Curriculum Vitae

Christopher Berry

Personal Department Address Email Telephone Information School of Physics & Astronomy [email protected] +44 (0) 1214 146541 University of Birmingham Edgbaston Website Twitter Birmingham cplberry.com @cplberry B15 2TT

Education University of Birmingham September 2014 – April 2015 PGCert (Associate Module) Foundation of Learning & Teaching in Higher Education

Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge October 2009 – August 2013 PhD in Astronomy Supervisor: Jonathan Gair Exploring gravity with strong-ﬁeld tests and gravitational waves. Theoretical study of what can be learned about astrophysical systems and the nature of gravity from gravitational probes, in particular gravitational waves. Funded by STFC and the Cambridge Philosophical Society.

Churchill College, University of Cambridge October 2005 – July 2009 BA (Hons), MSci Natural Sciences Part III Experimental & Theoretical Physics 1st Part II Experimental & Theoretical Physics 1st Part IB Physics, Advanced Physics, Mathematics 1st Part IA Physics, Materials & Mineral Science, Geology, Mathematics 1st

Worcester College of Technology September 2004 – June 2005 Certiﬁcate in Management (Level 3) Distinction Introductory Certiﬁcate in Management (Level 3) Distinction

Droitwich Spa High School & Sixth Form Centre September 1998 – June 2004 STEP Mathematics II, Mathematics III 1 A-level Physics, Maths, Further Maths, General Studies A AS-level Geography A GCSE 10 (including Maths, English and French) 9 A*s, 1 A

Honours, Awards 2018 IOP Astroparticle Physics Early Career Prize & Scholarships 2017 RAS Group Achievement Award (as part of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration) 2017 Princess of Asturias Award for Technical & Scientific Research (as part of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration) 2017 Albert Einstein Medal (as part of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration) 2017 Bruno Rossi Prize (as part of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration) 2016 Gruber Cosmology Prize (as part of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration) 2016 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (as part of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration) 2016 – 2017 Patron, University of Birmingham Astronomical Society 2013 ISGRG Hartle Award 2009 Microsoft Research Award for Part III Project 2006 – 2009 Churchill College Scholarship (awarded annually) 2005 – 2007 QinetiQ Student Sponsorship (awarded annually) 2003 Armourers’–Corus Materials Science Scholarship

Publications Del Pozzo, W., Berry, CPL, Ghosh, A., Haines, T., Singer, L. & Vecchio, A.; Dirichlet Pro- cess Gaussian-mixture model: An application to localizing coalescing binary neutron stars with gravitational-wave observations; Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society; 479(1):601–614; 2018; arXiv:1801.08009 [astro-ph.IM].

1 Barrett, J.W., Gaebel, S.M., Neijssel, C.J., Vigna-Gmez, A., Stevenson, S., Berry, CPL, Farr, W.M. & Mandel, I.; Accuracy of inference on the physics of binary evolution from gravitational- wave observations; Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society; 477(4):4685–4695; 2018; arXiv:1711.06287 [astro-ph.HE]. Ghosh, A. Johnson-McDaniel, N.K., Ghosh, A., Mishra, C.K., Ajith, P., Del Pozzo, W., Berry, CPL, Nielsen, A.B. & London, L.; Testing general relativity using gravitational wave signals from the inspiral, merger and ringdown of binary black holes; Classical & Quantum Gravity; 35(1):014002(26); 2018; arXiv:1704.06784 [gr-qc]. Stevenson, S., Berry, CPL & Mandel, I.; Hierarchical analysis of gravitational-wave measurements of binary black hole spin–orbit misalignments; Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society; 471(3):2801–2811; 2017; arXiv:1703.06873 [astro-ph.HE]. Babak, S., Gair, J., Sesana, A., Barausse, E., Sopuerta, C. F., Berry, CPL, Berti, E., Amaro-Seoane, P., Petiteau, A. & Klein, A.; Science with the space-based interferometer LISA. V. Extreme mass-ratio inspirals; Physical Review D; 95(10):103012(21); 2017; arXiv:1703.09722 [gr-qc]. Berry, CPL, Cole, R.H., Cañizares,P. & Gair, J.R.; Importance of transient resonances in extreme- mass-ratio inspirals; Physical Review D; 94(12):124042(24); 2016; arXiv:1608.08951 [gr-qc]. Singer, L.P., Chen, H.-Y., Holz, D.E., Farr, W.M., Price, L.R., Raymond, V., Cenko, S.B., Gehrels, N., Cannizzo, J., Kasliwal, M.M., Nissanke, S., Coughlin, M., Farr, B., Urban, A.L., Vitale, S., Veitch, J., Graff, P., Berry, CPL, Mohapatra, S. & Mandel, I.; Supplement: Going the distance: Mapping host galaxies of LIGO sources in three dimensions using local cosmography and targeted follow-up; Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series; 226(1):10(8); 2016; arXiv:1605.04242 [astro-ph.IM]. Singer, L.P., Chen, H.-Y., Holz, D.E., Farr, W.M., Price, L.R., Raymond, V., Cenko, S.B., Gehrels, N., Cannizzo, J., Kasliwal, M.M., Nissanke, S., Coughlin, M., Farr, B., Urban, A.L., Vitale, S., Veitch, J., Graff, P., Berry, CPL, Mohapatra, S. & Mandel, I.; Going the distance: Mapping host galaxies of LIGO sources in three dimensions using local cosmography and targeted follow-up; Astrophysical Journal Letters; 829(1):L15(5); 2016; arXiv:1603.07333 [astro-ph.HE]. Ghosh, A., Ghosh, A., Johnson-McDaniel, N.K., Mishra, C.K., Ajith, P., Del Pozzo, W., Nichols, D.A., Chen, Y., Nielsen, A.B., Berry, CPL, & London, L.; Testing general relativity using golden black-hole binaries; Physical Review D; 94(2):021101(6); 2016; arXiv:1602.02453 [gr-qc]. Farr, B., Berry, CPL, Farr, W.M., Haster, C.-J., Middleton, H., Cannon, K., Graff, P.B., Hanna, C., Mandel, I., Pankow, C., Price, L.R., Sidery, T., Singer, L.P., Urban, A.L., Vecchio, A., Veitch, J. & Vitale, S.; Parameter estimation on gravitational waves from neutron-star binaries with spinning components; Astrophysical Journal; 825(2):116(10); 2016; arXiv:1508.05336 [astro-ph.HE]. Moore, C.J., Chua, A.J.K., Berry, CPL & Gair, J.R.; Fast methods for training Gaussian pro- cesses on large data sets; Royal Society Open Science; 3(5):160125(10); 2016; arXiv:1604.01250 [stat.ML]. Haster, C.-J., Wang, Z., Berry, CPL, Stevenson. S., Veitch, J. & Mandel, I.; Inference on gravitational waves from coalescences of stellar-mass compact objects and intermediate-mass black holes; Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society; 457(4):4499–4506; 2016; arXiv:1511.01431 [astro-ph.HE]. Moore, C.J., Berry, CPL, Chua, A.J.K. & Gair, J.R.; Improving gravitational-wave parameter estimation using Gaussian process regression; Physical Review D; 93(6):064001(24); 2016; arXiv:1509.04066 [gr-qc]. Berry, CPL, Mandel, I., Middleton, H., Singer, L.P., Urban, A.L., Vecchio, A., Vitale, S., Cannon, K., Farr, B., Farr, W.M., Graff, P.B., Hanna, C., Haster, C.-J., Mohapatra, S., Pankow, C., Price, L.R., Sidery, T. & Veitch, J.; Parameter estimation for binary neutron-star coalescences with realistic noise during the Advanced LIGO era; Astrophysical Journal; 802(2):114(24); 2015; arXiv:1411.6934 [astro-ph.HE]. Moore, C.J., Cole, R.H., & Berry, CPL; Gravitational-wave sensitivity curves; Classical & Quantum Gravity; 32(1):015014(25); 2015; arXiv:1408.0740 [gr-qc]. Mandel, I., Berry, CPL, Ohme, F., Fairhurst, S. & Farr, W.M.; Parameter estimation on compact binary coalescences with abruptly terminating gravitational waveforms; Classical & Quantum Gravity;

2 31(15):155005(18); 2014; arXiv:1404.2382 [gr-qc]. Berry, CPL & Gair, J.R.; Expectations for extreme-mass-ratio bursts from the Galactic Centre; Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society; 435(4):3521–3540; 2013; arXiv:1307.7276 [astro-ph.HE]. Berry, CPL & Gair, J.R.; Extreme-mass-ratio-bursts from extragalactic sources; Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society; 433(3):3572–3583; 2013; arXiv:1306.0774 [astro-ph.HE]. Berry, CPL & Gair, J.R.; Observing the Galaxy’s massive black hole with gravitational wave bursts; Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society; 429(1):589–612; 2013; arXiv:1210.2778 [astro-ph.HE]. Berry, CPL & Gair, J.R.; Linearized f(R) gravity: Gravitational radiation and Solar System tests; Physical Review D; 83(10):104022(19); 2011; arXiv:1104.0819 [gr-qc]. Berry, CPL & Gair, J.R.; Gravitational wave energy spectrum of a parabolic encounter; Physical Review D; 82(10):107501(4); 2010; arXiv:1010.3865 [gr-qc].

Preprints Smith, G.P., Bianconi, M., Jauzac, M., Richard, J., Robertson, A., Berry, CPL, Massey, R., Sharon, K., Farr, W.M. & Veitch, J.; Deep and rapid observations of strong-lensing galaxy clusters within the sky localisation of GW170814; 2018; arXiv:1805.073709 [astro-ph.HE].

Collaboration Abbott, B.P. et al. (The KAGRA Collaboration, LIGO Scientific Collaboration & Virgo Collaboration); Publications Prospects for observing and localizing gravitational-wave transients with Advanced LIGO, Advanced Virgo and KAGRA; Living Reviews in Relativity; 21:3(57); 2018; arXiv:1304.0670 [gr-qc]. Lead author Abbott, B.P. et al. (The LIGO Scientific Collaboration & Virgo Collaboration); Search for tensor, vector, and scalar polarizations in the stochastic gravitational-wave background; Physical Review Letters; 120(20):201102(13); 2018; arXiv:1802.10194 [gr-qc]. Abbott, B.P. et al. (The LIGO Scientific Collaboration & Virgo Collaboration); Constraints on cosmic strings using data from the first Advanced LIGO observing run; Physical Review D; 97(10):102002(20); 2018; arXiv:1712.01168 [gr-qc]. Abbott, B.P. et al. (The LIGO Scientific Collaboration & Virgo Collaboration); Effects of data quality vetoes on a search for compact binary coalescences in Advanced LIGO’s first observing run; Classical & Quantum Gravity; 35(6):065010(26); 2018; arXiv:1710.02185 [gr-qc]. Abbott, B.P. et al. (The LIGO Scientific Collaboration & Virgo Collaboration); All-sky search for long-duration gravitational wave transients in the first Advanced LIGO observing run; Classical & Quantum Gravity; 35(6):065009(25); 2018; arXiv:1711.06843 [gr-qc]. Abbott, B.P. et al. (The LIGO Scientific Collaboration & Virgo Collaboration); GW170817: Implica- tions for the stochastic gravitational-wave background from compact binary coalescences; Physical Review Letters; 120(9):091101(12); 2018; arXiv:1710.05837 [gr-qc]. Abbott, B.P. et al. (The LIGO Scientific Collaboration & Virgo Collaboration); First search for nontensorial gravitational waves from known pulsars; Physical Review Letters; 120(3):031104(13); 2018; arXiv:1709.09203 [gr-qc]. Abbott, B.P. et al. (The LIGO Scientific Collaboration & Virgo Collaboration); GW170608: Observa- tion of a 19 solar-mass binary black hole coalescence; Astrophysical Journal Letters; 851(2):L35(11); 2017; arXiv:1711.05578 [astro-ph.HE]. Reviewer Abbott, B.P. et al. (The LIGO Scientific Collaboration & Virgo Collaboration); First low-frequency Einstein@Home all-sky search for continuous gravitational waves in Advanced LIGO data; Physical Review D; 96(12):122004(26); 2017; arXiv:1707.02669 [gr-qc]. Abbott, B.P. et al. (The LIGO Scientific Collaboration & Virgo Collaboration); Search for post-merger gravitational waves from the remnant of the binary neutron star merger GW170817; Astrophysical Journal Letters; 851(1):L16(13); 2017; arXiv:1710.09320 [astro-ph.HE]. Abbott, B.P. et al. (The LIGO Scientific Collaboration & Virgo Collaboration); On the progenitor of binary neutron star merger GW170817; Astrophysical Journal Letters; 850(2):L40(18); 2017; arXiv:1710.05838 [astro-ph.HE].

3 Abbott, B.P. et al. (The LIGO Scientific Collaboration & Virgo Collaboration); Estimating the contribution of dynamical ejecta in the kilonova associated with GW170817; Astrophysical Journal Letters; 850(2):L39(13); 2017; arXiv:1710.05836 [astro-ph.HE]. Albert, A. et al. (The ANTARES Collaboration, IceCube Collaboration, Pierre Auger Collaboration, LIGO Scientific Collaboration & Virgo Collaboration); Search for high-energy neutrinos from binary neutron star merger GW170817 with ANTARES, IceCube, and the Pierre Auger Observatory; Astrophysical Journal Letters; 850(2):L35(18); 2017; arXiv:1710.05839 [astro-ph.HE]. Abbott, B.P. et al. (The LIGO Scientific Collaboration & Virgo Collaboration, 1M2H Collaboration, Dark Energy Camera GW–EM Collaboration & DES Collaboration, DLT40 Collaboration, Las Cumbres Observatory Collaboration, VINROUGE Collaboration & MASTER Collaboration); A gravitational-wave standard siren measurement of the Hubble constant; Nature; 551(7678):85–88; 2017; arXiv:1710.05835 [astro-ph.CO]. Abbott, B.P. et al. (The LIGO Scientific Collaboration & Virgo Collaboration, Fermi GBM Collabo- ration & INTEGRAL Collaboration); Gravitational waves and gamma-rays from a binary neutron star merger: GW170817 and GRB 170817A; Astrophysical Journal Letters; 848(2):L13(27); 2017; arXiv:1710.05834 [astro-ph.HE]. Abbott, B.P. et al. (The LIGO Scientific Collaboration & Virgo Collaboration); GW170817: Ob- servation of gravitational waves from a binary neutron star inspiral; Physical Review Letters; 119(16):161101(16); 2017; arXiv:1710.05832 [gr-qc]. Reviewer Abbott, B.P. et al. (The LIGO Scientific Collaboration & Virgo Collaboration, the Fermi GBM Collaboration, the INTEGRAL Collaboration, the IceCube Collaboration, the AstroSat Cadmium Zinc Telluride Imager Team, the IPN Collaboration, the Insight-Hxmt Collaboration, the ANTARES Collaboration, the Swift Collaboration, the AGILE Team, the 1M2H Team, the Dark Energy Camera GW–EM Collaboration & the DES Collaboration, the DLT40 Collaboration, the GRAWITA: GRAvitational Wave Inaf TeAm, the Fermi Large Area Telescope Collaboration, the ATCA: Australia Telescope Compact Array, the ASKAP: Australian SKA Pathfinder, the Las Cumbres Observatory Group, the OzGrav, DWF (Deeper, Wider, Faster Program), AST3 & CAASTRO Collaborations, the VINROUGE Collaboration, the MASTER Collaboration, the J-GEM Collaboration, the GROWTH, JAGWAR, CaltechNRAO, TTU-NRAO & NuSTAR Collaborations, Pan-STARRS, the MAXI Team, the TZAC Consortium, the KU Collaboration, the Nordic Optical Telescope, ePESSTO, GROND, Texas Tech University, the SALT Group, the TOROS: Transient Robotic Observatory of the South Collaboration, the BOOTES Collaboration, MWA: Murchison Widefield Array, the CALET Collaboration, the IKI–GW Follow-up Collaboration, the H.E.S.S. Collaboration, the LOFAR Collaboration, LWA: Long Wavelength Array, the HAWC Collaboration, the Pierre Auger Collaboration, the ALMA Collaboration, the Euro VLBI Team, the Pi of the Sky Collaboration, the Chandra Team at McGill University, the DFN: Desert Fireball Network, ATLAS, the High Time Resolution Universe Survey, RIMAS & RATIR, & SKA South Africa/MeerKAT); Multi-messenger observations of a binary neutron star merger; Astrophysical Journal Letters; 848(2):L12(59); 2017; arXiv:1710.05833 [astro-ph.HE]. Abbott, B.P. et al. (The LIGO Scientific Collaboration & Virgo Collaboration); GW170814: A three-detector observation of gravitational waves from a binary black hole coalescence; Physical Review Letters; 119(14):141101(16); 2017; arXiv:1709.09660 [gr-qc]. Reviewer Abbott, B.P. et al. (The LIGO Scientific Collaboration & Virgo Collaboration); All-sky search for periodic gravitational waves in the O1 LIGO data; Physical Review D; 96(6):062002(35); 2017; arXiv:1707.02667 [gr-qc]. Albert, A. et al. (The ANTARES Collaboration, IceCube Collaboration, LIGO Scientific Collaboration & Virgo Collaboration); Search for high-energy neutrinos from gravitational wave event GW151226 and candidate LVT151012 with ANTARES and IceCube; Physical Review D; 96(2):022005(16); 2017; arXiv:1703.06298 [astro-ph.HE]. Abbott, B.P. et al. (The LIGO Scientific Collaboration & Virgo Collaboration); Search for intermediate mass black hole binaries in the first observing run of Advanced LIGO; Physical Review D; 96(2):022001(14); 2017; arXiv:1704.04628 [gr-qc]. Lead reviewer

4 Abbott, B.P. et al. (The LIGO Scientific Collaboration & Virgo Collaboration); Search for gravitational waves from Scorpius X-1 in the first Advanced LIGO observing run with a hidden Markov model; Physical Review D; 95(12):122003(20); 2017; arXiv:1704.03719 [gr-qc]. Abbott, B.P. et al. (The LIGO Scientific Collaboration & Virgo Collaboration); GW170104: Ob- servation of a 50-solar-mass binary black hole coalescence at redshift 0.2; Physical Review Letters; 118(11):221101(17); 2017; arXiv:1706.01812 [gr-qc]. Results contributor, author and editor Abbott, B.P. et al. (The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration & IPN Collaboration); Search for gravitational waves associated with gamma-ray bursts during the first Advanced LIGO observing run and implications for the origin of GRB 150906B; Astrophysical Journal; 841(2):89(18); 2017; arXiv:1611.07947 [astro-ph.HE]. Abbott, B.P. et al. (The LIGO Scientific Collaboration & Virgo Collaboration); Search for continuous gravitational waves from neutron stars in globular cluster NGC 6544; Physical Review D; 95(8):082005(15); 2017; arXiv:1607.02216 [gr-qc]. Abbott, B.P. et al. (The LIGO Scientific Collaboration & Virgo Collaboration); Effects of waveform model systematics on the interpretation of GW150914; Classical & Quantum Gravity; 34(10):104002(48); 2017; arXiv:1611.07531 [gr-qc]. Abbott, B.P. et al. (The LIGO Scientific Collaboration & Virgo Collaboration); First search for gravitational waves from known pulsars with Advanced LIGO; Astrophysical Journal; 839(1):12(19); 2017; arXiv:1701.07709 [gr-qc]. Abbott, B.P. et al. (The LIGO Scientific Collaboration); Calibration of the Advanced LIGO detectors for the discovery of the binary black-hole merger GW150914; Physical Review D; 95(6):062003(16); 2017; arXiv:1602.03845 [gr-qc]. Abbott, B.P. et al. (The LIGO Scientific Collaboration & Virgo Collaboration); Directional limits on persistent gravitational waves from Advanced LIGO’s first observing run; Physical Review Letters; 118(12):121102(13); 2017; arXiv:1612.02030 [gr-qc]. Abbott, B.P. et al. (The LIGO Scientific Collaboration & Virgo Collaboration); Upper limits on the stochastic gravitational-wave background from Advanced LIGO’s first observing run; Physical Review Letters; 118(12):121101(12); 2017; arXiv:1612.02029 [gr-qc]. Abbott, B.P. et al. (The LIGO Scientific Collaboration); Exploring the sensitivity of next generation gravitational wave detectors; Classical & Quantum Gravity; 34(4):044001(18); 2017; arXiv:1607.08697 [astro-ph.IM]. Abbott, B.P. et al. (The LIGO Scientific Collaboration & Virgo Collaboration); All-sky search for short gravitational-wave bursts in the first Advanced LIGO run; Physical Review D; 95(4):042003(14); 2017; arXiv:1611.02972 [gr-qc]. Abbott, B.P. et al. (The LIGO Scientific Collaboration & Virgo Collaboration); The basic physics of the binary black hole merger GW150914; Annalen der Physik; 529(1–2):1600209(17); 2017; arXiv:1608.01940 [gr-qc]. Abbott, B.P. et al. (The LIGO Scientific Collaboration & Virgo Collaboration); Supplement: The rate of binary black hole mergers inferred from Advanced LIGO observations surrounding GW150914; Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series; 227(2):14(11); 2016; arXiv:1606.03939 [astro-ph.HE]. Abbott, B.P. et al. (The LIGO Scientific Collaboration & Virgo Collaboration); The rate of binary black hole mergers inferred from Advanced LIGO observations surrounding GW150914; Astrophysical Journal Letters; 833(1):L1(8); 2016; arXiv:1602.03842 [astro-ph.HE]. Abbott, B.P. et al. (The LIGO Scientific Collaboration & Virgo Collaboration); Upper limits on the rates of binary neutron star and neutron-star–black-hole mergers from Advanced LIGO’s first observing run; Astrophysical Journal Letters; 832(2):L21(15); 2016; arXiv:1607.07456 [astro-ph.HE]. Abbott, B.P. et al. (The LIGO Scientific Collaboration & Virgo Collaboration); Results of the deepest all-sky survey for continuous gravitational waves on LIGO S6 data running on the Ein- stein@Home volunteer distributed computing project; Physical Review D; 94(10):102002(34); 2016; arXiv:1606.09619 [gr-qc]. Abbott, B.P. et al. (The LIGO Scientific Collaboration & Virgo Collaboration); First targeted

5 search for gravitational-wave bursts from core-collapse supernovae in data of first-generation laser interferometer detectors; Physical Review D; 94(10):102001(25); 2016; arXiv:1605.01785 [gr-qc]. Abbott, B.P. et al. (The LIGO Scientific Collaboration & Virgo Collaboration); Binary black hole mergers in the first Advanced LIGO observing run; Physical Review X; 6(4):041015(36); 2016; arXiv:1606.04856 [gr-qc]. Results contributor and author Abbott, B.P. et al. (The LIGO Scientific Collaboration & Virgo Collaboration); Improved analysis of GW150914 using a fully spin-precessing waveform model; Physical Review X; 6(4):041014(19); 2016; arXiv:1606.01210 [gr-qc]. Abbott, B.P. et al. (The LIGO Scientific Collaboration & Virgo Collaboration); Directly comparing GW150914 with numerical solutions of Einstein’s equations for binary black hole coalescence; Physical Review D; 94(6):064035(30); 2016; arXiv:1606.01262 [gr-qc]. Abbott, B.P. et al. (The LIGO Scientific Collaboration & Virgo Collaboration); Comprehensive all-sky search for periodic gravitational waves in the sixth science run LIGO data; Physical Review D; 94(4):042002(14); 2016; arXiv:1605.03233 [gr-qc]. Abbott, B.P. et al. (The LIGO Scientific Collaboration & Virgo Collaboration, the Australian Square Kilometer Array Pathfinder Collaboration, the BOOTES Collaboration, the Dark Energy Survey & the Dark Energy Camera GW–EM Collaborations, the Fermi GBM Collaboration, the GRAvitational Wave Inaf TeAm, the INTEGRAL Collaboration, the Intermediate Palomar Transient Factory Collaboration, the InterPlanetary Network, the J-GEM Collaboration, the La Silla–QUEST Survey, the Liverpool Telescope Collaboration, the Low Frequency Array Collaboration, the MASTER Collaboration, the MAXI Collaboration, the Murchison Wide-field Array Collaboration, the Pan- STARRS Collaboration, the PESSTO Collaboration, the Pi of the Sky Collaboration, the SkyMapper Collaboration, the Swift Collaboration, the TAROT, Zadko, Algerian National Observatory & C2PU Collaboration, the TOROS Collaboration, & the VISTA Collaboration); Supplement: Localization and broadband follow-up of the gravitational-wave transient GW150914; Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series; 826(1):8(15); 2016; arXiv:1604.07864 [astro-ph.HE]. Results contributor Abbott, B.P. et al. (The LIGO Scientific Collaboration & Virgo Collaboration, the Australian Square Kilometer Array Pathfinder Collaboration, the BOOTES Collaboration, the Dark Energy Survey & the Dark Energy Camera GW–EM Collaborations, the Fermi GBM Collaboration, the GRAvitational Wave Inaf TeAm, the INTEGRAL Collaboration, the Intermediate Palomar Transient Factory Collaboration, the InterPlanetary Network, the J-GEM Collaboration, the La Silla–QUEST Survey, the Liverpool Telescope Collaboration, the Low Frequency Array Collaboration, the MASTER Collaboration, the MAXI Collaboration, the Murchison Wide-field Array Collaboration, the Pan- STARRS Collaboration, the PESSTO Collaboration, the Pi of the Sky Collaboration, the SkyMapper Collaboration, the Swift Collaboration, the TAROT, Zadko, Algerian National Observatory & C2PU Collaboration, the TOROS Collaboration, & the VISTA Collaboration); Localization and broadband follow-up of the gravitational-wave transient GW150914; Astrophysical Journal Letters; 826(1):L13(8); 2016; arXiv:1602.08492 [astro-ph.HE]. Results contributor Adrián-Mart´ınez,S. et al. (The Antares Collaboration, the IceCube Collaboration, the LIGO Scientific Collaboration & Virgo Collaboration); High-energy neutrino follow-up search of gravitational wave event GW150914 with ANTARES and IceCube; Physical Review Letters; 116(24):122003(14); 2016; arXiv:1602.05411 [astro-ph.HE]. Results contributor Abbott, B.P. et al. (The LIGO Scientific Collaboration & Virgo Collaboration); Search for transient gravitational waves in coincidence with short-duration radio transients during 2007–2013; Physical Review D; 93(12):122010(15); 2016; arXiv:1605.01707 [astro-ph.HE]. Abbott, B.P. et al. (The LIGO Scientific Collaboration & Virgo Collaboration); GW151226: Obser- vation of gravitational waves from a 22-solar-mass binary black hole coalescence; Physical Review Letters; 116(24):122003(14); 2016; arXiv:1606.04855 [gr-qc]. Results contributor Abbott, B.P. et al. (The LIGO Scientific Collaboration & Virgo Collaboration); Properties of the binary black hole merger GW150914; Physical Review Letters; 116(24):241102(19); 2016; arXiv:1602.03840 [gr-qc]. Results contributor and assistant editor

6 Abbott, B.P. et al. (The LIGO Scientific Collaboration & Virgo Collaboration); Observing gravitational- wave transient GW150914 with minimal assumptions; Physical Review D; 93(12): 122004(20); 2016; arXiv:1602.03843 [gr-qc]. Abbott, B.P. et al. (The LIGO Scientific Collaboration & Virgo Collaboration); GW150914: First results from the search for binary black hole coalescence with Advanced LIGO; Physical Review D; 93(12):122003(21); 2016; arXiv:1602.03839 [gr-qc]. Results contributor Abbott, B.P. et al. (The LIGO Scientific Collaboration & Virgo Collaboration); Characterization of transient noise in Advanced LIGO relevant to gravitational wave signal GW150914; Classical & Quantum Gravity; 33(13):134001(34); 2016; arXiv:1602.03844 [gr-qc]. Abbott, B.P. et al. (The LIGO Scientific Collaboration & Virgo Collaboration); Tests of general relativity with GW150914; Physical Review Letters; 116(22):221101(19); 2016; arXiv:1602.03841 [gr-qc]. Results reviewer Abbott, B.P. et al. (The LIGO Scientific Collaboration & Virgo Collaboration); GW150914: The Advanced LIGO detectors in the era of first discoveries; Physical Review Letters; 116(13):131103(12); 2016; arXiv:1602.03838 [gr-qc]. Abbott, B.P. et al. (The LIGO Scientific Collaboration & Virgo Collaboration); GW150914: Impli- cations for the stochastic gravitational-wave background from binary black holes; Physical Review Letters; 116(13):131102(12); 2016; arXiv:1602.03847 [gr-qc]. Aasi, J. et al. (The LIGO Scientific Collaboration & Virgo Collaboration); First low frequency all-sky search for continuous gravitational wave signals; Physical Review D; 93(4):042007(25); 2016; arXiv:1510.03621 [astro-ph.IM]. Aasi, J. et al. (The LIGO Scientific Collaboration & Virgo Collaboration); Search of the Orion spur for continuous gravitational waves using a loosely coherent algorithm on data from LIGO interferometers; Physical Review D; 93(4):042006(14); 2016; arXiv:1510.03474 [gr-qc]. Abbott, B.P. et al. (The LIGO Scientific Collaboration & Virgo Collaboration); All-sky search for long-duration gravitational wave transients with LIGO; Physical Review D; 93(4):042005(19); 2016; arXiv:1511.04398 [gr-qc]. Abbott, B.P. et al. (The LIGO Scientific Collaboration & Virgo Collaboration); Astrophysical implications of the binary black-hole merger GW150914; Astrophysical Journal Letters; 818(2)(6):L22(15); 2016; arXiv:1602.03846 [astro-ph.HE]. Abbott, B.P. et al. (The LIGO Scientific Collaboration & Virgo Collaboration); Observation of gravitational waves from a binary black hole merger; Physical Review Letters; 116(6):061102(16); 2016; arXiv:1602.03837 [gr-qc]. Results contributor and reviewer Abbott, B.P. et al. (The LIGO Scientific Collaboration & Virgo Collaboration); Prospects for observing and localizing gravitational-wave transients with Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo; Living Reviews in Relativity; 19:1(39); 2016; arXiv:1304.0670 [gr-qc]. Lead author Aasi, J. et al. (The LIGO Scientific Collaboration & Virgo Collaboration); Searches for continuous gravitational waves from nine young supernova remnants; Astrophysical Journal; 813(1):39(16); 2015; arXiv:1412.5942 [astro-ph.HE]. Aasi, J. et al. (The LIGO Scientific Collaboration); Advanced LIGO; Classical & Quantum Gravity; 32(7):074001(41); 2015; arXiv:1411.4547 [gr-qc]. Aasi, J. et al. (The LIGO Scientific Collaboration & Virgo Collaboration); Directed search for gravitational waves from Scorpius X-1 with initial LIGO data; Physical Review D; 91(6):062008(20); 2015; arXiv:1412.0605 [gr-qc]. Aasi, J. et al. (The LIGO Scientific Collaboration & Virgo Collaboration); Narrow-band search of continuous gravitational-wave signals from Crab and Vela pulsars in Virgo VSR4 data; Physical Review D; 91(2):022004(15); 2015; arXiv:1410.8310 [astro-ph.IM].

Conference Berry, CPL, Cole, R.H., Ca˜nizares,P. & Gair, J.R.; Understanding the importance of transient Proceedings resonances in extreme mass ratio inspirals; Journal of Physics: Conference Series; 840(1):012052(2);

7 2017; arXiv:1702.05481 [gr-qc]. Gair, J.R., Babak, S., Sesana, A., Amaro-Seoane, P., Barausse, E., Berry, CPL, Berti, E. & Sopuerta, C.; Prospects for observing extreme-mass-ratio inspirals with LISA; Journal of Physics: Conference Series; 840(1):012021(12); 2017; arXiv:1704.00009 [astro-ph.GA]. Berry, CPL, Farr, B., Farr, W.M., Haster, C.-J., Mandel, I., Middleton, H., Singer, L.P., Urban, A.L., Vecchio, A., Vitale, S., Cannon, K., Graﬀ, P.B., Hanna, C., Mohapatra, S., Pankow, C., Price, L.R., Sidery, T. & Veitch, J.; Early Advanced LIGO binary neutron-star sky localization and parameter estimation; Journal of Physics: Conference Series; 716(1):012031(4); 2016; arXiv:1606.01095 [astro-ph.HE]. Mandel, I., Coleman Miller, M., Ahmedov, B.J., Bambi, C., Berry, CPL, Brink, J., Brown, D., Chaverra, E., Chugunov, A.I., Fairhurst, S., Fryer, C., Gair, J.R., Gondek-Rosinska, D., Gualtieri, L., Gusakov, M.E., Hannam, M., Harry, I., Kantor, E.M., Kluzniak, W., Kucaba, M., Lukes-Gerakopoulos, G., Meheut, H., Melatos, A., Morozova, V.S., Paumard, T., Stergioulas, N., Studzinska, A., Szkudlarek, M., Straub, O., Torok, G., Varniere, P., Vincent, F.H., Wisniewicz, M., Wildner, M., Will, C., Yagi, K., Zanotti, O. & Zhou S.-Y.; Relativistic astrophysics at GR20; General Relativity & Gravitation; 46(5):1688(15); 2014. Berry, CPL & Gair, J.R.; Extreme-mass-ratio bursts from the Galactic Centre; Proceedings of the 9th LISA Symposium, Paris; Astronomical Society of the Paciﬁc Conference Series; 467:185–189; 2012; arXiv:1209.5731 [astro-ph.HE].

Research Northwestern University, Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration & Research in As- Experience & trophysics Employment CIERA Board of Visitors Research Professor September 2018 – Present Directing the research of the group on compact object astrophysics, working in gravitational-wave and electromagnetic astronomy.

University of Birmingham, Astrophysics & Space Research Group Post-doctoral Research Fellow October 2013 – August 2018 Working as part of the LIGO Scientiﬁc Collaboration on analysing gravitational-wave observations to infer the properties of compact binary coalescences. Undergraduate Research Placement June 2008 – August 2008 Using strong gravitational lensing to map the dark matter distribution in galaxy clusters at redshift z ≈ 0.5. Funded by Nuﬃeld Undergraduate Research Bursary.

QinetiQ, Electronic Surveillance & Countermeasures Group, Malvern Vacation Student July 2007 – August 2007 Investigating new techniques for combining inertial sensor and GPS data, resulting in internal publication. Vacation Student July 2006 – August 2006 Analysing prototype wideband digitiser, reporting on initial test results and requirements for viable implementation. Year in Industry Placement September 2004 – August 2005 Various projects including: hardware construction and testing; software and database development; ﬁeld trials; product research, and administration.

Teaching University of Birmingham Experience Supervisor: Third Year Physics & Astrophysics January 2017 – April 2017 Jointly supervising a group of 16 students for a group-studies project on gravitational-wave data analysis. Supervisor: Fourth Year Physics & Astrophysics September 2016 – April 2017 Jointly supervising 2 pairs of students for their Masters’ projects on topics related to massive black holes. Organiser: Tutorials in Statistical Inference February 2015 – July 2015 Helped and advised PhD students in the organisation of a series of 10 research-level workshops on a

8 wide range of topics related to inference. Lecturer: Information Theory for Physicists Autumn Term 2014 Created and delivered a short, optional course to (∼30) fourth-year undergraduates, PhD students and staﬀ from Physics, Astronomy and Computer Science. PhD Co-supervisor: Simon Stevenson October 2013 – June 2017 Providing advice and support to a PhD student as a secondary supervisor in addition to collaborating with their research on gravitational-wave parameter estimation and the evolution of massive binary stars. Tutor: Second Year Physics & Astrophysics October 2013 – August 2018 Academic and personal tutoring for small groups (3–5) of undergraduates, providing support on course materials, pastoral care and teaching of key skills. 2 groups a year for 2013 – 2014, 2014 – 2015 and 2017 – 2018.

Churchill College, University of Cambridge Supervisor: IB Physics A October 2009 – May 2013 Weekly small group (2–3) teaching of second-year undergraduates, covering: Experimental Methods; Oscillations, Waves & Optics; Quantum Physics, and Condensed Matter Physics. 3 groups a year. Co-ordinator: Undergraduate Physics Seminars October 2009 – May 2013 Co-founded and organised series of weekly talks given by Physics undergraduates on topics beyond the syllabus; designed to improve communication, presentation and research skills. Organiser: Estimation Evening November 2010, 2011, 2012 Informal teaching initiative where teams of ﬁrst-year Physicists, Chemists and Computer Scientists were asked to estimate a range of quantities using only back-of-the-envelope calculations.

Grants and Observing proposal: Gemini North/South & ESO MUSE July 2017 Proposals Co-investigator for observing proposal to follow-up gravitational-wave candidates looking for strongly gravitational-lensed optical counterparts (indicating that the gravitational-wave signal was lensed): 18.1 hours Gemini, 6 hours MUSE. STFC Small Award January 2016 Co-investigator for grant to develop and build a gravitational-wave exhibition for the Thinktank, Birmingham Science Museum: £3300. Cambridge Philosophical Society Research Grant May 2013 Additional PhD funding to cover three months pursuing additional promising research on transient resonances in extreme-mass-ratio inspirals: £2250.

Talks & Outreach Concord College, Shrewsbury June 2018 Presentations Gravitational-wave astronomy, black holes & neutron stars: One-hour talk for A-level students. Invited VI Fundamental Cosmology Meeting, Grenada May 2018 conference Gravitational-wave observations with Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo: 30- minute research talk on ground-based gravitational-wave detector science. Invited Charles University, Prague May 2018 outreach Gravitational waves, black holes and neutron stars: One-hour public talk on gravitational-wave astronomy. Invited Institute of Particle and Nuclear Physics, Prague May 2018 seminar Gravitational-wave astronomy with Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo: One-hour research talk on gravitational-wave discoveries. Conference Spins-UK, Norwich April 2018 GW170817 and beyond—Inferring the properties of coalescing neutron stars with gravitational waves: 30-minute research talk. Invited Neutron Stars in Lisbon April 2018 conference The birth and future of multimessenger astronomy: 45-minute talk for workshop at Instituto Superior T´ecnico.

9 Invited Joint APP and HEPP Annual Conference March 2018 conference Gravitational-wave astronomy & black hole astrophysics: 30-minute research talk in honour of early career prize. Invited Advances in High Energy Physics and Cosmology March 2018 conference Gravitational waves and compact binaries: 45-minute review talk for student-led conference. Invited Sonoma State University March 2018 panel Listening to Einstein’s Universe: Question-and-answer session for public event, following screening of a film about LIGO’s discoveries. Seminar Institute for Gravitational Research, University of Glasgow March 2018 Extreme-mass-ratio insprials: One-hour research talk. Invited Lichfield Science and Engineering Society February 2018 outreach Gravitational-wave astronomy: One-hour public lecture plus 30 minutes of question and answers for science society. Invited Cosmology Group, University of Amsterdam February 2018 seminar Gravitational-wave astronomy with LIGO and Virgo: One-hour research talk. Invited Universidad Técnica Federico Santa Mar´ıa,Valpara´ıso January 2018 outreach Gravitational-wave observations with LIGO and Virgo: One-hour public lecture to accompany the 7th International Conference on HEP in the LHC Era. Invited 7th International Conference on HEP in the LHC Era January 2018 conference Gravitational-wave observations of compact binaries with LIGO and Virgo: 35- minute plenary talk. Invited Carolian Astronomy Society, Kidderminster December 2017 outreach Gravitational-wave astronomy, black holes and neutron stars: One-hour talk for astronomical society. Invited CRAG Seminar, University of Sheffield November 2017 seminar Binary observations with LIGO & Virgo: One-hour research talk. Invited Lights, Sounds, Action in Strong Field Gravity November 2017 conference An introduction to gravitational-wave parameter estimation: 30-minute talk for workshop at the Perimeter Institute. Outreach Astronomy in the City, University of Birmingham October 2017 Discoveries of gravitational wave astronomy: 20-minute public talk. Seminar School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Birmingham October 2017 Discovery of a binary neutron star coalescence: Talk for detection announcement. Invited Observing Black Holes: From the Lab to the Universe September 2017 conference Gravitational wave observations: One-hour research talk for IOP Gravitational Physics Group. Presentation LIGO Scientific, Virgo & KAGRA Collaborations August 2017 Updating the Observing Scenario: 30-minute remote presentation on the preparation of a LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA Collaboration paper. Invited New Frontiers in Gravitational-Wave Astrophysics, Rome June 2017 conference Parameter estimation of compact binaries from gravitational-wave signals: 45-minute research talk. Conference GWPAW 2017, Annecy June 2017 Binary black hole spins: 15-minute research talk. Lecture Oxford Undergraduate Physics Conference April 2017 Results from LIGO: One-hour plenary talk for undergraduate physics students. Invited Skeptics in the Pub, Birmingham February 2017 outreach Gravitational waves: 45-minute public talk plus 30 minutes of question and answers for general-interest group. Invited Carolian Astronomy Society, Kidderminster December 2016 outreach Gravitational-wave astronomy and black holes: One-hour talk for astronomical society.

10 Invited Patrick Moore Lecture, University of Birmingham December 2016 outreach Black holes, neutron stars and the quest for gravitational waves: 1.5-hour Christmas lecture for university astronomical society. Invited Cambridge University Scientific Society November 2016 outreach Black holes and revelations: One-hour talk for science society. Outreach Stratford-upon-Avon Astronomical Society October 2016 Einstein’s gravity and the hunt for gravitational waves: One-hour talk for astronomical society. Outreach CaféScientifique, Birmingham October 2016 The attraction of black holes: 30-minute informal public talk plus one-hour of questions and answers. Poster 11th LISA Symposium, Zurich September 2016 Understanding the importance of transient resonances in extreme mass ratio inspirals: Research poster. Invited GRAMPA, Institut d’astrophysique de Paris August 2016 conference Discoveries from Advanced LIGO: One-hour research talk. Invited Exploring Science Group, U3A Redditch August 2016 outreach Gravitational-wave astronomy: 1.5-hour talk for science-interest group. Conference Binary Stars in Cambridge, University of Cambridge July 2016 Binary observations from Advanced LIGO: 20-minute research talk. Outreach Hereford Astronomical Society July 2016 The era of gravitational-wave astronomy: One-hour talk for astronomical society. Conference NAM 2016, University of Nottingham June 2016 Black hole observations from Advanced LIGO: 20-minute parallel-session research talk. Invited GWPAW 2016, Hyannis June 2016 conference Inferring the properties of binary black holes with Advanced LIGO: 25-minute research talk. Invited Birmingham Astronomical Society May 2016 outreach Gravitational-wave astronomy: One-hour talk for astronomical society. Outreach King Edward VI Fives Ways School, Birmingham May 2016 Observing the Universe: 45-minute talk to 11–13 year olds from local schools. Conference APS Meeting, Salt Lake City April 2016 Parameter estimation and uncertainty for gravitational waves from binary black holes: 12-minute parallel-session research talk. Conference BritGrav 16, University of Nottingham April 2016 Parameter estimation for the binary black hole merger GW150914: 15-minute research talk. Outreach Astronomy in the City, University of Birmingham February 2016 The gravitational universe: 45-minute group talk for special public event. Seminar School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Birmingham February 2016 LIGO and gravitational waves: Group talk for detection announcement. Presentation LIGO Scientific & Virgo Collaborations November 2015 Updating the Observing Scenario: 30-minute remote presentation on the preparation of a LIGO–Virgo Collaboration paper. Workshop Second GraWIToN School, GSSI November 2015 CBC parameter estimation: 4 hours of lectures with hands-on activities for graduate school. Outreach Astronomy in the City, University of Birmingham October 2015 Einstein’s greatest idea: 20-minute public talk. Outreach Worcester Sunday Assembly September 2015 Black holes: 15-minute public talk.

11 Conference Amaldi 11, Gwangju June 2015 Early Advanced LIGO binary neutron-star sky localization and parameter estimation: 15-minute parallel-session research talk. Conference GWPAW 2015, Osaka June 2015 Binary neutron-star parameter estimation with Advanced LIGO: 20-minute research talk. Seminar Cosmology Lunch, University of Cambridge June 2015 Advanced LIGO—Gravitational-wave astronomy and binary neutron stars: One-hour review and research talk. Invited Pint of Science Festival, Birmingham May 2015 outreach Listening to the gravitational universe: Informal public talk. Show Stratford-upon-Avon Literary Festival May 2015 e-x-p-a-n-d-i-n-g the history of the Universe in 45 minutes: Ensemble performance combining poetry, music and astrophysics in a planetarium. Three performances. Invited Leicester Astronomical Society April 2015 outreach Gravitational-wave astronomy: One-hour talk for astronomical society. Conference BritGrav 15, University of Birmingham April 2015 Parameter estimation with Advanced LIGO: 12-minute research talk. Invited eLISA Cosmology Working Group Workshop, CERN April 2015 conference Testing general relativity with gravitational waves: 30-minute review talk. Poster Surveying the Transient Universe RAS Meeting February 2015 Gravitational-wave parameter estimation for binary neutron-star coalescences during the advanced-detector era: Research poster. Outreach Knowle Astronomical Society February 2015 Gravitational-wave astronomy: One-hour talk for astronomical society. Invited Birmingham Astronomical Society January 2015 outreach Gravitational-wave astronomy: One-hour talk for astronomical society. Invited Pre-16 Enrichment Maths Lecture, Aston University December 2014 outreach Death by chocolate—The improbable investigations of Inspector Smarties: Interac- tive lecture for school groups. Outreach Astronomy in the City, University of Birmingham December 2014 The 12 astronomy highlights of Christmas: 20-minute group talk for public event. Invited FAS Convention, Birmingham October 2014 outreach The gravitational universe—Gravitational waves & black holes: One-hour talk for astronomical societies. Outreach British Science Festival, Birmingham September 2014 Gravitational waves—Looking for black holes with lasers: 30-minute talk for school groups. Invited CRAG Seminar, University of Sheﬃeld July 2014 seminar Extreme-mass-ratio inspirals and transient resonances: One-hour research talk. Outreach Ogden Physicist of the Year Awards Evening, Birmingham June 2014 Black holes: 45-minute talk for school children, teachers and parents. Invited University of Birmingham AstroSoc Annual Dinner June 2014 outreach A history of black holes: After-dinner speech for student society. Conference BritGrav 14, University of Cambridge March 2014 Understanding transient resonances in extreme-mass-ratio inspirals: 12-minute research talk. Seminar Astrophysics Seminar, University of Kansas March 2014 Gravitational-wave astronomy: One-hour review and research talk. Conference GR20/Amaldi 10, Warsaw July 2013 Observing massive black holes with extreme-mass-ratio bursts: 15-minute parallel- session research talk. Outreach Stargazing Live, Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge January 2013 The Big Bang: 30-minute talk for special public evening.

12 Outreach Public Observing, Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge December 2012 Gravitational waves—Space-based detection: 30-minute talk for public evening. Seminar Astrophysics Seminar, University of Birmingham December 2012 Extreme-mass-ratio bursts and supermassive black holes: One-hour research talk. Poster Cavendish Graduate Student Conference, Cambridge November 2012 Gravitational waves: Group poster for the Institute of Astronomy Gravity Group. Conference 9th LISA Symposium, Paris May 2012 Extreme-mass-ratio bursts from the Galactic Centre: 30-minute parallel-session research talk. Conference Conference on Everything, Churchill College, Cambridge May 2012 Testing alternative theories of gravity: 20-minute non-specialist research talk. Conference 2nd Iberian Gravitational Wave Meeting, Barcelona February 2012 Extreme-mass-ratio gravitational wave bursts from the Galactic Centre: 25-minute research talk. Conference Cavendish Graduate Student Conference, Cambridge December 2011 Testing f(R)-gravity: 20-minute research talk. Outreach Public Observing, Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge November 2011 Mapping the Earth’s gravity: 30-minute talk for public evening. Seminar Seminar, Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge November 2011 Extreme-mass-ratio gravitational wave bursts from the Galactic Centre: 30-minute research talk. Conference Conference on Everything, Churchill College, Cambridge May 2011 Gravitational-wave astronomy: 20-minute non-specialist research talk. Outreach Public Observing, Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge January 2011 Seeing inside the Sun: 30-minute talk for public evening.

Service Reviewer Astrophysical Journal Letters; Astrophysics & Space Science; Classical & Quantum Gravity; Communicating Astronomy with the Public; Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society; Physica Scripta; Physical Review D; Physical Review Letters; LIGO Scientific Collaboration; Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research; Science & Technologies Facilities Council. Outreach Birmingham October 2013 – Present Co-ordinator and demonstrator for gravity-themed physics workshops for school children (years 9–13); main organiser and regular panellist for Astronomy in the City evenings; social-media manager for University of Birmingham Observatory and Institute of Gravitational Wave Astronomy; STEM Ambassador. Cambridge October 2009 – September 2013 Demonstrator at annual department open afternoon; contributor to Ask an As- tronomer blog. Organiser BritGrav 15, University of Birmingham Spring 2015 Chair of local and scientific organising committee, including organisation of a public lecture. BritGrav 14, St. Catharine’s College, Cambridge Spring 2014 Member of local and scientific organising committee. Committees LIGO Academic Affairs Council November 2015 – November 2017 Postdoc representative on committee to aid the development of junior members of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration. Community LVC Ally May 2016 – Present Providing confidential support to foster an inclusive, harassment-free environment within the LIGO Scientific Collaboration & Virgo Collaboration.

Activities & Interests

13 2011 – 2012 Churchill College MCR (graduate student) committee: Bar Secretary; Equipment Oﬃcer. 2002 – 2010 Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award. 2002 – 2003 Young Enterprise: company managing director. 2002 – 2003 Education Engineering Scheme. Awarded Gold BA Crest Award for project.