Curriculum Vitae

Appointments

2014
Ph.D., University of Cambridge
Thesis: Exploring the Cosmos with Gravitational Waves · Advisor: Jonathan R. Gair
2010
M.Phys. (First Class), University of Oxford
Thesis: The Cosmic Evolution of Black-hole Accretion · Advisor: Steven Rawlings

2025
Bruno Rossi Prize
American Astronomical Society · with the NANOGrav Collaboration
2025
Chancellor's Award for Research
Vanderbilt University
2025–27
Chancellor's Faculty Fellowship
Vanderbilt University
2024
Top 1% Cited Paper Award (North America)
IOP Publishing
2024
ESA–NASA LISA Science Team
NASA appointee — one of six US scientists
2024
Frontiers of Science Award in Theoretical Physics
International Congress of Basic Science
2024
Eddington Lecturer
University of Cambridge & Royal Astronomical Society
2024
Fred Kavli Plenary Lectureship
American Astronomical Society
2021
NSF CAREER Award
National Science Foundation
2019
Visiting Astronomer
Observatoire de Paris
2019–21
Dean's Faculty Fellowship
Vanderbilt University College of Arts & Science
2017
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Incoming Fellowship
University of Birmingham · declined
2017
OzGrav ARC Centre of Excellence Fellowship
Swinburne & Monash Universities · declined
2016
IPTA Steering Committee Prize — Honorable Mention
International Pulsar Timing Array
2016
GWIC Thesis Prize — Honorable Mention
Gravitational Wave International Committee
2014
NASA Postdoctoral Fellowship
Jet Propulsion Laboratory

2023–
Chair
NANOGrav Collaboration
2024–
Member
ESA–NASA LISA Science Team (one of six US scientists)
2023–
NANOGrav Representative
Gravitational Wave International Committee (GWIC)
2025–
Science Advisory Board
OzGrav ARC Centre of Excellence
2025–
Director of Graduate Studies
Astrophysics Graduate Program, Vanderbilt University
2020–
Member
NANOGrav Management Team
2023
Co-lead
NANOGrav 15-year gravitational-wave background evidence paper
2018–22
Chair
NANOGrav Gravitational Wave Detection Working Group
2020–21
Member
International Pulsar Timing Array Steering Committee
2018–19
Co-Chair
IPTA Gravitational Wave Analysis Group

2025
LISA Data Analysis: Challenges & Opportunities
Invited talk · APS Global Physics Summit, Anaheim
2024
Hunting Supermassive Black-hole Binaries: The Next Frontier in Multi-messenger Astrophysics
Invited review · IoA@50, Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge
2024
The Dawn of Gravitational Wave Astronomy at Lightyear Wavelengths
Eddington Lecture · Royal Astronomical Society, London, and Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge
Watch the recording
2024
NANOGrav — The Dawn of Gravitational Wave Astronomy at Lightyear Wavelengths
Fred Kavli Plenary Lecture · American Astronomical Society, New Orleans
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2023
The First Evidence for Nanohertz-frequency Gravitational Waves
Plenary · Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics, Shanghai
2023
NANOGrav’s evidence for a gravitational-wave background
NSF discovery announcement (main speaker) · National Science Foundation, Washington DC
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2019
Pulsar Timing Arrays: The Next Frontier of Gravitational Wave Astronomy
Plenary · GR22 / Amaldi13, Valencia

$6 million in total as PI, Co-PI, or Institutional PI ($2.25 million as PI).

2026–28
Towards embedding population inference within the LISA global fit
NASA LISA Preparatory Science · PI
2023–26
Mapping the host galaxies of low-frequency gravitational-wave sources
NSF Windows on the Universe · PI
2023–26
Optimization of multi-messenger searches for supermassive black hole binaries
NASA FINESST · PI
2021–26
CAREER: Unveiling the nanohertz GW discovery landscape by broadening participation in multi-messenger astrophysics
NSF CAREER · PI
2021–26
Establishing Multimessenger Astronomy Inclusive Training (EMIT)
NSF Graduate Education · Co-PI
2021–26
The NANOGrav Physics Frontiers Center
NSF Physics Frontiers Center · Institutional PI
2020–24
Multi-messenger Titans: probing the dynamics and environments of supermassive binary black holes
NSF Windows on the Universe · PI