Rate My Professor Linqing Wen

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.