On September 14, 2015, the LIGO interferometers directly detected gravitational radiation for the first time.  This marks the beginning of gravitational-wave astronomy.

My research focuses on:

• modelling gravitational-wave signals emitted by merging black holes and neutron stars;

• searching for gravitational-wave signals of merging neutron stars and black holes at the time and sky position of short gamma-ray bursts.

I am currently the Virgo co-chair of the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Obeservational Science division and Virgo data analysis coordinator.