Our Team

The people behind the gravitational-wave science at the University of Oregon.

Ben Farr

Ben Farr

Associate Professor & Group Lead

Department of Physics · Institute for Fundamental Science · University of Oregon

Gravitational-wave astronomer and member of the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Collaboration. Develops Bayesian and machine-learning methods for characterizing compact binary mergers and inferring the astrophysical population properties of black holes and neutron stars.

Graduate Students

Ivan Juarez-Reyes

Ivan Juarez-Reyes

Graduate Student

Correlations and evolution of the black hole mass spectrum

Clare Nelle

Clare Nelle

Graduate Student

Detailed modeling of the black hole mass spectrum

Aislinn McCann

Aislinn McCann

Graduate Student

Data-driven models of the full mass spectrum

Group Alumni

Postdoctoral Scholars

  • Zoheyr Doctor

Graduate Students

  • Bruce Edelman
  • JD Merritt
  • Sangeet Paul
  • Jaxen Godfrey
  • Gino Carrillo

Undergraduate Researchers

  • Rachel Hur
  • Holden Jose
  • Alexis Vives