Rana X Adhikari
Current affiliation: California Institute of Technology, USA
Webpage: https://www.pma.caltech.edu/people/rana-adhikari
Biographical note: Rana Adhikari is an experimental physicist with interests in fundamental physics, including tests of gravity and quantum mechanics. He has been involved in the construction and design of gravitational-wave detectors since 1997. His current research focuses on techniques for precision measurement as related to gravitational wave detection, measurements of short-scale gravity, and bounds on quantum mechanics at the macroscopic scale using precision opto-mechanics.
Vladimir Bossilkov
Current affiliation: California Institute of Technology, USA (LIGO - Livingston)
Biographical note: Vladimir Bossilkov is currently an optical system and control engineer at LIGO, Livingston. He is a core member of the commissioning team at LIGO Livingston, monitoring and helping with the day-to-day operations of the detector. He is also part of the detector calibration group.
Evan Hall
Current affiliation: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Webpage: https://www.space.mit.edu/people/evan-hall/
Biographical note: Evan Hall's research focuses on gravitational wave detection using laser interferometry. He is interested in new techniques to improve the performance of existing instruments, such as Advanced LIGO, and in developing new instruments capable of detecting gravitational waves from the earliest binary systems.
Denis Martynov
Current affiliation: University of Birmingham, UK
Webpage: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/physics/martynov-denis
Biographical note: Denis Martynov works on the design and development of new technologies for the gravitational-wave instruments. Denis also utilizes quantum technologies to search for dark matter in the galactic halo and signatures of non-classical gravity.
