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
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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
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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
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