2013 Joseph F. Keithley Award For Advances in Measurement Science, MacArthur Fellows
Scientific career
Fields
Astrophysics and Quantum Physics
Institutions
Wellesley College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Thesis
Alignment issues in laser interferometric gravitational-wave detectors (1997)
Doctoral advisor
Rainer Weiss
Nergis Mavalvala (born 1968) is a Pakistani-American astrophysicist. She is the Curtis and Kathleen Marble Professor of Astrophysics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where she is also the dean of the university's school of science. She was previously the Associate Head of the university's Department of Physics.[1] Mavalvala is best known for her work on the detection of gravitational waves in the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) project,[1][2] and for the exploration and experimental demonstration of macroscopic quantum effects such as squeezing in optomechanics. She was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in 2010.[3][4][5]
^ ab"Nergis Mavalvala - MIT Department of Physics". Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
^Krishnan, Madhuvanti S. (25 February 2016). "Making waves". The Hindu. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
NergisMavalvala (born 1968) is a Pakistani-American astrophysicist. She is the Curtis and Kathleen Marble Professor of Astrophysics at the Massachusetts...
February 2016. "Nergis first recipient of Lahore Technology Award". The Nation. Retrieved 19 December 2017. "ITU convocation: MIT's NergisMavalvala given Lahore...
and centers. As of 2020[update], the Dean of Science is Professor NergisMavalvala. With approximately 275 faculty members, 1100 graduate students, 700...
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, professor of physics at Virginia Tech NergisMavalvala – Kathleen Marble Professor of Astrophysics at the Massachusetts Institute...
2020-11-26. "NergisMavalvala named School of Science dean". MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2020-11-26. "NergisMavalvala: inspiration...
inventor of bupropion, the most commonly used antidepressant drug NergisMavalvala (born 1968): astrophysicist and professor at MIT Neville Wadia (1911–1996):...
2017-12-19. "Nergis first recipient of Lahore Technology Award". The Nation. Retrieved 2017-12-19. "ITU convocation: MIT's NergisMavalvala given Lahore...
Minhaj-ul-Quran, religious Scholar, Islamic hadith compiler, Author NergisMavalvala, Pakistani-American astrophysicist, dean of Massachusetts Institute...
inventor of bupropion, the most commonly used antidepressant drug NergisMavalvala (born 1968): astrophysicist and professor at MIT Neville Wadia (1911–1996):...
Bhawani Shankar Chowdhry Jacqueline Maria Dias Rubina Gillani Dr. NergisMavalvala, Kathleen Marble Professor of Astrophysics at the Massachusetts Institute...
Professor of Political Science at Villanova University, in Pennsylvania NergisMavalvala, Kathleen Marble Professor of Astrophysics at the Massachusetts Institute...
historian Yiyun Li, fiction writer Michal Lipson, optical physicist NergisMavalvala, quantum astrophysicist Jason Moran, jazz pianist and composer Carol...
media educator; Judith Martin '59, (pen name Miss Manners) author; NergisMavalvala '90, a quantum astrophysicist; Lorraine O'Grady '55, conceptual artist...
Dean in 2014. He served as Dean until 2020, when he was followed by NergisMavalvala. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 2015...
inventions and discoveries List of Pakistani scientists Economy of Pakistan NergisMavalvala This article incorporates text from a free content work. Licensed...
1924 – mathematician, physicist, college professor in China and US NergisMavalvala, 1990 – astrophysicist, 2010 MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, Dean...
Fluoride (1962) Doctoral advisor Jerrold R. Zacharias Doctoral students NergisMavalvala Philip K. Chapman Rana X. Adhikari Other notable students Bruce Allen...
computer sciences. Some notable Pakistani women contributing to STEM are: NergisMavalvala :Pakistani-American physicist Tasneem Zehra Husain : a theoretical...
exists at the center of the Milky Way galaxy. Interviewed experts: NergisMavalvala, Michael Landry, Zvi Bern, Dragan Hajduković, Herman Verlinde, Erik...
Biology 1987 Heather Lechtman Material Science and Engineering 1984 NergisMavalvala Physics 2010 David C. Page Biology 1986 Michael J. Piore Economics...
Pakistan's hidden LGBT community: Poshida: Hidden LGBT Pakistan 2016 NergisMavalvala, a queer Pakistani American MIT astrophysicist, was part of the team...
Global Information