Gabriela González
Gabriela González | |
|---|---|
 González in July 2018 | |
| Born | 24 February 1965 Córdoba, Argentina |
| Nationality | Argentine[3] |
| Alma mater | National University of Córdoba Universidad Nacional de Córdoba Syracuse University |
| Known for | Gravitational-wave detectors |
| Awards | Fellow of the Institute of Physics (2004) Edward A. Bouchet Award (2007)[1] Award for Scientific Discovery by the National Academy of Sciences[2] Fellow of the American Physical Society (2007) Bruno Rossi Prize (2017) Petrie Prize Lecture (2019) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | MIT Pennsylvania State University Louisiana State University |
| Doctoral advisor | Peter Saulson |
Gabriela González, (born 24 February 1965 in Cordoba, Argentina[4]) is a professor of physics and astronomy at the Louisiana State University and was the spokesperson for the LIGO Scientific Collaboration from March 2011 until March 2017.[5] 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.[6]
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.[7][8][9][10][a] González was elected to membership in the U. S. National Academy of Sciences in May, 2017.[11]
She was elected a Legacy Fellow of the American Astronomical Society in 2020.[12]
Notes
- ^ Other physicists present for the announcement were David Reitze, Rainer Weiss, Kip Thorne, and France A. Córdova.
References
- ^ "Edward A. Bouchet Award". American Physical Society. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
- ^ "Award for Scientific Discovery". National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ^ Bär, Nora (11 February 2016). "Quién es Gabriela González, la argentina que confirmó la teoría de Einstein". La Nacion. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
- ^ Losada, Samuel (2016-12-02). "Estamos todos como locos... Einstein estaría muy contento". Clarín (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-12-02.
- ^ González, Gabriela (2 April 2013). "CV" (PDF). Louisiana State University. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
- ^ "Gabriela González, PhD". Louisiana State University. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
- ^ Twilley, Nicola. "Gravitational Waves Exist: The Inside Story of How Scientists Finally Found Them". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
- ^ Abbott, B.P.; et al. (2016). "Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger". Phys. Rev. Lett. 116 (6): 061102. arXiv:1602.03837. Bibcode:2016PhRvL.116f1102A. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.061102. PMID 26918975.
- ^ Naeye, Robert (11 February 2016). "Gravitational Wave Detection Heralds New Era of Science". Sky and Telescope. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "National Academy of Sciences Members and Foreign Associates Elected". National Academy of Sciences. May 2, 2017.
- ^ "AAS Fellows". AAS. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
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- 1965 births
- Living people
- Syracuse University alumni
- Louisiana State University faculty
- Pennsylvania State University faculty
- Argentine women physicists
- Argentine scientists
- Argentine physicists
- Gravitational-wave astronomy
- Fellows of the American Physical Society
- Fellows of the Institute of Physics
- 21st-century Argentine scientists
- 20th-century Argentine scientists
- 21st-century American women scientists
- 20th-century American women scientists
- Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences
- Fellows of the American Astronomical Society