2026
| McGuire named 2026 Sloan Research Fellow. MIT |
2025
| Gabi Wenzel wins 2026 AAS Laboratory Astrophysics Division Early Career Award. AAS MIT Center for Astrophysics |
GOTHAM team shares largest public molecular survey to-date. Related Publication: Xue et al. (2025) Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 281, 9 Green Bank Observatory MIT Phys.org |
| McGuire group detects cyanocoronene in TMC-1. Related Publication: Wenzel et al. (2025) Astrophysical Journal Letters 984, L36 AUI Chemistry World BBC Sky at Night Magazine Phys.org |
| McGuire group develops machine learning application for chemical property prediction. Related Publication: Marimuthu et al. (2025) Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling 65, 11 MIT |
2024
| McGuire group detects cyanopyrene in TMC-1. Related Publication 1: Wenzel et al. (2024) Science 386, 6723 Related Publication 2: Wenzel et al. (2025) Nature Astronomy 9, 262-270 Center for Astrophysics C&EN MIT University of British Columbia |
| McGuire group detects 2-methoxyethanol in NGC 6334I. Related Publication: Fried et al. (2024) Astrophysical Journal Letters 965, L23 MIT Space.com |
2021
| McGuire's named a 2021 Beckman Young Investigator. Beckman Foundation |
| The GOTHAM team publishes the first detection of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in space. Center for Astrophysics GBO Academic Times C&EN MIT Science News Nerdist |
2020
| McGuire's GOTHAM project team's first results highlighted by American Astronomical Society. AAS |
| McGuire interviewed by Utah Public Radio for story on origins of biological homochirality. Utah Public Radio |
| McGuire named to Chemical & Engineering News 2020 Talented 12 List. C&EN MIT |
2019
| McGuire named to list of "Ten Scientists to Watch" by Science News for 2019. Science News NRAO |
| McGuire wins the AAS Laboratory Astrophysics Division's 2019 Early Career Award. NRAO |
| Potassium Chloride and Sodium Chloride (Table Salt) discovered to trace the disk around a massive young star. Related Publication: Ginsburg et al. (2019) Astrophysical Journal Letters 872, 54 NRAO Nature Evolving Science |
2018
| The first detection of benzonitrile in the interstellar medium, the first molecule containing an aromatic benzene ring detected with radio astronomy. Related Publication: McGuire et al. (2018) Science 359, 202 Science Perspective Scientific American Newsweek Gizmodo C&EN Phys.org EurekAlert! NRAO Space.com |
| The first use of the Atacama Large Millimeter/sub-millimeter Array's highest frequency capabilities to study both complex chemical evolution and jets of water in massive star-forming regions. Related Publication: McGuire et al. (2018) Astrophysical Journal Letters 863, 35 Phys.org Discover Magazine NRAO NAOJ EurekAlert! Inquisitr SciTechDaily |
| McGuire and several GOTHAM research team members highlighted by Chemistry World in Careers article Stars in Their Eyes. Chemistry World |
2016
| The first detection of propylene oxide in the interstellar medium, the first chiral molecule discovered outside the solar system. Related Publication: McGuire et al. (2016) Science 352, 1449 NRAO Scientific American NPR Reuters Sky & Telescope C&EN NASA Gizmodo Chemistry World Eurekalert! |