Samantha Usman

Graduate Student

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Background

PhD student at University of Chicago.

Previous:

• NASA Goddard, Summer Intern, 2019
• Cardiff University, Masters Student, 2016-2018
• Syracuse University, Undergraduate Research Assistant, 2013-2016
• California Institute of Technology, Summer Intern, 2015
• Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire d'Orsay, Summer Intern, 2014

Research

Research Interests: Machine learning for astronomy.

Previous: Gravitational-wave astronomy.

Selected Publications

• Constraining the Inclination of Binary Mergers from Gravitational-wave Observation
• The PyCBC search for gravitational waves from compact binary coalescence
• Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger
• GW150614: First Results from the search for binary black hole coalescence with Advanced LIGO
• Characterization of transient noise in Advanced LIGO relevant to gravitational wave signal GW150914
• The Rate of Binary Black Hole Mergers Inferred from Advanced LIGO Observations Surrounding GW150914

News & Highlights

• Samantha Usman has been awarded the AAUW American Dissertation Fellowship, July 12, 2024
• Samantha Usman awarded Out to Innovate Scholarship Award, October 11, 2022
• Graduate students selected for fellowship, December 18, 2020

• Fox Chapel native finds boxing and physics a perfect mix, joins in huge discovery between bouts

• “There’s no way it’s real”

• Scholar Spotlight: Samantha Usman ’16

• Samantha Usman Receives Highly Competitive Astronaut Scholarship

• 3 female boxers from Syracuse University make history at national championship