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<h1 class="animated-text"><span class="w3-xxxlarge">Kiranjyot Gill</span></h1>
<h2 class="w3-xlarge">Harvard Astrophysicist</h2>
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I am a first-generation astrophysicist at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian, with a decade of dedication to gravitational-wave (GW) astrophysics. In January 2025, I will be the inaugural Sikh to graduate with a PhD in Astronomy & Astrophysics from Harvard. I was also the youngest member of the <a href="https://www.ligo.caltech.edu/">International Gravitational Wave Network (IGWN)</a> that discovered GWs from <a href="https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.061102">two merging binary black holes</a>. This singular discovery earned our forefathers -- Kip Thorne, Rainer Weiss and Barry Barrish -- the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics. IGWN also earned numerous accolades, such as the UK Royal Astronomical Society Group Achievement Award in Astronomy, the Princess of Asturias Award from His Majesty the King of Spain, the Bruno Rossi Prize in High Energy Astrophysics from the American Astronomical Society in 2017, and the Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics in 2018. Additionally, I have co-authored over a 100 scientific publications with more than 10,000 citations and have delivered numerous invited talks at universities, government summits, and media events.
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<p> How do massive stars die? What triggers these cataclysmic catastrophes?
My research has centered around the first detection of <a href="https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2020PhRvD.101h4002A/abstract">gravitational waves (GWs)</a> from <a href="https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016PhRvD..93d2002G/abstract">core-collapse supernovae (CCSNe)</a> using both terrestrial and <a href="https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2024arXiv240513211G/abstract">proposed lunar-based interferometers</a>. Detecting GWs from a CCSN would mark the next watershed moment in the nascent field of GW astronomy. GWs, generated by the quadrupole distribution of energy and mass, are intricately linked to the inner dynamics of the explosion mechanism triggering a CCSN and provide unprecedented insights into the underlying mechanism trigging the asymmetric collapse of a massive star.
Simulations of these massive stars have recently begun to converge on the essential signatures of the GW signal in order to trace their origin back to fundamental supernova microphysics. However, GW astronomy for CCSNe presents unique challenges compared to detecting GWs from merging compact binaries. While the CCSN waveforms are expected to be predominantly stochastic, critical deterministic features carry imprints of the underlying physics in the time-frequency domain. Additionally, the energy conversion into GWs varies depending on the progenitor star structure and the triggered explosion mechanism. Even the most favorable GW emission mechanisms suggest detectability with current laser interferometers does not extend beyond the Milky Way. However, the detection distance can extend out to several megaparsecs (well beyond our Milky Way) by placing GW detectors on the Moon. Performing GW science with CCSNe requires concerted efforts across multiple fields. My role in the scientific community includes understanding and improving both terrestrial and lunar-based GW detector sensitivities. incorporating progenitor physics in order to aid the development of reliable CCSNe simulations alongside using <a href="https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2022ApJ...931..159G/abstract">optical data from telescopes around the world</a> in order to appropriately advance data analysis techniques that would enable the first detection of GWs from a CCSN.</p> </div>
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<p>I have advised numerous students, all of whom have progressed into STEM-related undergraduate and graduate studies. I led the Navajo Nation STEM Initiative, where I developed a three-tier curriculum focused on the college application process and SAT/ACT preparation for Navajo and Hopi-tribe students pursuing STEM education. Additionally, I collaborated with Caltech, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Pasadena College Access Plan, and the LIGO Educational Public Outreach Division to bring academic and scientific programs to high school students in rural areas. My efforts included engaging underrepresented communities in STEM through tailored scientific presentations, providing hands-on experiences with mock interferometers, lectures on laser interferometry, and promoting opportunities in gravitational wave astrophysics. By communicating the importance and wonder of astrophysics, I hope to encourage more young people to pursue careers in science.</p>
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