Laura Cadonati Explained

Honorific Prefix:Prof
Laura Cadonati
Fields:Gravitational waves
Workplaces:Georgia Institute of Technology
Alma Mater:Princeton University
Thesis Title:The Borexino Solar Neutrino Experiment and its Scintillator Containment Vessel
Thesis Url:https://borex.lngs.infn.it/Thesis/L.Cadonati_PhD_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Year:2001
Doctoral Advisor:Frank Calaprice
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Laura Cadonati is an American physicist who specializes in gravitational waves.

Career

Cadonati completed her PhD at Princeton University in 2001 with her thesis The Borexino Solar Neutrino Experiment and its Scintillator Containment Vessel. She was an associate professor in the physics department at University of Massachusetts Amherst before moving to the Center for Relativistic Astrophysics at Georgia Institute of Technology in 2015.[1]

Cadonati has been a member of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) collaboration since 2002,[2] and was involved in the first observations of gravitational waves in 2015.[3] [4]

In 2017 she became the first deputy spokesperson for LIGO[5] and was widely quoted in the media as LIGO detected its third gravitational wave.[6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]

Cadonati became associate dean for research in the College of Sciences at Georgia Institute of Technology in 2021.[15]

She is a member of the International Astronomical Union.[16]

Awards and honors

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Laura Cadonati | Department of Physics | UMass Amherst. Physics Department at UMass Amherst.
  2. Web site: Laura Cadonati – Laura Cadonati – Gravitational Wave Astrophysics @ Georgia Tech. cadonati.gatech.edu.
  3. Web site: Gravitational Waves Observed. news.gatech.edu.
  4. Web site: These Georgia Tech physicists helped prove Einstein right. Myrydd. Wells. September 19, 2016.
  5. Web site: College of Sciences Professor Appointed to Top Role in Search for Gravitational Waves | News Center. news.gatech.edu.
  6. Web site: Scientists Make First Detection of Neutron Star Collision | News Center. news.gatech.edu.
  7. Web site: Seeing with new eyes: Gravitational waves | Science and Cocktails. www.scienceandcocktails.org. 7 February 2018.
  8. Web site: Scientists discover incredible origin of gold to herald 'new chapter in astrophysics'. Sky News. 17 October 2017.
  9. Web site: Gravitational Wave Astronomers Hit Mother Lode. Lee. Billings. Scientific American. 16 October 2017.
  10. Web site: They've done it again! Ligo scientists find gravitational waves for the third time. www.wired.co.uk. 1 June 2017.
  11. Web site: Third gravitational wave detection gives hints on dark matter and black holes. June 1, 2017. The Guardian. Hannah Devlin.
  12. Web site: Gravitational waves: Third detection of deep space warping. June 1, 2017. www.bbc.co.uk. Jonathan Amos.
  13. Web site: Black holes crash together and make waves – Astronomy Now. 3 June 2017. William Harwood.
  14. Web site: Bizarre Black Holes Revealed by New Space-Time Ripples. https://web.archive.org/web/20211004035735/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/black-holes-gravitational-waves-space-genius-science. dead. October 4, 2021. June 1, 2017. Science. Nadia Drake.
  15. Web site: Laura Cadonati Named Associate Dean for Research | School of Chemistry & Biochemistry. chemistry.gatech.edu. 8 July 2021.
  16. Web site: International Astronomical Union | IAU. www.iau.org.
  17. Web site: Cadonati wins NSF Career grant | Department of Physics | UMass Amherst. Physics Department at UMass Amherst. 1 October 2010.
  18. Web site: APS Fellow Archive. www.aps.org.
  19. Web site: Laura Cadonati: 2018 Outstanding Faculty Research Author Award | College of Sciences | Georgia Institute of Technology | Atlanta, GA. cos.gatech.edu. 2 April 2018.

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