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General Information
Full Name | Carl-Johan Haster |
Languages | Swedish, English |
Education
- 2012 - 2016
PhD
University of Birmingham - Birmingham, UK
- Topic - Gravitational Wave Astrophysics
- Thesis - Compact, diverse and efficient - globular cluster binaries and gravitational wave parameter estimation challenges
- Supervised by
- 2008 - 2012
MPhys – Physics with Astrophysics
The University of Manchester - Manchester, United Kingdom
- Grade - 1st Class (Hons)
- MPhys Thesis - Improving high-precision timing of millisecond pulsars
- Joint masters project with Dr. Neil Cook
- Supervised by Prof. Ben Stappers
- 2005 - 2008
Fullständigt slutbetyg från gymnasieskolan
Kungsholmens gymnasium och Stockholms musikgymnasium - Stockholm, Sweden
- Natural Sciences program - Specialization in choir singing
- Grade - 20.0 (out of 20.0)
Experience
- 2022 - present
Assistant Professor of Astrophysics
University of Nevada, Las Vegas - Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
- Department of Physics & Astronomy
- Nevada Center for Astrophysics
- 2018 - 2022
Postdoctoral Associate
Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
- 2016 - 2018
CITA Postdoctoral Fellow
Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Toronto - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Jan 2015 - May 2015
CIERA Visiting Pre-Doctoral Fellow
Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics, Northwestern University - Evanston, Illinois, USA
- June 2011 - Sept 2011
Summer student in the EP-AID-DT Group
CERN - Meyrin, Switzerland
Service
- May 2020 - present
Member of Editorial Team
LIGO/Virgo Collaboration – Compact Binary Coalescences group
- June 2020 - Aug 2020
Postdoc representative - Anti-Racism Task Force
MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research
- April 2018 - July 2020
Co-chair
LIGO/Virgo Collaboration – Compact Binary Coalescences – Parameter Estimation group
- Dec 2017 - Feb 2020
Postdoc representative - LIGO Academic Advisory Committee
LIGO Scientific Collaboration
- Aug 2017 - Nov 2018
Member of Paper Writing Team
LIGO/Virgo Collaboration – Compact Binary Coalescences group
- Aug 2017 - Sep 2017
Member of Paper Writing Team
LIGO/Virgo Collaboration – Compact Binary Coalescences group
- Nov 2016 - Aug 2018
Summer Undergraduate Research Program - Organizing committee, CITA representative
Astrophysics groups, University of Toronto
- Sept 2016 - July 2020
Run Coordinator
LIGO/Virgo Collaboration – Compact Binary Coalescences – Parameter Estimation group
- Organizing and overseeing parameter estimation followup of gravitational wave triggers.
Honors and Awards
- 2017
- 2016 GWIC and Stefano Braccini Thesis Prizes (Honorable mention)
- Springer Thesis Prize
- Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research - As a member of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration
- 2016
- Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics - As a member of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration
- Gruber Cosmology Prize - As a member of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration
- 2012
- Tesella Prize for Software - University of Manchester, School of Physics and Astronomy
Referee
- May 2018 - present
Referee for Physical Review D and Physical Review Letters
- Dec 2016 - present
Referee for The Astrophysical Journal and The Astrophysical Journal Letters