Let me think about it...

My actual interests span a full spectrum of topics... from rap, over hiking and cycling to different sciences like paleontology or history. However, this being a page on my profession I will only focus on topics related to what I am getting paid for.

Moving GW Sources

Most of my published works revolve around the effect a motion of the centre of mass of the source can have on the GWs emitted. A particularly interesting result is that considering GW modes it should be possible to break the mass-redshift degeneracy of GWs and thus to detect a constant velocity of the source by only using on GWs.

Multi-Messenger Astronomy

Several gravitational wave sources are potential multi-messenger sources with an electromagnetic counterpart. One of my goals is to understand the formation and evolution of these sources to extract the rich information they contain.

Cosmology

Gravitational waves can be used together with an electromagnetic counterpart to measure the expansion of the universe directly. In particular, I am interested in how these detections need to be corrected by the motion of the source and its counterpart to obtain accurate results to further alleviate the Hubble tension.

Waveform Modelling

I mean waveform modelling in a broader sense. I do not code the common waveform models myself but have tweaked different codes to include effects not present in the original code. In particular I have manipulated waveforms for BBH and EMRIs to include the effect of a constant velocity on the GW modes.

Data Analysis

Similar to 'Waveform Modelling', I am more a user of data analysis than a developer. Nevertheless, data analysis is the key to accessing the information from detection and the only true path to test theory. Therefore, I have worked on data analysis for ground-based and space-based laser interferometry detectors as well as for atom interferometry detectors.

XMRIs

Extremely Large Mass-Ratio Inspirals (XMRIs) are sources formed by a Brown Dwarf inspiraling into a Super-Massive Black Hole. They are expected to be abundant in all galaxies and the Milky Way is no exception. My main interest is to study how they can be used to measure the parameters of SgrA* (spoiler warning: extremely well!).

Detection Theory

My technical abilities and patience are not really suited for preparing complex experiments. Nevertheless, this fact has never prevented me from being curious about how detection really works. In the end, physics is about understanding nature by observations.