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–present · 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–present · Now: GW Experimental Physicist, Caltech LIGO
- 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
SURF Students
We host undergraduate researchers each summer through the LIGO SURF and India-SURF programs. See past SURF students →