Dr. Sweta Shah
Space Interferometry
Main Focus
Gravitational Waves from low-frequency compact binaries
Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) sources of compact binaries
LISA Instrument characterisation and simulation
GW detectors for space in future for milliHertz band
Outreach in astronomy, gravitational wave physics
Curriculum Vitae
Broad background for 20+ years in (observational) Astronomy, (theoretical) Astrophysics, gravitational wave astrophysics and low-frequency instrument characterisation
LISA Consortium- Astrophysics (2010-2015), LISA Instrumentation (2017-now), DEI Committee (2020-now), Publication & Peer Review Committee (2018-now), LISA VB data analysis (2023-now), GW Space 2050 working group (2022-now)
Virgo GW detector member 2013-2017
Undergraduate degrees in Physics & Mathematics (Cumlaude) Ithaca College, NY, USA
MSc in Astronomy, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
PhD in Science - The Synergy between Gravitational Wave and Electromagnetic Data of Compact Binaries , IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands
GWIC Braccini Thesis Prize (2015) - Nominee and Honorable mention
Special Breakthrough prize in fundamental physics for the detection of GW (2016)