Rate My Professor Linqing Wen

Linqing Wen is Professor in the School of Physics, Mathematics and Computing at the University of Western Australia. She obtained her PhD in Astrophysics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2001, MS in Physics from Pennsylvania State University in 1995, ME in Computer Science and Engineering from Pennsylvania State University in 1995, and BS in Condensed Matter Physics from the University of Science and Technology of China in 1992. Her professional career encompasses postdoctoral research as Associate at the California Institute of Technology from 2001, Junior Scientist at the Max-Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics in Germany from 2004, UWA UPRF Fellow from 2007, ARC Future Fellow and Associate Professor at UWA from 2010, and promotion to full Professor in 2014. Additional key appointments include Leader of the UWA Department of Physics Gravitational Wave Astronomy Group since 2010, Leader of the UWA Faculty of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences Gravitational Wave Technology and Education Research Cluster and Machine Learning Application for Physical Sciences since 2018, Chief Investigator of the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGrav) since 2017, and Professor at the International Space Centre.

Professor Wen's research focuses on gravitational wave astrophysics and multi-messenger astronomy, high-performance computing, signal processing, and machine learning for gravitational wave discoveries. She has secured major grants including ARC Discovery Projects on gravitational wave detection and localization (2015-2017, 2011-2015), ARC Future Fellowship (2009-2013), and ARC Centre of Excellence for OzGrav (2017-2023). Notable awards comprise the Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics shared among the gravitational wave discovery team in 2016, ARC Future Fellowship in 2009, UWA UPRF Fellowship in 2007, and Rossi Fellowship at MIT in 1995. Key publications include 'Novel deep learning approach to detecting binary black hole mergers' (2025, with Beveridge et al.), 'Binary neutron star merger search pipeline powered by deep learning' (2025, with McLeod et al.), 'SPIIR online coherent pipeline to search for gravitational waves from compact binary coalescences' (2022, with Chu et al.), 'Search for Continuous Gravitational Waves from Known Pulsars in the First Part of the Fourth LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Observing Run' (2025), and 'GW250114: Testing Hawking's Area Law and the Kerr Nature of Black Holes' (2025). A long-standing member of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration since 2001, she contributes to committees such as the Science Advisory Panel for Gravitational Wave Data Centre Australia (2019-), TianQin Collaboration Advisory Committee (2018-), and Steering Committee of the Parkes Pulsar Timing Array (2016-2017). She coordinates SCIE1121 Our Universe since 2018 and has delivered public lectures including 'A Race to Capture the Waves' for UWA Year 12 Extension Program in 2020.