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Christopher P L Berry
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
CIERA Board of Visitors Research Professor
About
Areas of Focus
- Gravitational-wave astronomy
- Black holes
- General relativity and gravitation
- Binary star astrophysics
- Neutron stars
- Multimessenger astronomy
Work/Research
- Gravitational-wave data analysis: how to make inferences from our measured signals
- The astrophysics of compact object binaries: how binaries of black holes or neutron stars form
- Future gravitational-wave astronomy: how future gravitational-wave detectors may reveal more of the universe and help us understand gravity, black holes, and how stars and galaxies evolve
Career
- In 2018, he joined Northwestern's Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research for Astrophysics (CIERA) as the inaugural Board of Visitors Research Professor; he currently works on a diverse range of topics related to gravitational waves and the astrophysics of their sources (black holes and neutron stars)
- He is a member of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration; in 2015, the LIGO detectors made the first observation of a gravitational-wave signal, and Berry has been busy analyzing and interpreting gravitational-wave discoveries ever since
- While completing his PhD at the University of Cambridge, he studied the scientific potential of the future space-based gravitational-wave observatory LISA