John T. Whelan
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Affiliations

Rochester Institute of Technology

Professor, School of Mathematical Sciences (Programs in Applied Statistical Sciences)

Center for Computational Relativity and Gravitation

Program Faculty, Astrophysical Sciences and Technology

LIGO Scientific Collaboration

PI, RIT group

Co-Chair, Continuous Waves Observational Group

Co-Chair, Elections and Membership Committee

Contact

Postal

PROF JOHN T WHELAN
SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES
CENTER FOR COMPUTATIONAL RELATIVITY AND GRAVITATION
ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
85 LOMB MEMORIAL DRIVE
ROCHESTER, NY 14623-5604
USA

Office

LAC(74)-2063

Email

john.whelan@astro.rit.edu

Curriculum Vitæ

Publication List

Presentations Available Online

Past Research Interests

Course Web Pages

Education

1980-1987

Secondary, Poughkeepsie Day School, Poughkeepsie, NY (1987 HS Degree)

1987-1991

Undergraduate, Department of Astronomy, Cornell University (1991 BA Summa Cum Laude in Astronomy, and with distinction in all subjects)

1991-1996

Graduate, Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara (1996 PhD in Physics; thesis advisor: James B. Hartle)

Employment History

1996-1998

Postdoctoral Researcher, Relativity Group, Department of Physics, University of Utah

1998-2000

Postdoktorand, Institut für theoretische Physik, Universität Bern

2000-2002

Faculty Associate, Relativity Group, Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Texas at Brownsville

2002-2006

Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Loyola University New Orleans

2006-2008

Senior Scientist, Albert-Einstein-Institut, Potsdam

2008-2019

Associate Professor, School of Mathematical Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology

2019-

Professor, School of Mathematical Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology

Sabbaticals and Visits

1993

Visiting Student, Theoretical Astropysics Group, Los Alamos National Laboratory

1994

Visiting Student, Isaac Newton Institute, University of Cambridge

2003

Visiting Scientist, Albert-Einstein-Institut, Potsdam

2014-2015

Visiting Scientist, Albert-Einstein-Institut, Hannover

2019-2021

Gastprofessor, Relativistic Astrophysics Group, Institute for Theoretical Physics, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main

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