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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |