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

If you are interested in a PhD, apply to Caltech's Physics or Astrophysics graduate programs. During the Fall 2026 application cycle, I will be hiring one student working on gravitational wave astrophysics, data analysis, and interpretation.

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


Research Group

Name Position Years at Caltech Contact
Taylor Knapp Graduate student 2023-Present Website
Jake Summers Graduate student 2025-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-Present Website

Former group members

Name Years at Caltech Position at Caltech Current Position
Simona Miller 2021-2026 Graduate student NASA Einstein fellow at the City University of New York
Aaron Johnson 2022-2026 Postdoctoral scholar Scientist at USRA
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