Gabriela González

Gabriela González
Born	24 February 1965 Córdoba, Argentina
Residence	Louisiana, U.S.
Nationality	Argentine[1]
Fields	Physics
Institutions	Louisiana State University
Alma mater	National University of Córdoba Universidad Nacional de Córdoba Syracuse University
Doctoral advisor	Peter Saulson
Known for	Gravitational-wave detectors
Notable awards	Edward A. Bouchet Award (2007)[2]

Gabriela González, (born 24 February 1965 in Cordoba, Argentina ^[3]) is a professor of physics and astronomy at the Louisiana State University and spokesperson for the LIGO Scientific Collaboration.^[4] She has published several papers on Brownian motion as a limit to the sensitivity of gravitational-wave detectors, and has an interest in data analysis for gravitational-wave astronomy.^[5]

In February 2016, she was one of four LIGO scientists present for the announcement that the first direct gravitational wave observation had been detected in September 2015.^{[6][7][8][9][lower-alpha 1]}

Notes

1. Other physicists present for the announcement were David Reitze, Rainer Weiss, Kip Thorne, and France A. Córdova.

References

1. Bär, Nora (11 February 2016). "Quién es Gabriela González, la argentina que confirmó la teoría de Einstein". La Nacion. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
2. "Edward A. Bouchet Award". American Physical Society. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
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4. González, Gabriela (2 April 2013). "CV" (PDF). Retrieved 5 May 2014.
5. "Gabriela González, PhD". Louisiana State University. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
6. Twilley, Nicola. "Gravitational Waves Exist: The Inside Story of How Scientists Finally Found Them". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
7. Abbott, B.P.; et al. (2016). "Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger". Phys. Rev. Lett. 116: 061102. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.061102.
8. Naeye, Robert (11 February 2016). "Gravitational Wave Detection Heralds New Era of Science". Sky and Telescope. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
9. Castelvecchi, Davide; Witze, Alexandra (11 February 2016). "Einstein's gravitational waves found at last". Nature News. doi:10.1038/nature.2016.19361. Retrieved 11 February 2016.