About Prof. Laura Cadonati
Laura Cadonati is a Professor with the School of Physics and the Center for Relativistic Astrophysics, and Associate Dean for Research in the College of Sciences at Georgia Institute of Technology. Her research interests include gravitational waves and particle astrophysics, with particular focus on the detection, characterization and astrophysical interpretation of short-duration gravitational wave signals that are produced by cataclysmic astrophysical events such as the collisions of black holes or core collapse supernovae. She is a member of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration since 2002, and a past member of the Borexino solar neutrino Collaboration. Dr. Cadonati was deputy spokesperson for the LIGO Scientific Collaboration and chair of the LIGO Data Analysis Council. She received her undergraduate degree in Italy, with a Laurea in Physics at the University of Milano, and a Ph.D. in Physics from Princeton University. She has been Research Scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and faculty at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, has chaired the Division of Gravity of the American Physical Society, and was awarded an NSF Career Award.
