Nergis Mavalvala

Pakistani-American quantum astrophysicist

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Instance of: human
Born: 1968
Place of birth: Lahore
Sex or gender: female
Given name: Nergis
Field of work: gravitational wave
Occupation: astrophysicist, physicist, quantum physicist
Citizenship: United States
Religion: Zoroastrianism
Awards: MacArthur Fellows Program, Fellow of the American Physical Society, Fellow of the Optical Society, Joseph F. Keithley Award For Advances in Measurement Science
doctoral advisor: Rainer Weiss
doctoral student: Christopher Wipf, Nicolás de Mateo Smith-Lefebvre, Brett Noah Shapiro, Sheila Elizabeth Dwyer, Joseph Charles Betzwieser, Keisuke Gōda, Thomas Randall Corbitt
educated at: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Wellesley College, California Institute of Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Wellesley College
employer: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
member of: American Academy of Arts and Sciences, National Academy of Sciences
name in native language: نَرگِس مَاوَلوَالَا
residence: Cambridge

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