Péter Veres

Péter Veres

High-energy astrophysics — gamma-ray bursts and multi-messenger astronomy

Publications Contact

About Me

I'm an Assistant Professor at the Department of Space Science, University of Alabama in Huntsville. I spend most of my time chasing gamma-ray bursts — the brightest explosions in the universe — and thinking about what they can tell us, on their own or together with gravitational waves and high-energy neutrinos. Along the way I've also gotten drawn into active galactic nuclei, magnetar giant flares, and the intergalactic magnetic field. I got my PhD from Eötvös University in Budapest in 2011, then did postdocs at Penn State and George Washington University before joining the faculty here.

Research Interests

Selected Recent Publications

Polarization Measurement of Gamma-ray Bursts with Fermi-GBM: The Case of GRB 180720B
Veres, P., Duvall, W., Goldstein, A., Briggs, M. S., Grove, J. E. (2024)
arXiv:2408.13199
Non-detection of Neutrinos from the BOAT: Improved Constraints on the Parameters of GRB 221009A
Veres, P., Fraija, N., Lesage, S., Goldstein, A., Briggs, M. S., Bhat, P. N. — ApJ, 1006, 201 (2026)
arXiv:2408.16748
An Ordinary Short Gamma-Ray Burst with Extraordinary Implications: Fermi-GBM Detection of GRB 170817A
Goldstein, A., Veres, P. et al. — ApJL, 848, 14 (2017)
arXiv:1710.05446
Fermi-GBM Observations of GRB 230307A: An Exceptionally Bright Long-duration GRB with an Associated Kilonova
Dalessi, S., Veres, P. et al. — ApJ, 994, 17 (2025)
arXiv:2507.12637
Fermi-GBM Discovery of GRB 221009A: An Extraordinarily Bright GRB from Onset to Afterglow
Lesage, S., Veres, P. et al. — ApJL, 952, 42 (2023)
arXiv:2303.14172
Extreme Variability in a Long-duration Gamma-Ray Burst Associated with a Kilonova
Veres, P., Bhat, P. N. et al. — ApJL, 954, 5 (2023)
arXiv:2305.12262
Rapid Spectral Variability of a Giant Flare from a Magnetar in NGC 253
Roberts, O. J., Veres, P. et al. — Nature, 589, 207 (2021)
arXiv:2101.05146
Gravitational Waves and Gamma-Rays from a Binary Neutron Star Merger: GW170817 and GRB 170817A
Abbott, B. P. et al. (incl. Veres, P.) — ApJL, 848, 13 (2017)
arXiv:1710.05834

Full publication list on ADS.

Current Projects

Fast NICER follow-up for magnetar central engines

What powers a GRB? The central engine is widely thought to be a black hole, but a highly magnetized neutron star (a magnetar) is a viable alternative. In some scenarios, a pulsating magnetar signal would appear in X-rays within an hour of the trigger — we use NICER observations to search for it.

Get in Touch

Always looking for motivated students and collaborators. Feel free to reach out if you'd like to work together, chat, or just say hello.

📧 peter.veres@uah.edu
Room 2040, Cramer Research Hall — University of Alabama in Huntsville