Nergis Mavalvala
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| Born | Lahore |
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| Pakistan | |
| Residence | Cambridge |
| Massachusetts | |
| United States | |
| Thesis | Alignment issues in laser interferometric gravitational-wave detectors |
| Fields | Astrophysics |
| Quantum mechanics | |
| Academic advisor | Rainer Weiss |
| Awards | Joseph F. Keithley Award For Advances in Measurement Science |
| MacArthur Fellowship | |
| MacArthur Fellows | |
| Known for | Interferometric |
| gravitational | |
| quantum measurement | |
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| ID | 705202 |
About Nergis Mavalvala
Nergis Mavalvala is a Pakistani-American astrophysicist known for her role in the first observation of gravitational waves. She is the Curtis and Kathleen Marble Professor of Astrophysics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she is also the Dean of the university's School of Science.
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