Michele Vallisneri's
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Theoretical physicist at NASA

• Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA/Caltech
  Senior research scientist (2021–)
  Research scientist (2005–2021)
• California Institute of Technology
  Postdoctoral scholar/lecturer in physics (2002-2005)
  PhD, theoretical astrophysics (2002)
• LISA Consortium
  Co-chair, LISA Science Group (2018-)
  Co-chair, LISA Data Challenges (2018-)

Gravitational-wave science across the spectrum...

• Seeking the first detection of low-frequency gravitational waves with pulsar timing arrays
• Refining the LISA concept and planning its science ground segment
• Understanding tests of general relativity with gravitational waves

...and more!

• Analyzing measurements from satellite-based positioning systems and developing next-generation software for the GPS ground segment
• Authoring LinkedIn Learning courses on Python: Data Analysis, Programming Efficiently, Statistics Essential Training
• Exploring the creative interface of art and science

Press releases and recent news

• The NANOGrav Physics Frontier Center is extended through 2026 (Apr 2021)
• NANOGrav draws closer to detecting GWs from supermassive black holes (Jan 2021)
• I'm honored to convene the 13th International LISA Symposium (Sep 2020)
• Locating the center of the Solar System to detect GWs (June 2020)
• I organize the KISS workshop on The Architecture of LISA Science Analysis (Jan 2018)
• LISA is formally approved as an ESA mission (Jun 2017)
• When will we detect GWs with pulsar timing arrays? (Feb 2016)
• Celebrating the first observation of gravitational waves from merging binary black holes (Feb 2016)

Honors

• Jean D’Alembert Research Chair, U. Paris Saclay, France (2019)
• NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal (2017)
• JPL Explorer Award (2016)
• American Physical Society Fellow (2016)
• Italian Society of Gravitation Young Scientist Prize (2008)