Gabriela González
Gabriela González | |
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![]() González in July 2018 | |
Born |
Córdoba, Argentina | 24 February 1965
Residence | Louisiana, U.S. |
Nationality | Argentine[1] |
Alma mater |
National University of Córdoba Universidad Nacional de Córdoba Syracuse University |
Known for | Gravitational-wave detectors |
Awards |
Edward A. Bouchet Award (2007)[2] Award for Scientific Discovery by the National Academy of Sciences[3]Fellow of the American Physical Society (2007) Fellow of the Institute of Physics (2004) Bruno Rossi Prize (2017) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physics |
Institutions |
MIT Pennsylvania State University Louisiana State University |
Doctoral advisor | Peter Saulson |
Gabriela González, (born 24 February 1965 in Cordoba, Argentina[4]) is a professor of physics and astronomy at the Louisiana State University and was the spokesperson for the LIGO Scientific Collaboration from March 2011 until March 2017.[5] She has published several papers on Brownian motion as a limit to the sensitivity of gravitational-wave detectors, and has an interest in data analysis for gravitational-wave astronomy.[6]
In February 2016, she was one of four LIGO scientists present for the announcement that the first direct gravitational wave observation had been detected in September 2015.[7][8][9][10][lower-alpha 1] González was elected to membership in the U. S. National Academy of Sciences in May, 2017.[11]
Notes
- ↑ Other physicists present for the announcement were David Reitze, Rainer Weiss, Kip Thorne, and France A. Córdova.
References
- ↑ Bär, Nora (11 February 2016). "Quién es Gabriela González, la argentina que confirmó la teoría de Einstein". La Nacion. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
- ↑ "Edward A. Bouchet Award". American Physical Society. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
- ↑ "Award for Scientific Discovery". National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ↑ Losada, Samuel (2016-12-02). "Estamos todos como locos... Einstein estaría muy contento". Clarín (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-12-02.
- ↑ González, Gabriela (2 April 2013). "CV" (PDF). Retrieved 5 May 2014.
- ↑ "Gabriela González, PhD". Louisiana State University. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
- ↑ Twilley, Nicola. "Gravitational Waves Exist: The Inside Story of How Scientists Finally Found Them". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
- ↑ Abbott, B.P.; et al. (2016). "Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger". Phys. Rev. Lett. 116: 061102. arXiv:1602.03837. Bibcode:2016PhRvL.116f1102A. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.061102. PMID 26918975.
- ↑ Naeye, Robert (11 February 2016). "Gravitational Wave Detection Heralds New Era of Science". Sky and Telescope. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
- ↑ Castelvecchi, Davide; Witze, Alexandra (11 February 2016). "Einstein's gravitational waves found at last". Nature News. doi:10.1038/nature.2016.19361. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
- ↑ "National Academy of Sciences Members and Foreign Associates Elected". National Academy of Sciences. May 2, 2017.