Gabriela González

Gabriela González
Born (1965-02-24) 24 February 1965
Córdoba, Argentina
Residence Louisiana, U.S.
Nationality Argentine[1]
Fields Physics
Institutions Louisiana State University
Alma mater

National University of Córdoba Universidad Nacional de Córdoba

Syracuse University
Doctoral advisor Peter Saulson
Known for Gravitational-wave detectors
Notable awards Edward A. Bouchet Award (2007)[2]

Gabriela González, (born 24 February 1965 in Cordoba, Argentina [3]) is a professor of physics and astronomy at the Louisiana State University and spokesperson for the LIGO Scientific Collaboration.[4] She has published several papers on Brownian motion as a limit to the sensitivity of gravitational-wave detectors, and has an interest in data analysis for gravitational-wave astronomy.[5]

In February 2016, she was one of four LIGO scientists present for the announcement that the first direct gravitational wave observation had been detected in September 2015.[6][7][8][9][lower-alpha 1]

Notes

  1. ↑ Other physicists present for the announcement were David Reitze, Rainer Weiss, Kip Thorne, and France A. Córdova.

References

  1. ↑ Bär, Nora (11 February 2016). "Quién es Gabriela González, la argentina que confirmó la teoría de Einstein". La Nacion. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  2. ↑ "Edward A. Bouchet Award". American Physical Society. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  3. ↑ Clarin
  4. ↑ González, Gabriela (2 April 2013). "CV" (PDF). Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  5. ↑ "Gabriela González, PhD". Louisiana State University. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  6. ↑ Twilley, Nicola. "Gravitational Waves Exist: The Inside Story of How Scientists Finally Found Them". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
  7. ↑ Abbott, B.P.; et al. (2016). "Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger". Phys. Rev. Lett. 116: 061102. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.061102.
  8. ↑ Naeye, Robert (11 February 2016). "Gravitational Wave Detection Heralds New Era of Science". Sky and Telescope. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  9. ↑ Castelvecchi, Davide; Witze, Alexandra (11 February 2016). "Einstein's gravitational waves found at last". Nature News. doi:10.1038/nature.2016.19361. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
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