The Syracuse University Center for Gravitational Wave Astronomy and Astrophysics would not be what it is without all of the people who are a part of it!

FACULTY

Eric Coughlin
Assistant Professor
ecoughli@syr.edu
Research Interests: Tidal disruption events, Core-collapse supernovae, Relativistic jets, Few-body dynamics, Relativistic radiation-hydrodynamics.



Pankaj Jha
Pankaj K. Jha
Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
pkjha@syr.edu
Research Interests: Quantum Sensing and Detection, Machine Learning, Precision Optical Metrology,
Jason Pollack
Jason Pollack
Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
japollac@syr.edu
Research Interests: Quantum Sensing and Detection, Quantum Information, Decoherence and Thermalization, Emergent Spacetime and Quantum Gravity.

Josh Russell
Assistant Professor, Earth and Environmental Sciences
jbrussel@syr.edu
Research Interests: Cosmic Explorer, Seismic Sensing and Imaging, Structure and Evolution of Tectonic Plates
Chris Scholz, Professor
Christopher Scholz
Professor, Earth and Environmental Sciences
cascholz@syr.edu
Research Interests: Sedimentary Basin Evolution, Reflection Seismology, Cosmic Explorer, Seismic Sensing and Imaging
Collin Capano
Research Associate Professor
cdcapano@syr.edu
Research Interests: Black Holes and Neutron Stars, Nuclear Astrophysics, Tests of General Relativity, High Throughput Computing
Ruslan Podviianiuk
Research Assistant Professor, Physics
rpodviia@syr.edu
Research Interests: Cosmic Explorer digital infrastructure, astroparticle, particle, and nuclear physics.

STAFF/POSTDOCS:

Benjamin Amend
Post Doctoral Researcher
bjamend@syr.edu
Hung Tan
Hung Tan
Post Doctoral Researcher
htan05@syr.edu
Bin Wu
Post Doctoral Researcher
bwu127@syr.edu
Kanchan Soni
Post Doctoral Researcher
ksoni01@syr.edu
Mitchell Schiworski
Post Doctoral Researcher
mgschiwo@syr.edu
Kevin Garvey
Program Manager
kjgarvey@syr.edu

GRADUATE STUDENTS

Labani Roy
Labani Roy
lroy02@syr.edu
Ananya Bandopadhyay
abandopa@syr.edu
Jandrie Rodriguez
jrodr159@syr.edu
Nico O’Neill
neoneill@syr.edu
Matthew Todd
Matthew Todd
mrtodd@syr.edu
Subham Vidyant
svidyant@syr.edu
Dan Paradiso
dparadis@syr.edu
Keisi Kacanja
kkacanja@syr.edu
Trent Gayer
tcgayer@syr.edu
Breck Meagher
bnmeaghe@syr.edu
Peter Zhou
Peter Zhou
hzhou51@syr.edu
Vikas Jadhav
vjadhavy@syr.edu
Alyna Akyuz
Aleyna Akyuz
aakyuz@syr.edu
Jared Lee
Jared Lee
jlee421@syr.edu
Alex Correia
alcorrei@syr.edu
Shreyan Goswami
sgoswa03@syr.edu
Julia Renee Rice
jrrice@syr.edu
Jada Garofalo
jagarofa@syr.edu
Babatunde “Isaac” Rotimi
birotimi@syr.edu
Sarmad Rameez
srameez@syr.edu

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

Carter Halpin
chalpin@syr.edu
Julia Fancher
jlfanche@syr.edu
Ella Burr
efburr@syr.edu

FORMER GROUP MEMBERS