GWFP Seminar - The Perfect Reflection: Mirrors for Gravitational Wave Detectors
Speaker: Dr. Jessica Steinlechner
Gravitational Waves and Fundamental Physics
Maastricht University
About the speaker: Jessica Steinlechner is Assistant Professor in the Gravitational Waves and Fundamental Physics department of Maastricht University. She obtained her PhD in Physics from Leibniz University Hannover before undertaking postdoctoral research in Glasgow and Hamburg. In 2019, she joined Maastricht University, where she leads a research group specialising in advanced mirror coatings for gravitational-wave detectors. Her research has been recognised with prestigious funding awards, including an NWO KLEIN grant, an NWO Vidi grant, and an ERC Starting Grant. She is a member of the LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA collaborations and serves as Co-chair of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration Optics Working Group and Senior Representative of the LIGO Academic Advisory Committee. She also co-chairs the Optics Division of the Instrument Science Board for the Einstein Telescope