People
Principal Investigator
Research Scientists
Postdoctoral Scholars
Nathan Holland
Postdoctoral Scholar, Caltech
Graduate Students
Masaya Ono
Graduate Student, University of Tokyo
Technical Staff
Helen Schwartz
Technician, Caltech
Alumni
- Yoichi Aso · 2008–2012 · Now: Associate Professor, NAOJ, Japan
- Francisco Salces-Carcoba · 2020–2025 · Now: Assistant Professor, University of New Mexico
- Jon Richardson · 2017–2021 · Now: Assistant Professor, UC Riverside
- Koji Arai · 2009–2025 · Now: Lead Research Scientist, Caltech LIGO
- Anchal Gupta · 2017–2023 · Now: Senior Staff Scientist, Blue Laser Fusion
- Jennifer Driggers · 2010–2015 · Now: Detection Lead Senior Scientist, LIGO Hanford
- Zach Korth · 2009–2019 · Now: Engineering Physicist, Senseeker Engineering
- Denis Martynov · 2010–2015 · Now: Professor, University of Birmingham
- Tara Chalermsongsak · 2009–2014 · Now: Program Director of Physics, Mahidol University, Thailand
- Frank Seifert · 2010–2012 · Now: Associate Researcher, NIST
- Yuta Michimura · 2022–2024 · Now: Associate Professor, University of Tokyo
- Masayuki Nakano · 2019–2024 · Now: Visiting Scholar, LIGO Laboratory, Caltech
- Gautam Venugopalan · 2015–2021 · Now: Postdoctoral Researcher, Stanford University
- Andrew Wade · 2016–2019 · Now: Research Fellow, Australian National University
- Robert Ward · 2004–2010 · Now: Professor / Director, Centre for Gravitational Astrophysics, Australian National University
- Eric Quintero · 2011–2017 · Now: ML Researcher, MIT Lincoln Laboratory
- David Yeaton-Massey · 2010–2016 · Now: Physicist, Northrop Grumman
- Kevin Kuns · Now: Research Scientist, MIT LIGO
- Evan Hall · 2012–2017 · Now: Research Scientist, MIT LIGO
- Jameson Rollins
- Joseph Betzwieser
Caltech PhD Theses
- 2023 Next-Generation Technologies for Gravitational Wave Detectors — Anchal Gupta
- 2022 Prototype Interferometry in the Era of Gravitational Wave Astronomy — Gautam Venugopalan
- 2019 Mitigating Noise in Interferometric Gravitational Wave Detectors — Zach Korth
- 2018 Improving the Performance and Sensitivity of Gravitational Wave Detectors — Eric Quintero
- 2017 Long-Baseline Laser Interferometry for the Detection of Binary Black-Hole Mergers — Evan Hall
- 2016 Cryogenic Silicon Optical Reference Cavities — David Yeaton-Massey
- 2015 Lock Acquisition and Sensitivity Analysis of Advanced LIGO Interferometers — Denis Martynov
- 2015 Noise Cancellation for Gravitational Wave Detectors — Jennifer Driggers
- 2014 High Fidelity Probe and Mitigation of Mirror Thermal Fluctuations — Tara Chalermsongsak
- 2010 Length Sensing and Control of a Prototype Advanced Interferometric Gravitational Wave Detector — Robert Ward
Source: CaltechTHESIS — Advisor: Adhikari, R.
SURF Students
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