Nergis Mavalvala

Professor of Astrophysics at MIT & Dean of the MIT School of Science

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Nergis Mavalvala Biography

Nergis Mavalvala, Marble Professor of Astrophysics at MIT and a 2010 recipient of a MacArthur “genius” award, is a physicist whose research focuses on the detection of gravitational waves and quantum measurement science. She is a longtime member of the scientific team that announced in 2016 the first direct detection of gravitational waves from colliding black holes by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO). The gravitational waves that LIGO detected are ripples in the spacetime fabric caused by the motion of compact, massive astrophysical objects such as black holes and neutron stars. Since the nature of gravitation is inherently different from electromagnetism, gravitational wave astrophysics provides a radically different window into the universe.

In the quest for ever greater sensitivity in the LIGO detectors, Mavalvala has also conducted pioneering experiments on generation and application of squeezed states of light, and on laser cooling and trapping of macroscopic objects to enable observation of quantum phenomena in human-scale systems.

Professor Nergis Mavalvala received a B.A. from Wellesley College and a Ph.D. from MIT. She was a postdoctoral fellow and research scientist at the California Institute of Technology before joining the Physics faculty at MIT in 2002. She was appointed Associate Department Head of Physics in February 2015, overseeing the department’s academic programming and student well-being for the next five years. She was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2017. In 2020, Nergis was named Dean of MIT’s School of Science.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 06/18/2024.

Nergis Mavalvala Videos

  • Gravitational Waves: Beyond the First Discoveries | Nergis Mavalvala | TEDx
    Since gravitational waves from colliding black holes were first detected by Advanced LIGO in 2015, there have been a dozen or so confirmed...
  • How can we detect gravitational waves?
    Nergis Mavalvala explains how researchers search for these elusive ripples in space–time. Visit physicsworld.com for more videos, webinars and...

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