Nergis Mavalvala
内尔吉斯·马瓦尔瓦拉
Key Member of the LIGO Gravitational Wave Team
Biography
Nergis Mavalvala is a Pakistani-American experimental physicist who was part of the LIGO team that made the first direct observation of gravitational waves in 2015, confirming a prediction Einstein made a century earlier. Her expertise in precision measurement and quantum optics has been instrumental in improving the sensitivity of gravitational-wave detectors. She serves as Dean of the MIT School of Science and is a leading authority on gravitational-wave detection and quantum measurement.
内尔吉斯·马瓦尔瓦拉是一位巴基斯坦裔美国实验物理学家，她是LIGO团队的成员之一，该团队于2015年首次直接观测到引力波，证实了爱因斯坦一个世纪前的预言。她在精密测量和量子光学方面的专长对提高引力波探测器的灵敏度起到了关键作用。她现任MIT理学院院长，是引力波探测和量子测量领域的顶级权威。
Key Achievements
Part of LIGO team that first detected gravitational waves (2015)
LIGO团队成员，首次探测到引力波（2015年）
Dean of the MIT School of Science
MIT理学院院长
Leading expert in quantum measurement and gravitational-wave detection
量子测量和引力波探测领域的顶级专家
References & Citations
- Wikipedia: Nergis Mavalvala — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nergis_Mavalvala
- MIT News: Nergis Mavalvala named dean of science — https://news.mit.edu/
