Faculty
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Marco Cavaglia

Professor

573-341-4781 | cavagliam@mst.edu |

204 Physics Building

Research Interests

Experimental and theoretical gravitational-wave detection, classical and quantum models of gravity, cosmology.
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Shun Saito

Assistant professor of physics

573-341-4781 | saitos@mst.edu |

Physics Building

Research Interests

Observational cosmology, galaxies and large-scale structures, cosmology.

Post-doctoral research associates
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Sudarshan Karki

sudarshanjkarki@gmail.com |

LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA, 99354

Research Interests

Gravitational wave detection, LIGO instrumental science
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Hasti Khoraminezhad

hkhorami@sissa.it |

Physics Building

Research Interests

Observational cosmology, HETDEX.
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Ryan Quitzow-James

573-341-4781 | ryanquitzowjames@gmail.com |

115 Physics Building

Research Interests

Gravitational wave detection, LIGO data analysis, multi-messenger astrophysics

Ph.D. Students
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Emma Lockyer

el4m8@mst.edu |

115 Physics Building

Research Interests

Gravitational wave detection, LIGO data analysis, multi-messenger astrophysics
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Dishari Malakar

dmkwf@umsystem.edu |

115 Physics Building

Research Interests

Gravitational wave detection, LIGO data analysis, multi-messenger astrophysics
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Syeda Nasim

ssnkct@mst.edu |

115 Physics Building

Research Interests

Gravitational wave detection, LIGO data analysis, multi-messenger astrophysics
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Cole Rischbieter

crr9bt@mst.edu |

Physics Building

Research Interests

Cosmology, large-scale structure
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Sushant Sharma Chaudhary

sscwrk@mst.edu |

115 Physics Building

Research Interests

Gravitational wave detection, LIGO data analysis
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Yanyan Zheng

zytfc@mst.edu |

115 Physics Building

Research Interests

Gravitational wave detection, LIGO data analysis, multi-messenger astrophysics

Undergraduate students
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Steven Karst

Physics Building

Research Interests

Application of machine learning to the large-scale structure 
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Mason Labrot

115 Physics Building

Research Interests

Gravitational wave detection, LIGO data analysis
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Jordan Stevens

Physics Building

Research Interests

OURE, Observational Cosmology, Dark Energy constraint in HETDEX.

Affiliate members
Ashini Modi

High school student

Caddo Parish Magnet High School, 1601 Viking Dr., Shreveport, LA 71101, USA

Research Interests

Gravitational waves and astrophysics
Yashasvi Moon

Undergraduate

Missouri State University, Springfield MO

Research Interests

Gravitational waves and astrophysics

Visitors
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Francesca Attadio

LIGO-INFN Visiting Scholar

attadio.1810453@studenti.uniroma1.it |

115 Physics Building

Research Interests

Gravitational wave detection, LIGO data analysis, multi-messenger astrophysics

Past members

Postdoctoral researches

  • Siddhartha Gurung Lopez (postdoc, 2020-21)

Graduate students

  • Dripta Bhattacharjee (graduate student, PhD 2021)
  • Joseph Demster  (graduate student, 2021)
  • Kentaro Mogushi (graduate student, 2019-21, PhD 2021)
  • Dylan Ruzbasan (graduate student, 2021-22)

Undergraduate students

  • Noah Baden  (undergraduate student, BSc 2021)
  • Elizabeth Caputa-Hatley (undergraduate student, BSc 2020)
  • Ethan Hisle (undergraduate student, BSc 2020)
  • Alexander Love (undergraduate student, 2021)
  • Jacob McQuerrey (undergraduate student, BSc 2020)
  • Matthew Miller (undergraduate student, 2021)
  • Brandon Robinson  (undergraduate student, 2021)

Affiliate members / long-term visitors

  • Francesco Di Renzo (affiliate member, 2019-21)
  • Kodai Umekawa (long-term visitor, 2021)
  • Masato Yoshida (long-term visitor, 2021)