Katie Breivik is an assistant professor in the Physics Department at Carnegie Mellon University. She works to connect simulations to data in the hope to better understand how binary-star interactions are imprinted in large populations of binary stars and the stellar remnants they produce. As part of this effort, she works to develop open-source software that is community-driven and is interested in best practices for the support of software in physics and astronomy.
Katie Breivik is an assistant professor in the Physics Department at Carnegie Mellon University. She works to connect simulations to data in the hope to better understand how binary-star interactions are imprinted in large populations of binary stars and the stellar remnants they produce. As part of this effort, she works to develop open-source software that is community-driven and is interested in best practices for the support of software in physics and astronomy.
Alessandra Buonanno is a director at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics in Potsdam.
She specializes in modeling gravitational waves from binary systems of black holes and neutron stars, aiming to address open questions in cosmology, astrophysics, and gravity. She is a member of the LISA Consortium Board and co-leads the GW Space 2050 Working Group.
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Alessandra Buonanno is a director at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics in Potsdam.
She specializes in modeling gravitational waves from binary systems of black holes and neutron stars, aiming to address open questions in cosmology, astrophysics, and gravity. She is a member of the LISA Consortium Board and co-leads the GW Space 2050 Working Group.
Photo copyright: © Markus Scholz for the Leopoldina.
Manuela Campanelli is a distinguished astrophysics professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Her research focuses on the merger of supermassive black holes and neutron stars, generating gravitational waves, electromagnetic radiation, and relativistic jets.
Manuela Campanelli is a distinguished astrophysics professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Her research focuses on the merger of supermassive black holes and neutron stars, generating gravitational waves, electromagnetic radiation, and relativistic jets.
Deborah Ferguson is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and a co-chair of the LISA Early Career Scientists group. Her research focuses on ensuring that numerical relativity simulations of binary black hole mergers are prepared for the high sensitivity of LISA.
Deborah Ferguson is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and a co-chair of the LISA Early Career Scientists group. Her research focuses on ensuring that numerical relativity simulations of binary black hole mergers are prepared for the high sensitivity of LISA.
Jonathan is a Group Leader at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics in Potsdam. He is an expert on data analysis for and scientific exploitation of gravitational wave data in all frequency bands. He is currently chair of the LISA Science Group and The Consortium Constituent Council.
Jonathan is a Group Leader at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics in Potsdam. He is an expert on data analysis for and scientific exploitation of gravitational wave data in all frequency bands. He is currently chair of the LISA Science Group and The Consortium Constituent Council.
Michael is a Research Astrophysicist at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center. His research focuses on LISA data analysis methods, waveform generation, public software production, and building a LISA global fit pipeline ready for further development into the future.
Michael is a Research Astrophysicist at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center. His research focuses on LISA data analysis methods, waveform generation, public software production, and building a LISA global fit pipeline ready for further development into the future.
Natalia is a postdoc at the APC laboratory in Paris. Her research is dedicated to the LISA data analysis and in particular to finding the ways how we can accelerate it with the use of machine learning. At the same time she is the junior co-chair of the LISA Data Challenge (LDC) group.
Natalia is a postdoc at the APC laboratory in Paris. Her research is dedicated to the LISA data analysis and in particular to finding the ways how we can accelerate it with the use of machine learning. At the same time she is the junior co-chair of the LISA Data Challenge (LDC) group.
Macarena Lagos is an assistant professor at Universidad Andrés Bello, Chile.
Her research focuses on using gravitational waves from binary compact objects to probe cosmology and fundamental physics.
Macarena Lagos is an assistant professor at Universidad Andrés Bello, Chile.
Her research focuses on using gravitational waves from binary compact objects to probe cosmology and fundamental physics.
Nora is ESA’s Lead Project Scientist for LISA which means she is responsible together with the LISA Science Team to ensure the best possible science return of the mission. Her past research focused on intermediate-mass black holes in stellar clusters from the observational side and N-body simulations.
Nora is ESA’s Lead Project Scientist for LISA which means she is responsible together with the LISA Science Team to ensure the best possible science return of the mission. Her past research focused on intermediate-mass black holes in stellar clusters from the observational side and N-body simulations.
Andrea is an associate professor whose research work focuses on strong gravity and modelling of compact objects in General Relativity and beyond, as gravitational wave sources.
Andrea is an associate professor whose research work focuses on strong gravity and modelling of compact objects in General Relativity and beyond, as gravitational wave sources.
Maarten is an assistant professor at the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen and co-chair of the LISA Waveform Working Group. He is an expert in gravitational self-force computations and their application in gravitational waveform models.
Maarten is an assistant professor at the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen and co-chair of the LISA Waveform Working Group. He is an expert in gravitational self-force computations and their application in gravitational waveform models.
Samaya Nissanke works on gravitational wave and multi-imessenger astrophysics. Her work aims to explain the physics driving the merger of compact object binaries and to map out the expansion history of the Universe by using electromagnetic and gravitational wave measurements. She is a member of the Virgo Collaboration, Einstein Telescope collaboration and LISA Consortium, and works with a slew of time-domain telescopes and surveys from the Zwicky Transient Facility, the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, the Vera Rubin Observatory’s LSST to LOFAR and the JVLA. Her work spans gravitational wave source modelling, data analysis, and multi-messenger astronomy, where she played a leading role in the discovery in 2017 of the merger of two neutron stars.
Samaya Nissanke works on gravitational wave and multi-imessenger astrophysics. Her work aims to explain the physics driving the merger of compact object binaries and to map out the expansion history of the Universe by using electromagnetic and gravitational wave measurements. She is a member of the Virgo Collaboration, Einstein Telescope collaboration and LISA Consortium, and works with a slew of time-domain telescopes and surveys from the Zwicky Transient Facility, the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, the Vera Rubin Observatory’s LSST to LOFAR and the JVLA. Her work spans gravitational wave source modelling, data analysis, and multi-messenger astronomy, where she played a leading role in the discovery in 2017 of the merger of two neutron stars.
Mauro is a research fellow interested in theoretical and observational cosmology. He's an expert of detection and characterization of stochastic gravitational wave backgrounds
Mauro is a research fellow interested in theoretical and observational cosmology. He's an expert of detection and characterization of stochastic gravitational wave backgrounds
Adam is a Royal Society University Research Fellow and ERC Consolidator/UKRI Frontier Research Grant holder at the University of Southampton. He specialises in waveform modelling using gravitational self-force theory.
Adam is a Royal Society University Research Fellow and ERC Consolidator/UKRI Frontier Research Grant holder at the University of Southampton. He specialises in waveform modelling using gravitational self-force theory.
David Shoemaker is at MIT, and is an experimentalist. He was the Project Leader for Advanced LIGO, and is currently the US member of the LISA Consortium Executive Committee and is the Project Manager for Cosmic Explorer. He promotes coordination across the GW field as the GWIC Executive Secretary.
David Shoemaker is at MIT, and is an experimentalist. He was the Project Leader for Advanced LIGO, and is currently the US member of the LISA Consortium Executive Committee and is the Project Manager for Cosmic Explorer. He promotes coordination across the GW field as the GWIC Executive Secretary.
Lorenzo is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Trento, Italy. His research focuses on the LISA Gravitational Reference System, and LISA Pathfinder data analysis.
Lorenzo is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Trento, Italy. His research focuses on the LISA Gravitational Reference System, and LISA Pathfinder data analysis.
Krista Lynne Smith is an associate professor at the Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy at Texas A&M University. Her research focuses on electromagnetic observations of supermassive black hole accretion, AGN feedback, and black hole binaries.
Krista Lynne Smith is an associate professor at the Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy at Texas A&M University. Her research focuses on electromagnetic observations of supermassive black hole accretion, AGN feedback, and black hole binaries.
Nicola is a CNRS Directeur de Recherche at the Laboratoire des 2 infinis - Toulouse, where he leads the gravitational wave group. His main research explores the interplay between cosmology and gravitational waves.
Nicola is a CNRS Directeur de Recherche at the Laboratoire des 2 infinis - Toulouse, where he leads the gravitational wave group. His main research explores the interplay between cosmology and gravitational waves.
Michael is a lecturer at University College Cork. He uses cosmological hydrodynamic simulations to model the co-eval growth of galaxies and massive black holes, making predictions for their population and merger history across cosmic time.
Michael is a lecturer at University College Cork. He uses cosmological hydrodynamic simulations to model the co-eval growth of galaxies and massive black holes, making predictions for their population and merger history across cosmic time.
Ada is the project scientist for the LISA Interferometric Detection Subsystem at the Albert Einstein Institute in Hannover, Germany. Previously, she worked on the LISA Telescope's dimensional stability test at the University of Florida.
Ada is the project scientist for the LISA Interferometric Detection Subsystem at the Albert Einstein Institute in Hannover, Germany. Previously, she worked on the LISA Telescope's dimensional stability test at the University of Florida.
Caitlin Witt is a postdoctoral fellow at Northwestern University’s CIERA and the Adler Planetarium. Her research focuses on multi-messenger studies of supermassive black hole binaries, and specializes in gravitational-wave and time-domain electromagnetic binary search techniques, which are applied to her work within NANOGrav and International Pulsar Timing Array collaborations.
Caitlin Witt is a postdoctoral fellow at Northwestern University’s CIERA and the Adler Planetarium. Her research focuses on multi-messenger studies of supermassive black hole binaries, and specializes in gravitational-wave and time-domain electromagnetic binary search techniques, which are applied to her work within NANOGrav and International Pulsar Timing Array collaborations.
Anthony Yu is a laser scientist and branch technologist in the Lasers and Electro-Optics Branch at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. He has over 30 years of experience in space-based laser development for Earth and planetary science applications. Currently he is the LISA laser system lead at GSFC for the LISA mission.
Anthony Yu is a laser scientist and branch technologist in the Lasers and Electro-Optics Branch at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. He has over 30 years of experience in space-based laser development for Earth and planetary science applications. Currently he is the LISA laser system lead at GSFC for the LISA mission.
Nico is a professor of physics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and the founding director of the Illinois Center for Advanced Studies of the Universe. His research focuses on the modeling of black holes, neutron stars and the gravitational waves they emit when they coalesce, with particular emphasis on the nuclear physics and the fundamental physics we can learn from such observations.
Nico is a professor of physics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and the founding director of the Illinois Center for Advanced Studies of the Universe. His research focuses on the modeling of black holes, neutron stars and the gravitational waves they emit when they coalesce, with particular emphasis on the nuclear physics and the fundamental physics we can learn from such observations.
