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Gravitational Waves

Gravitational waves are tiny ripples in space created by accelerating masses such as the orbit of neutron stars and black holes. As a gravitational wave passes through space it changes the distance between two points. Researchers at Penn State study gravitational waves theoretically as well as observationally through the LIGO and Virgo observatories.

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IGC members directory
Name	Role	Affiliations	Email	Phone	Office	Centers	Research topics
Shomik Adhicary	Graduate Student	Physics	sva5823@psu.edu	+1 814 865 7533	334 Whitmore Laboratory	IGC	Black Holes, Dark Matter, Gravitational Waves, Multimessenger Astrophysics
Mark Alaverdian	_	Physics	mxa895@psu.edu		204 Osmond Laboratory	IGC	Black Holes, Gravitational Waves, Physical Mathematics
Harshraj Bandyopadhyay	Graduate Student	Physics	hkb5238@psu.edu	+1 814 865 7533	307 Whitmore Laboratory	IGC	Black Holes, Gravitational Waves
Mukul Bhattacharya	Postdoc	Astronomy, Physics	mmb5946@psu.edu		320A Osmond Laboratory	CMA	Cosmic Rays, Gravitational Waves, Multimessenger Astrophysics, Neutrinos
Maitraya Bhattacharyya	Postdoc	Physics	mbb6217@psu.edu	+1 814 863 9605	314 Whitmore Laboratory	CMA	Black Holes, Gravitational Waves, Multimessenger Astrophysics
Koustav Chandra	Postdoc	Astronomy, Physics	kbc5795@psu.edu		307 Whitmore Laboratory	IGC	Black Holes, Gravitational Waves, Multimessenger Astrophysics
Aurora Colter	Undergraduate Student	Math, Physics	agc5654@psu.edu			CFT, IGC	Black Holes, Gravitational Waves, Loop Quantum Gravity, Physical Mathematics, Quantum Universe
Viviana Cáceres	Graduate Student	Physics	vac5288@psu.edu	7872344444	317 Whitmore Laboratory	CMA	Gravitational Waves
Yixuan Dang	Graduate Student	Physics	ykd5167@psu.edu	8142802592	114 Osmond Laboratory	IGC	Gravitational Waves
Abhishek Das	Graduate Student	Astronomy, ICDS, Physics	ajd6518@psu.edu		321E Thomas Building	CMA, IGC	Black Holes, Cosmic Rays, Dark Matter, Gravitational Waves, Multimessenger Astrophysics, Neutrinos, Quasars
Arnab Dhani	Graduate Student	Physics	aud371@psu.edu	+1 814 865 7533	317 Whitmore Laboratory	IGC	Black Holes, Gravitational Waves
Jacob Fields	Graduate Student	Physics	jmf6719@psu.edu		321E Whitmore Laboratory	CMA	Black Holes, Gravitational Waves, Multimessenger Astrophysics
Joshua Gonsalves	Undergraduate Student	ICDS, Physics	jpg6184@psu.edu	4847877738	334 Whitmore Laboratory	IGC	Gravitational Waves
Ish Gupta	Graduate Student	Physics	ishgupta@psu.edu	+1 814 865 7533	317 Whitmore Laboratory	IGC	Black Holes, Gravitational Waves, Multimessenger Astrophysics
Eduardo Gutiérrez	Postdoc	Physics	exg5366@psu.edu	+1 814 863 9605	301B Whitmore Laboratory	IGC	Black Holes, Cosmic Rays, Gravitational Waves, Multimessenger Astrophysics, Neutrinos
Peter Hammond	Postdoc	Physics	pph5189@psu.edu	+1 814 863 9605	307 Whitmore Laboratory	IGC	Gravitational Waves, Multimessenger Astrophysics, Neutrinos
Chad Hanna	Faculty	Astronomy, ICDS, Physics	crh184@psu.edu	+1 814 865 2924	303 Whitmore Laboratory	CMA	Black Holes, Dark Matter, Gravitational Waves, Multimessenger Astrophysics
Yun-Jing Huang	Graduate Student	Physics	yzh5436@psu.edu		334 Whitmore Laboratory	IGC	Gravitational Waves
Donghui Jeong	Faculty	Astronomy	djeong@psu.edu	+1 814 865 1117	518 Davey Laboratory	CTOC	Gravitational Waves
Prathamesh Joshi	Graduate Student	ICDS, Physics	ppj5075@psu.edu		301D Whitmore Laboratory	IGC	Gravitational Waves, Multimessenger Astrophysics
James Kennington	Graduate Student	Physics	jwkennington@psu.edu	+1 814 865 7533	Box 66 Whitmore Laboratory	CFT	Black Holes, Dark Matter, Gravitational Waves, Mathematical Structures
Benjamin Lillard	Postdoc	Physics	blillard@psu.edu	N/A	206B Osmond Laboratory	IGC	Dark Matter, Gravitational Waves, Physical Mathematics
Victor Liu	Graduate Student	Astronomy	vql5180@psu.edu	6467255201	537 Davey Laboratory	IGC	Black Holes, Gravitational Waves, Multimessenger Astrophysics, Quasars
Mainak Mukhopadhyay	Postdoc	Astronomy, Physics	mkm7190@psu.edu		320L Osmond Laboratory	CMA	Gravitational Waves, Multimessenger Astrophysics, Neutrinos
Kohta Murase	Faculty	Astronomy, Physics	kum26@psu.edu	+1 814 863 9594	321B Osmond Laboratory	CMA	Cosmic Rays, Dark Matter, Gravitational Waves, Multimessenger Astrophysics, Neutrinos
Peter Mészáros	Faculty	Astronomy, Physics	nnp@psu.edu	814-863-4167	504 Davey Laboratory	CMA	Gravitational Waves, Multimessenger Astrophysics, Neutrinos
Pranav Narayanan	Undergraduate Student	Astronomy	psn5080@psu.edu	9432384214		IGC	Black Holes, Gravitational Waves, Dynamic Universe
Sayan Neogi	Graduate Student	Physics	sqn5477@psu.edu	9999999	9999999999 Whitmore Laboratory	IGC	Gravitational Waves
Kyle Neumann	Graduate Student	Astronomy	kdn5172@psu.edu	(814) 865-0418	537 Davey Laboratory	IGC	Black Holes, Gravitational Waves, Multimessenger Astrophysics, Dynamic Universe
Victoria Niu	Graduate Student	Physics	wmn5062@psu.edu	+1 814 865 7533	334 Whitmore Laboratory	IGC	Black Holes, Dark Matter, Gravitational Waves, Multimessenger Astrophysics
Alexander Pace	Staff	Physics	aep14@psu.edu	+1 814 865 6995	334B Whitmore Laboratory	IGC	Gravitational Waves, Multimessenger Astrophysics
Surendra Padamata	Graduate Student	Physics	ssp5361@psu.edu		322 Osmond Laboratory	CMA	Black Holes, Cosmic Rays, Gravitational Waves, Multimessenger Astrophysics, Neutrinos
Shiksha Pandey	Graduate Student	Physics	spp5950@psu.edu		312 Whitmore Laboratory	IGC	Dark Matter, Gravitational Waves
Cort Posnansky	Graduate Student	Physics	clp5773@psu.edu	+1 814 863 9605	334 Whitmore Laboratory	CMA	Black Holes, Gravitational Waves, Multimessenger Astrophysics
Yi Qiu	Graduate Student	Physics	yiqiu@psu.edu	8142328268	322 Whitmore Laboratory	IGC	Black Holes, Gravitational Waves, Multimessenger Astrophysics, Neutrinos
David Radice	Faculty	Astronomy, Physics	dur566@psu.edu	+1 814 865 7533	304 Whitmore Laboratory	CMA	Black Holes, Gravitational Waves, Multimessenger Astrophysics, Neutrinos
Shio Sakon	Graduate Student	ICDS, Physics	sks6461@psu.edu		321 F Whitmore Laboratory	IGC	Black Holes, Gravitational Waves, Multimessenger Astrophysics
B.S. Sathyaprakash	Faculty	Astronomy, Physics	bss25@psu.edu		312 Whitmore Laboratory	CMA, CTOC	Black Holes, Dark Matter, Gravitational Waves, Multimessenger Astrophysics
Sarah Shandera	Faculty	Physics	ses47@psu.edu	+1 814 863 9595	303A Whitmore Laboratory	CFT	Black Holes, Cosmic Surveys, Dark Matter, Gravitational Waves, Quantum Universe
Kaitlyn Szekerczes	Graduate Student	Astronomy	kas7882@psu.edu	814-865-0418	445A Davey Laboratory	IGC	Gravitational Waves, Multimessenger Astrophysics
Tristan Weaver	Graduate Student	Astronomy	tsw5383@psu.edu	9494688381	115 Davey Laboratory	IGC	Gravitational Waves
Yucun Xie	Graduate Student	Physics	yzx5296@psu.edu	0000000000	114 Osmond Laboratory	IGC	Black Holes, Gravitational Waves, Mathematical Structures

IGC members directory
Name	Role	Affiliations	Email	Phone	Office	Centers	Research topics
Källan Berglund	Graduate Student	Physics	kmb670@psu.edu		322 Whitmore Laboratory	CFT, IGC	Black Holes, Gravitational Waves, Loop Quantum Gravity
Sydney Chamberlin	Postdoc	Physics	smc6287@psu.edu			CMA	Black Holes, Gravitational Waves, Multimessenger Astrophysics
Allison Colarelli	Undergraduate Student	Astronomy, Math	atc5357@psu.edu	7175982124	N/A	CFT, IGC	Black Holes, Gravitational Waves, Loop Quantum Gravity, Physical Mathematics
Bryce Cousins	Staff	ICDS, Physics	bfc5288@psu.edu	+1 814 863 9605	301 Whitmore Laboratory	IGC	Gravitational Waves, Multimessenger Astrophysics
Pedro Espino	Faculty	Physics	ple5069@psu.edu		320 Whitmore Laboratory	IGC	Gravitational Waves, Multimessenger Astrophysics, Neutrinos
Becca Ewing	Faculty	Physics	ree55@psu.edu		301 Whitmore Laboratory	CMA, IGC	Gravitational Waves, Multimessenger Astrophysics
Rossella Gamba	Postdoc	Physics	rjg6040@psu.edu	N.A.	305 Whitmore Laboratory	IGC	Black Holes, Gravitational Waves, Multimessenger Astrophysics
Daniel George	Undergraduate Student	Physics	dyg5236@psu.edu			CMA	Black Holes, Gravitational Waves
Patrick Godwin	Staff	Physics	patrick.godwin@ligo.org			CMA	Gravitational Waves, Multimessenger Astrophysics
Anuradha Gupta	Postdoc	Physics	axg645@psu.edu			CMA	Black Holes, Gravitational Waves
James Gurian	Faculty	Astronomy	jhg5248@psu.edu		440 Whitmore Laboratory	IGC	Black Holes, Dark Matter, Gravitational Waves
Collin Heckman	Graduate Student	Astronomy	cmh424@psu.edu			CMA	Gravitational Waves, Multimessenger Astrophysics
Rachael Huxford	Faculty	Physics	reh255@psu.edu		317 Whitmore Laboratory	IGC	Gravitational Waves, Multimessenger Astrophysics
Rahul Kashyap	Postdoc	Physics	rkk5314@psu.edu		307 Whitmore Laboratory	IGC	Gravitational Waves, Multimessenger Astrophysics
Ryan Magee	Graduate Student	Physics	rzm50@psu.edu			CMA	Black Holes, Dark Matter, Gravitational Waves, Multimessenger Astrophysics
Phoebe McClincy	Graduate Student	Astronomy	pkm5220@psu.edu			CMA	Dark Matter, Gravitational Waves
Cody Messick	Graduate Student	Physics	ccm188@psu.edu			CMA	Gravitational Waves, Multimessenger Astrophysics
Debnandini Mukherjee	Postdoc	Physics	Debnandini.Mukherjee@ligo.org			CMA	Black Holes, Gravitational Waves, Multimessenger Astrophysics
Aviral Prakash	Graduate Student	Astronomy, ICDS, Physics	aup1075@psu.edu		317 Whitmore Laboratory	CMA	Gravitational Waves, Multimessenger Astrophysics, Neutrinos
Vaishak Prasad	Postdoc	Astronomy, Physics	vaishakprasad@psu.edu	+1 (814) 280 1977	307 McAllister	IGC	Black Holes, Gravitational Waves
Samuele Ronchini	Postdoc	Astronomy	sjs8171@psu.edu	8148657705	IV Building	CMA, IGC	Gravitational Waves, Multimessenger Astrophysics
Surabhi Sachdev	Postdoc	Physics	szs1416@psu.edu			CMA	Black Holes, Gravitational Waves, Multimessenger Astrophysics
Divya Singh	Faculty	Physics	dus960@psu.edu		301 Whitmore Laboratory	IGC	Black Holes, Dark Matter, Gravitational Waves
Mukesh Singh	Graduate Student	Astronomy	mks7196@psu.edu	8142808735	317 Whitmore Laboratory	IGC	Gravitational Waves, Multimessenger Astrophysics
Leo Tsukada	Faculty	Physics	lqt5311@psu.edu	+1 814 863 9605	301A Whitmore Laboratory	IGC	Gravitational Waves
V. Ashley Villar	Faculty	Astronomy, ICDS	vav5084@psu.edu		517 Davey Laboratory	CTOC	Gravitational Waves, Multimessenger Astrophysics
Adrian del Rio Vega	Postdoc	Physics	axd570@psu.edu	+1 814-863-0165	307 Whitmore Laboratory	CFT	Black Holes, Gravitational Waves