People

Team

The people working on GLOW, and the external collaborators contributing to individual tasks.

Principal Investigator

Miguel Zumalacárregui

Principal Investigator · WP2-A, WP3-A

Wave-optics theory, interpretation and applications.

Postdoctoral researchers

Han-Gil Choi

Postdoctoral researcher · 2026–

Wave-optics theory and algorithms, tests of dark matter, primordial cosmology.

Héctor Villarrubia-Rojo

Postdoctoral researcher · 2026–

Starts October 2026

Wave-optics lensing methods, cosmology & dark energy, GLoW code lead.

Daniel Ballard

Affiliated postdoctoral researcher · 2026–

Starts November 2026

Strong-lens modelling, dark-matter substructure, multi-plane lensing and cosmography.

Xikai Shan

Affiliated postdoctoral researcher, based at the AEI, Potsdam · 2026–

Microlensing by stellar fields, data analysis, GW lensing astrophysics.

Juan Urrutia

Affiliated postdoctoral researcher · 2026–

Starts November 2026

Dark matter, lensing, supermassive black hole astrophysics, low-frequency GWs.

Doctoral students

Manon van Zyl

PhD student · 2026–

Starts October 2026

Tests of gravitational-wave propagation.

Emanuela Alberici

PhD student · 2026–

Starts October 2026

Searches for lensed gravitational waves, and the data analysis behind them.

Master's students

Pablo Vega del Castillo

Master's student, LMU · 2026

Quasi-periodic lensed starlight from supermassive black-hole binaries.

Matteo Pagani

Master's student, U. Bologna (co-supervised) · 2026

Weak lensing of gravitational waves, and the connection to Euclid.

Louis Salimbeni

Master's student, ETH Zürich (co-supervised) · 2026

Gravitational-wave propagation beyond general relativity.

External collaborators

Researchers from outside the project supporting specific tasks.

Srashti Goyal
Postdoc, IUCAA · WP1-A, WP2-A, WP2-B
Nicola Menadeo
Postdoc, Humboldt University · WP3-B
Serena Giardino
Postdoc, Imperial College · WP3-B
Dylan Jow
Postdoc, Stanford University · WP1-B
Ue-Li Pen
CITA and Academia Sinica; PI of BURSTT · WP1-B

Joining the project

Open calls, when there are any, are posted on the Join page and announced in the news. Informal enquiries are possible at any time, whether or not a call is running: write to miguel.zumalacarregui@csic.es with a short description of your experience and fit to the project.