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Multimessenger Astrophysics

Many astrophysical phenomena release not just light (electromagnetic radiation), but also gravitational waves and/or elementary particles including neutrinos and cosmic rays. Each of those signals carries different information about the physics of the source, so collecting more than one enables us to have a deeper understanding of the event that produced them. However, it is an enormous challenge for different types of instruments to coordinate simultaneous observations, and to verify that signals have a common source. Projects like AMON and SciMMA help alert the community to potential multi-messenger events so that an observing program can be coordinated as quickly and efficiently as possible.

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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
Julien Alfaro	Graduate Student	Physics	jpa5771@psu.edu	+1 814 865 7533	204 Osmond Laboratory	CMA, IGC	Cosmic Rays, Multimessenger Astrophysics, Neutrinos
Heather Allen	Graduate Student	Physics	heather.allen@psu.edu	---	204 Osmond Laboratory	CMA, IGC	Cosmic Rays, Multimessenger Astrophysics
Tyler Anderson	Faculty	Physics	tba109@psu.edu	+1 814 865 2013	212A Osmond Laboratory	CMA	Cosmic Rays, Dark Matter, Multimessenger Astrophysics, Neutrinos
Hugo Alberto Ayala Solares	Faculty	Physics	hgayala@psu.edu	+1 814 863 7533	206A Osmond Laboratory	CMA, IGC	Multimessenger Astrophysics
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
Carlos Blanco	Faculty	ICDS, Physics	carlosblanco@psu.edu	+1 814 865 7533	303K Osmond Laboratory	CFT, CMA, CTOC, IGC	Cosmic Rays, Dark Matter, Multimessenger Astrophysics, Neutrinos
W. Niel Brandt	Faculty	Astronomy, Physics	wnbrandt@gmail.com	+1 814 865 3509	514A Davey Laboratory	CTOC	Black Holes, Multimessenger Astrophysics, Quasars, Dynamic Universe
Jose Carpio Dumler	Graduate Student	Physics	jac866@psu.edu	+1 814 865 7533		CMA	Dark Matter, Multimessenger Astrophysics, Neutrinos
Koustav Chandra	Postdoc	Astronomy, Physics	kbc5795@psu.edu		307 Whitmore Laboratory	IGC	Black Holes, Gravitational Waves, Multimessenger Astrophysics
Stephane Coutu	Faculty	Astronomy, Physics	sxc56@psu.edu	+1 814 865 2015	303H Osmond Laboratory	CMA	Cosmic Rays, Multimessenger Astrophysics
Douglas Cowen	Faculty	Physics	dfc13@psu.edu	+1 814 863 5943	303D Osmond Laboratory	CMA	Multimessenger Astrophysics, Neutrinos, Dynamic Universe
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
Michael Eracleous	Faculty	Astronomy	mxe17@psu.edu	+1 814 863 6041	414 Davey Laboratory	CMA, CTOC	Black Holes, Multimessenger Astrophysics, Quasars, Dynamic Universe
Abe Falcone	Faculty	Astronomy	adf15@psu.edu	+1 814 863 5364	516 Davey Laboratory	CMA	Cosmic Rays, Multimessenger Astrophysics, Quasars, Dynamic Universe
Jacob Fields	Graduate Student	Physics	jmf6719@psu.edu		321E Whitmore Laboratory	CMA	Black Holes, Gravitational Waves, Multimessenger Astrophysics
Derek Fox	Faculty	Astronomy	dbf11@psu.edu	+1 814 863 4989	425 Davey Laboratory	CMA, CTOC	Multimessenger Astrophysics, Neutrinos, Dynamic Universe
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
Yu Jiang	Faculty	Physics	yuj119@psu.edu	+1 814 863 0871	Whitmore Laboratory	CMA	Cosmic Rays, Multimessenger Astrophysics
Prathamesh Joshi	Graduate Student	ICDS, Physics	ppj5075@psu.edu		301D Whitmore Laboratory	IGC	Gravitational Waves, Multimessenger Astrophysics
Sanika Khadkikar	Graduate Student	ICDS, Physics	sbk6031@psu.edu		317 Whitmore Laboratory	CMA	Multimessenger Astrophysics
Ali Kheirandish	Graduate Student	Physics	abk5717@psu.edu	+1 814 865 7533	Davey Laboratory	CMA	Dark Matter, Multimessenger Astrophysics, Neutrinos
Ryan Krebs	Graduate Student	Physics	rjk5416@psu.edu	(814) 865-7533	322 Osmond Laboratory	CMA, IGC	Multimessenger Astrophysics, Neutrinos
Yuexing Li	Faculty	Astronomy	yul20@psu.edu	+1 814 867 2291	417A Davey Laboratory	CMA, CTOC	Astroinformatics, Black Holes, Multimessenger Astrophysics
Victor Liu	Graduate Student	Astronomy	vql5180@psu.edu	6467255201	537 Davey Laboratory	IGC	Black Holes, Gravitational Waves, Multimessenger Astrophysics, Quasars
Gooderham McCormick	Graduate Student	Astronomy	gum66@psu.edu	+1 814 865 0419	532 C Davey Laboratory	IGC	Multimessenger Astrophysics
Niana Mohammed	Graduate Student	Astronomy	nnm5189@psu.edu	+1 814 865 0419	537 Davey Laboratory Davey Laboratory	CMA, CTOC	Black Holes, Multimessenger Astrophysics, Quasars
Mainak Mukhopadhyay	Postdoc	Astronomy, Physics	mkm7190@psu.edu		320L Osmond Laboratory	CMA	Gravitational Waves, Multimessenger Astrophysics, Neutrinos
Eduardo Munguia Gonzalez	Graduate Student	Astronomy, ICDS	eem5633@psu.edu	814 863 5565	445A Davey Laboratory	IGC	Astrostatistics, Multimessenger Astrophysics
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
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
Tetyana Pitik	Faculty	Physics	tfp5368@psu.edu	N.A.	305 Davey Laboratory	IGC	Multimessenger Astrophysics
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
Steinn Sigurdsson	Faculty	Astronomy	sxs540@psu.edu	+1 814 863 6038	426 Davey Laboratory	CMA	Black Holes, Multimessenger Astrophysics, Neutrinos
Kaitlyn Szekerczes	Graduate Student	Astronomy	kas7882@psu.edu	814-865-0418	445A Davey Laboratory	IGC	Gravitational Waves, Multimessenger Astrophysics
Charlotte Ward	Faculty	Astronomy	cvw5890@psu.edu	2027585625	418 Davey Laboratory	IGC	Astroinformatics, Black Holes, Multimessenger Astrophysics, Quasars
Yujia Wei	Graduate Student	Astronomy	yjw5518@psu.edu	8142803564	440 Davey Laboratory	IGC	Multimessenger Astrophysics
Christoph Welling	Postdoc	Astronomy	cjw7007@psu.edu		206 D Whitmore Laboratory	IGC	Multimessenger Astrophysics
Kara Whitaker	Graduate Student	Physics	kbw5490@psu.edu		114 Osmond Laboratory	IGC	Cosmic Rays, Multimessenger Astrophysics
Stephanie Wissel	Faculty	Astronomy, Physics	wissel@psu.edu	+1 814 863 9598	303B Osmond Laboratory	CFT, CMA, CTOC	Cosmic Rays, Multimessenger Astrophysics, Neutrinos
Chengchao Yuan	Graduate Student	Physics	cxy52@psu.edu	+1 814 865 0153		CMA	Cosmic Rays, Multimessenger Astrophysics, Neutrinos
Andrew Zeolla	Graduate Student	Physics	avz5228@psu.edu	7138709006	204 Osmond Laboratory	CMA	Cosmic Rays, Multimessenger Astrophysics, Neutrinos
Ruocheng Zhai	Graduate Student	Astronomy	rzhai@psu.edu	8149542699	322 Whitmore Laboratory	IGC	Multimessenger Astrophysics

IGC members directory
Name	Role	Affiliations	Email	Phone	Office	Centers	Research topics
Sydney Chamberlin	Postdoc	Physics	smc6287@psu.edu			CMA	Black Holes, Gravitational Waves, Multimessenger Astrophysics
Bryce Cousins	Staff	ICDS, Physics	bfc5288@psu.edu	+1 814 863 9605	301 Whitmore Laboratory	IGC	Gravitational Waves, Multimessenger Astrophysics
Valentin Decoene	Postdoc	Physics	vxd5110@psu.edu	+1 814 865 7533	320L Osmond Laboratory	CMA, IGC	Cosmic Rays, Multimessenger Astrophysics, Neutrinos
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
Patrick Godwin	Staff	Physics	patrick.godwin@ligo.org			CMA	Gravitational Waves, Multimessenger Astrophysics
Collin Heckman	Graduate Student	Astronomy	cmh424@psu.edu			CMA	Gravitational Waves, Multimessenger Astrophysics
Kaeli Hughes	Postdoc	Astronomy, Physics	kaeli@psu.edu	+1 6142906343	N/A Davey Laboratory	CMA	Cosmic Rays, Multimessenger Astrophysics, Neutrinos
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
Luís Longo Micchi	Graduate Student	Physics	lfl5384@psu.edu	8144098175	321C Whitmore Laboratory	IGC	Multimessenger Astrophysics
Ryan Magee	Graduate Student	Physics	rzm50@psu.edu			CMA	Black Holes, Dark Matter, Gravitational Waves, Multimessenger Astrophysics
Cody Messick	Graduate Student	Physics	ccm188@psu.edu			CMA	Gravitational Waves, Multimessenger Astrophysics
Miguel Mostafa	Faculty	Astronomy, Physics	mam1264@psu.edu	+1 814 863 8252	517 Whitmore Laboratory	CMA	Multimessenger Astrophysics
Debnandini Mukherjee	Postdoc	Physics	Debnandini.Mukherjee@ligo.org			CMA	Black Holes, Gravitational Waves, Multimessenger Astrophysics
Marco Muzio	Faculty	Astronomy, Physics	msm6428@psu.edu		322 Whitmore Laboratory	CMA	Cosmic Rays, Multimessenger Astrophysics, Neutrinos
Aviral Prakash	Graduate Student	Astronomy, ICDS, Physics	aup1075@psu.edu		317 Whitmore Laboratory	CMA	Gravitational Waves, Multimessenger Astrophysics, Neutrinos
Alireza Rashti	Postdoc	Physics	akr6170@psu.edu	+1 814 863 9605	314 Whitmore Laboratory	IGC	Astrostatistics, Black Holes, Mathematical Structures, Multimessenger Astrophysics, Neutrinos, Physical Mathematics, Dynamic Universe
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
Mukesh Singh	Graduate Student	Astronomy	mks7196@psu.edu	8142808735	317 Whitmore Laboratory	IGC	Gravitational Waves, Multimessenger Astrophysics
Javed Rana Sk	Postdoc	Physics	javed.sk@ligo.org			CMA	Multimessenger Astrophysics
V. Ashley Villar	Faculty	Astronomy, ICDS	vav5084@psu.edu		517 Davey Laboratory	CTOC	Gravitational Waves, Multimessenger Astrophysics