Nergis Mavalvala
Nergis Mavalvala (born 1968) 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 (MIT), where she is also the Associate Head of the Department of Physics. She was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in 2010.
Mavalvala is best known for her work on the detection of gravitational waves in the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) project.
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Nergis Mavalvala - MIT Department of Physics
Nergis Mavalvala - MacArthur Foundation
2013 Joseph F. Keithley Award for Advances in Measurement Science Recipient
1968 births
Living people
American astrophysicists
Lesbians
LGBT people from Massachusetts
LGBT scientists
Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni
Pakistani physicists
People from Lahore
Scientists from Massachusetts
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology faculty