Our Chief Investigators lead our high quality research programs, supervise research fellows and PhD students, and mentor Early Career  Researchers.
Professor Matthew Bailes

OzGrav Director
Pulsars, Binary Pulsars, Tests of GR, Binary Evolution, Pulsar Instrumentation
Swinburne University of Technology

Node Leader

director@ozgrav.org
Distinguished Professor David McClelland

OzGrav
Deputy Director
squeezing; thermal; interferometry
Australian National University

​Node Leader

David.McClelland
@anu.edu.au

Swinburne University of Technology

Prof Jeff Cooke
Multiwavelength transients, host galaxies, instrumentation, electromagnetic counterparts to gravitational waves
Program Leader
jcooke@astro.swin.edu.au
Prof Jarrod Hurley
Supercomputing Program Leader
jhurley@astro.swin.edu.au
Dr Jade Powell
GRAVITATIONAL WAVES, DATA ANALYSIS, ASTROPHYSICS, Supernovae
jpowell@swin.edu.au

Australian National University

Prof Kirk McKenzie
Laser interferometry, low power phase tracking, inter spacecraft laser interferometry
Distinguished Professor Susan Scott
general relativity, cosmology, gravitational waves
Career Development Program Leader
​
Susan.Scott
@anu.edu.au
Dr Bram Slagmolen
Laser, Controls, Suspension, Earthquakes, Noise
bram.slagmolen
@anu.edu.au
Dr Ling (Lilli) Sun
Gravitational waves, black holes, neutron stars, astrophysics, detector calibration
ling.sun@anu.edu.au

MONASH University

A/Prof Duncan Galloway
neutron stars, X-ray, merger, transient, astrophysics
Program Leader

Duncan.Galloway
@monash.edu
A/Prof Paul Lasky
GRAVITATIONAL WAVES, BLACK HOLES, NEUTRON STARS, RELATIVISTIC ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY
Paul.Lasky
@monash.edu
Prof Ilya Mandel
theoretical astrophysics; stellar and binary evolution; high-energy transients; dynamics; astrostatistics
ilya.mandel
@monash.edu
Prof Eric Thrane
Bayesian inference, compact binaries, stochastic
Data Theme Leader
​ Node Leader
eric.thrane
@monash.edu.au

University of Adelaide
Prof Peter Veitch
Lasers, wavefront sensing, adaptive optics
Beyond aLIGO Instrumentation Programme Leader
​and Node Leader
​peter.veitch
@adelaide.edu.au

University of Melbourne

Prof Rob Evans
Signal Processing, Control Systems, Electronics, Radar
robinje
@unimelb.edu.au
Prof Andrew Melatos
LIGO signal processing, relativistic astrophysics
LIGO Pipelines Program Leader
​and Node Leader
amelatos
@unimelb.edu.au

University of Western Australia

Winthrop Prof
David Blair
laser interferometers, gravitational waves, Einsteinian physics education, vibration isolation.
Outreach Program Leader
​
david.blair@uwa.edu.au
A/Prof David Coward
gamma ray bursts, gravitational waves, optical transients, astronomy, space debris
David.Coward
@uwa.edu.au
Prof Li Ju
Vibration isolation, thermal noise, parametric instabilities
Advanced LIGO (aLIGO) Instrumentation Program Leader​li.ju@uwa.edu.au
Prof Linqing Wen
gravitational wave, signal processing, astrophysics, supercomputing, real-time search
Program Leader
​
linqing.wen
@uwa.edu.au
A/Prof Chunnong Zhao
Laser interferometer, Parametric instability, Optomechanics.
Node Leader

chunnong.zhao
@uwa.edu.au