If you are interested in a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship, apply through the LIGO SURF program.

If you are interested in a PhD, apply to Caltech's Physics or Astrophysics graduate programs.

If you are interested in a postdoctoral position, consider the LIGO Laboratory and Burke Fellowship opportunities.


Research Group

Name Position Years at Caltech Contact
Simona Miller Graduate Student 2021-Present Website
Taylor Knapp Graduate Student 2023-Present Website
Aaron Johnson Postdoctoral Scholar 2022-Present Website
Eliot Finch Postdoctoral Scholar 2023-Present Website
Lucy Thomas Postdoctoral Scholar 2023-Present Website
Lisa Drummond Sherman Fairchild Postdoctoral Scholar 2024-Present Website
Sophie Bini Postdoctoral Scholar 2024-Present Website
Kristen Schumacher NSF Ascend Fellow 2025-Present Website
Giulia Fumagalli Burke Fellow 2026(exp)-Present Website

Former group members

Name Years at Caltech Position at Caltech Current Position
Sophie Hourihane 2020-2025 Graduate Student Non-profit sector
Isaac Legred 2020-2025 Graduate Student Postdoctoral scholar at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Jacob Golomb 2020-2025 Graduate Student, co-mentored with Prof. Weinstein Software engineer in the private sector
Rhiannon Udall 2020-2025 Graduate Student, co-mentored with Prof. Weinstein Postdoctoral scholar at the University of British Columbia
Ethan Payne 2021-2025 Graduate Student, co-mentored with Prof. Weinstein Private sector
Patrick Meyers 2021-2025 Postdoctoral Scholar Senior Postdoctoral Scholar at ETH
Javier Roulet 2022-2025 Sherman Fairchild Postdoctoral Scholar KICP fellow at the University of Chicago
Marco Crisostomi 2023-2025 Marie Curie Postdoctoral Scholar Assistant professor at the University of Pisa
Howard Deshong 2022-2024 Staff Scientist, Schmidt Academy Scholar Software engineer in the private sector
Arianna Renzini 2020-2023 Postdoctoral Scholar Research Manager at ETH

Former Summer Undergraduate Research Fellows

Name Year Co-mentor
Cailin Plunkett 2021 Sophie Hourihane
Celine Wang 2021 Isaac Legred
Zoe Ko 2022 Simona Miller
Oscar Sy-Garcia 2022 Isaac Legred
Seth Moriarty 2022 Sophie Hourihane
Karen Kang 2023 Simona Miller
Carter Anderson 2023 Isaac Legred
Julien Kearns 2023 Sophie Hourihane
Sophia Whinney 2024 Simona Miller
Lana Alabbasi 2024 Isaac Legred
Maven Holst 2024 Sophie Hourihane