SURF Students
The Experimental Gravity Group hosts undergraduate researchers each summer through the LIGO SURF program and the joint IUCAA-LIGO India-SURF program. Students work on experimental and computational projects spanning detector hardware, quantum optics, controls, and data analysis.
| Year | Student | Institution | Program | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Andrei Diaconu | — | LIGO SURF | — |
| 2023 | Reuben Mathew | — | LIGO SURF | — |
| 2023 | Advait Mehla | IIT Bombay | India-SURF | — |
| 2019 | Elona Bytyqi | Columbia University | LIGO SURF | — |
| 2017 | Dhruva Ganapathy | IIT Delhi | India-SURF | T1700336 |
| 2017 | Kaustubh Singhi | — | LIGO SURF | — |
| 2017 | Jigyasa Nigam | — | LIGO SURF | — |
| 2017 | Naomi Wharton | — | LIGO SURF | — |
| 2016 | Varun Kelkar | — | LIGO SURF | — |
| 2016 | Aakash Patil | — | LIGO SURF | — |
| 2015 | Evelyn Chase | — | LIGO SURF | — |
| 2015 | Jessica Pena | — | LIGO SURF | — |
| 2015 | Ignacio Magana | — | LIGO SURF | — |
| 2015 | Sai Kanth Dacha | IIT Madras | India-SURF | T1500228 |
| 2015 | Jared Goldberg | Claremont McKenna College | LIGO SURF | P1500190 |
| 2014 | Akhil Reddy | — | LIGO SURF | — |
| 2014 | Nichin Sreekantaswamy | — | LIGO SURF | — |
| 2013 | Alex Cole | — | LIGO SURF | — |
| 2012 | Alexandra Zhdanova | — | LIGO SURF | — |
| 2012 | Eric Hendries | — | LIGO SURF | — |
| 2012 | Maria Okounkova | — | LIGO SURF | — |
| 2012 | Yaakov Fein | — | LIGO SURF | — |
| 2012 | Elizabeth Davison | — | LIGO SURF | — |
| 2011 | Nicole Ing | — | LIGO SURF | — |
| 2011 | Ishwita Saikia | — | LIGO SURF | — |
| 2010 | Jenna Walrath | — | LIGO SURF | — |
| 2010 | Razib Obaid | — | LIGO SURF | — |
| 2010 | Megan Daily | — | LIGO SURF | — |
| 2010 | Katherine Larson | — | LIGO SURF | — |
| 2010 | Sharmila Dhevi | — | LIGO SURF | — |
| 2010 | Gopal Nataraj | — | LIGO SURF | — |
| 2010 | Nancy Aggarwal | — | LIGO SURF | — |
| 2009 | Chris Zimmerman | — | LIGO SURF | — |
| 2009 | Connor Mooney | — | LIGO SURF | — |
| 2009 | Clara Bennett | MIT | LIGO SURF | — |
| 2009 | Stephanie Erickson | — | LIGO SURF | — |
| 2009 | Michelle Stephens | — | LIGO SURF | — |
| 2009 | Zach Cummings | — | LIGO SURF | — |
| 2008 | Masha | Harvard | LIGO SURF | — |
| 2008 | Sharon | MIT | LIGO SURF | — |
| 2008 | Max | Caltech | LIGO SURF | — |
| 2008 | Eric | Caltech | LIGO SURF | — |
| 2007 | Keenan Pepper | — | LIGO SURF | — |
| 2007 | Alice Wang | — | LIGO SURF | — |
| 2007 | Darcy Barron | — | LIGO SURF | T070244 |
| 2007 | Edward MacAulay | — | LIGO SURF | — |
| 2007 | Josh Weiner | — | LIGO SURF | T070266 |
| 2007 | Elena Gasparri | — | LIGO SURF | — |
| 2007 | Sonia Buckley | — | LIGO SURF | — |
| 2006 | Riccardo Ciolfi | University of Rome | LIGO SURF | T060246 |
| 2006 | Royal Reinecke | Caltech | LIGO SURF | T060244 |
| 2006 | Darcy Barron | University of Illinois | LIGO SURF | — |
| 2006 | David Malling | Syracuse University | LIGO SURF | T060241 |
| 2006 | Jenne Driggers | University of Washington | LIGO SURF | T060240 |
| 2005 | Ryan Kinney | — | LIGO SURF | — |
| 2005 | Marcus Ng | — | LIGO SURF | — |
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