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Academic Profile

Academic Background: B.S., University of Illinois, 1973; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1978.

Research Interests: Gravitational wave detection, experimental physics, and LIGO instrumentation.

Appointments: Professor of Physics at Caltech; Deputy Director, LIGO Laboratory.

Awards: Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2016); Gruber Prize in Cosmology.

Publications: Articles in Classical and Quantum Gravity on LIGO data analysis.

Additional Contributions: Key contributor to LIGO’s gravitational wave detections.