Gabriela González
| Gabriela González | |
|---|---|
| Born |
24 February 1965 Córdoba, Argentina |
| Residence | Louisiana, U.S. |
| Nationality | Argentine |
| Alma mater |
National University of Córdoba Universidad Nacional de Córdoba Syracuse University |
| Known for | Gravitational-wave detectors |
| Awards |
Edward A. Bouchet Award (2007) Award for Scientific Discovery by the National Academy of SciencesFellow of the American Physical Society (2007) Fellow of the Institute of Physics (2004) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions |
MIT Pennsylvania State University Louisiana State University |
| Doctoral advisor | Peter Saulson |
Edward A. Bouchet Award (2007)
Gabriela González, (born 24 February 1965 in Cordoba, Argentina ) 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. 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.
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.
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