearing young stars (Kuhn et al. 2021, ApJS, 254, 33)
• Discovery that a segment of the nearest Milky Way spiral arm (visible to the unaided eye at night) is not where it was expected to be, and instead forms a spur extending out of the arm (Kuhn et al. 2021, A&A Letters, 651, 10)

Publications via NASA ADS

I am actively engaged in astrostatistics, and since 2019, I've been a member of the Cosmostatistics-Initiative (COIN). 

Education/Academic qualification

Astronomy & Astrophysics, Doctor of Philosophy, The Spatial Structure of Young Stellar Clusters, HEI: Pennsylvania State University

1 Sept 2008 → 1 May 2014

Award Date: 16 Aug 2014

Astrophysics, B.A.

1 Sept 2003 → 10 May 2007

Award Date: 10 May 2007

External positions

California Institute of Technology, California Institute of Technology

22 Feb 2018 → 30 Oct 2022

Chilean National Science Funding Programme (FONDECYT)

1 Nov 2014 → 1 Nov 2017

HEI: Pennsylvania State University

1 Sept 2007 → 1 May 2014

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  • XUE. Modeling MIR Molecular Gas Tracers of Truncation in Highly Irradiated Planet-forming Disks

    Hernández Arboleda, S., Chaparro, G., Cuartas-Restrepo, P., Kamp, I., Ramírez-Tannus, M. C., Bik, A., Frediani, J., Haworth, T., Henning, T., Kuhn, M. A., Preibisch, T., Portilla-Revelo, B., Sabbi, E., Roccatagliata, V., van Terwisga, S. E. & Winter, A., 1 May 2026, In: The Astrophysical Journal. 1002, 1, 22 p., 59.

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  • On the Origin of Kinematic Structure in the Young Association Serpens OB2

    Kuhn, M. A., Benjamin, R. A. & Singh, S. S., 31 Mar 2026, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS). 546, 4, 14 p.

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  • A New FU Orionis Accretion Outburst in the W5 H ii Region

    Hillenbrand, L. A., Graham, M. J., Kasliwal, M. M., Purdum, J., Sollerman, J., Carvalho, A. S., Kuhn, M. A., Smith, R., Ashley, M. C. B., Earley, N., Laher, R. R. & Chen, T. X., 25 Nov 2025, In: Research Notes of the American Astronomical Society . 9, 11, 3 p.

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  • A New FU Orionis Accretion Outburst in the W5 HII Region

    Hillenbrand, L. A., Graham, M. J., Kasliwal, M. M., Purdum, J., Sollerman, J., Carvalho, A. S., Kuhn, M. A., Smith, R., Ashley, M. C. B., Earley, N., Laher, R. R. & Chen, T. X., 22 Nov 2025, In: Research Notes of the American Astronomical Society . 9, 11, p. 316 3 p.

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  • VVV-WIT-13: an eruptive young star with cool molecular features

    Guo, Z., Lucas, P., Yurchenko, S. N., Kaminski, T., Montesinos, M., Nayakshin, S., Elbakyan, V., Osses, J., Garatti, A. C. O., Zhao, H., Kurtev, R., Borissova, J., Morris, C., Minniti, D., Alonso-García, J., Fermiano, V., Saito, R. K., Miller, N., Zsidi, G. & Muthu, H. D. S. & 10 others, Briceño, C., Peña, C. C., Lynas-Gray, A. E., Tennyson, J., Wang, L., Yu, L., Benitez-Palacios, D., Yang, J., Kuhn, M. & Wang, S. X., 13 Nov 2025, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 703, 16 p., A141.

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