Friday, August 12, 2011

The Ole Miss LIGO group welcomes Dr. Alexander Dietz as Post-Doctoral Research Associate

Alexander (Alex) Dietz joined the gravity group as Post-Doctoral Research Associate on August 1st, 2011. A native of Germany, Alex earned his Doctor of Philosophy in Physics in Heidelberg. Before joining our group, he worked at Louisiana State University, Cardiff University and in the Virgo Experiment at the Laboratoire d’Annecy-le-Vieux (France). At Ole Miss Alex will work on LIGO-related astrophysics. His expertise is in Compact Binary Coalescence searches and Gamma Ray Bursts. Welcome, Alex!