Rate Professor Barry Barish

Academic Profile

Academic Background: Barry Barish received his BA in 1957 and PhD in Physics in 1962 from UC Berkeley.

Research Interests: His research focuses on experimental particle physics, particularly gravitational wave detection. He was a key figure in the LIGO project, leading to the first observation of gravitational waves.

Appointments: Ronald and Maxine Linde Professor of Physics, Emeritus at Caltech since 2005. He joined Caltech as a research fellow in 1963 and became a full professor in 1972.

Awards: Co-recipient of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics, National Medal of Science (2023), and Enrico Fermi Prize (2016).

Publications: Co-authored seminal papers on gravitational wave detection in Physical Review Letters.

Additional Contributions: Barish has served on international physics advisory boards and led experiments at Fermilab on neutrino beams.