Lisa Barsotti

Gravitational wave researcher

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Lisa Barsotti is a research scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Kavli Institute.

Biography

Barsotti was born June 1,1978 and was raised in Pisa, Italy. She obtained her PhD from University of Pisa in 2006 on The control of the Virgo interferometer for gravitational wave detection and moved to the United States in 2007 to work on the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO).^[2]

Barsotti was involved in the discovery of gravitational waves reported in 2016.^[3]

She currently investigates technology to improve gravitational wave detection using squeezed states of life, which led an upgrade to LIGO in 2017, known as Virgo.^[2][4][5][6]

Main themes of her work include astronomy, remote sensing, optics, interferometry, laser, electric field, and sensitivity.

Honors and awards

• 2018 – Fellow of the American Physical Society for "extraordinary leadership in commissioning the Advanced LIGO detectors, improving their sensitivity through implementation of squeezed light, and enhancing the operation of the gravitational wave detector network through joint run planning between LIGO and Virgo"^[7]
• 2019 – Breakthrough New Horizons in Physics Prize^[8][9]
• 2019 – Capperuccio Prize of the city of Livorno^[10][11][12]
• 2021 – One of InspiringFifty in Italy^[13]
• 2022 - Research.com Best Female Scientist Award
• 2023 - Research.com Best Female Scientist Award
• 2024 - Research.com Best Female Scientist Award

Selected publications

• Abbott, B. P.; et al. (11 February 2016). "Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger". Physical Review Letters. 116 (6): 061102. arXiv:1602.03837. Bibcode:2016PhRvL.116f1102A. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.061102. PMID 26918975. S2CID 119286014.
• Aasi, J.; et al. (9 April 2015). "Advanced LIGO". Classical and Quantum Gravity. 32 (7): 074001. arXiv:1411.4547. Bibcode:2015CQGra..32g4001L. doi:10.1088/0264-9381/32/7/074001. S2CID 118570458.
• Abbott, B. P.; et al. (15 June 2016). "GW151226: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a 22-Solar-Mass Binary Black Hole Coalescence". Physical Review Letters. 116 (24): 241103. arXiv:1606.04855. Bibcode:2016PhRvL.116x1103A. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.241103. PMID 27367379. S2CID 118651851.
• Barsotti, Lisa (2014). "Quantum Noise Reduction in the LIGO Gravitational Wave Interferometer with Squeezed States of Light". Cleo: 2014: AW3P.4. doi:10.1364/CLEO_AT.2014.AW3P.4. ISBN 978-1-55752-999-2. S2CID 28876707.

References

1. https://research.com/u/lisa-barsotti. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
2. "Lisa Barsotti". Inspiring Fifty: Italy.
3. Zain Humayun (13 March 2020). "The Chirp Heard 'Round the World: LIGO's Lisa Barsotti Reflects on a Landmark Discovery". Knight Science Journalism @MIT.
4. Jennifer Chu (5 December 2019). "New instrument extends LIGO's reach". MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
5. "Squeezing Improves LIGO's Sensitivity to Quantum Noise". www.photonics.com. 10 December 2019.
6. Jennifer Chu (1 April 2019). "3 Questions: Lisa Barsotti on the new and improved LIGO". MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
7. "APS Fellow Archive". www.aps.org.
8. "Breakthrough Prize – Fundamental Physics Breakthrough Prize Laureates – Lisa Barsotti". breakthroughprize.org.
9. ""I'm doing something that is bigger than me": Lisa Barsotti on being a scientist". 7 August 2019 – via www.youtube.com.
10. Romano, Anna (26 June 2019). "Premio Capperuccio a Lisa Barsotti". Telegranducato di Toscana.
11. "Il Premio Capperuccio a Lisa Barsotti". Città di Livorno. 24 June 2019.
12. "Capperuccio, il Lions Club Porto Mediceo premia Lisa Barsotti". LivornoToday. 4 June 2019.
13. "Italy 2021". Inspiring Fifty: Italy. 2021.

• Official website
• Lisa Barsotti publications indexed by Google Scholar
• Lisa Barsotti, "The Dawn of Gravitational Wave Astronomy"
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otkHkdy4wQ4