Mount Wilson Talks and Telescopes
Talks and Telescopes at the Mount Wilson Observatory, discovering gravitational waves, how to detect them and what we learned
Telling the story behind the science and engineering of gravitational-wave detectors
I’m a physicist and engineer at the LIGO Laboratory at Caltech, where I lead R&D for the most sensitive scientific instruments ever built. My team works at the frontier of precision measurement, quantum optics, and machine learning – pushing gravitational-wave detectors to new limits so we can reach deeper into the universe with every observing run.
Podcasts
Rays and Waves
Rays and Waves with Daniel Jimmerskog and Steven Jones Listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify 1.3 billion years ago, two…
Mysteries of the Universe
People & Culture with Zahida Sherman Listen on Spotify Join culture & belonging professional, Zahida Sherman, as she discusses various…
Science
Noise Cancellation
Noise canceling headphones for gravitational-wave detectors? Yes please! The lower the noise in your gravitational-wave detector, the farther in the universe you can detect an event. As simple as that!…
Earthquakes!
Did you feel that? Was it an earthquake? Earthquakes happen all the time all around the globe. And LIGO sees them all. When a large earthquake happens anywhere in the…
Science communication isn’t a side project – it’s how science earns its place in society.
Science this extraordinary deserves an audience beyond academic journals.
I write and speak about gravitational waves, black holes, neutron stars, and the technology behind LIGO for audiences ranging from students to business leaders – in person, on YouTube, I’ve spoken at Griffith Observatory’s All Space Considered series, schools, universities, and public events across Southern California.