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I'm a theoretical physicist, working at the interface between cosmology, astrophysics, high-energy physics, and quantum matter. My research looks at new ways of probing the fundamental laws of Nature, whether by using gravitational waves as powerful new astronomical messengers, or by using cutting-edge quantum technologies to simulate the early Universe.

I'm currently based at the University of Cambridge, where I hold the Gavin Boyle Fellowship in Cosmology at the Kavli Institute for Cosmology (KICC) and the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP). I have also recently been awarded a UKRI Stephen Hawking Fellowship, and am a Fellow of Selwyn College.

Much of my current work focuses on vacuum decay, a fascinating quantum-mechanical phenomenon that is a ubiquitous feature of early-Universe cosmology. As a member of the Quantum Simulators for Fundamental Physics (QSimFP) Consortium, I am helping to develop laboratory experiments that will empirically test our understanding of vacuum decay for the first time. These experiments could have important and far-reaching implications for areas ranging from inflation and the multiverse to the stability of the Higgs field.

Another key focus of my research is gravitational-wave astronomy. I am particularly interested in using gravitational-wave observations to probe cosmology and fundamental physics, for example by searching for signals generated in the very early Universe, or by using gravitational-wave sources as tracers of cosmic structure formation. In 2023 I was awarded a Buchalter Cosmology Prize (2nd prize) for my work on detecting gravitational waves via their effect on binary systems.

I was previously a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Cosmoparticle Initiative at University College London (2021-2024). I did my PhD in Theoretical Physics at King's College London (2017-2021), and my MA and MSci in Astrophysics at the University of Cambridge (2013-2017).

Publications

Gravitational-wave event rates as a new probe for dark matter microphysics
MR Mosbech, AC Jenkins, S Bose, C Boehm, M Sakellariadou, YYY Wong
(2022)
New horizons for fundamental physics with LISA
KG Arun, E Belgacem, R Benkel, L Bernard, E Berti, G Bertone, M Besancon, D Blas, CG Böhmer, R Brito, G Calcagni, A Cardenas-Avendaño, K Clough, M Crisostomi, V De Luca, D Doneva, S Escoffier, JM Ezquiaga, PG Ferreira, P Fleury, S Foffa, G Franciolini, N Frusciante, J García-Bellido, C Herdeiro, T Hertog, T Hinderer, P Jetzer, L Lombriser, E Maggio, M Maggiore, M Mancarella, A Maselli, S Nampalliwar, D Nichols, M Okounkova, P Pani, V Paschalidis, A Raccanelli, L Randall, S Renaux-Petel, A Riotto, M Ruiz, A Saffer, M Sakellariadou, ID Saltas, BS Sathyaprakash, L Shao, CF Sopuerta, TP Sotiriou, N Stergioulas, N Tamanini, F Vernizzi, H Witek, K Wu, K Yagi, S Yazadjiev, N Yunes, M Zilhão, N Afshordi, MC Angonin, V Baibhav, E Barausse, T Barreiro, N Bartolo, N Bellomo, I Ben-Dayan, EA Bergshoeff, S Bernuzzi, D Bertacca, S Bhagwat, B Bonga, LM Burko, G Compére, G Cusin, A da Silva, S Das, C de Rham, K Destounis, E Dimastrogiovanni, F Duque, R Easther, H Farmer, M Fasiello, S Fisenko, K Fransen, J Frauendiener, J Gair, LÁ Gergely, D Gerosa, L Gualtieri, WB Han, A Hees, T Helfer, J Hennig, AC Jenkins, E Kajfasz, N Kaloper, V Karas, BJ Kavanagh
– Living Reviews in Relativity
(2022)
25,
4
CLASS_GWB: robust modeling of the astrophysical gravitational wave background anisotropies
N Bellomo, D Bertacca, AC Jenkins, S Matarrese, A Raccanelli, T Regimbau, A Ricciardone, M Sakellariadou
– Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
(2022)
2022,
030
Narrowband Searches for Continuous and Long-duration Transient Gravitational Waves from Known Pulsars in the LIGO-Virgo Third Observing Run
R Abbott, TD Abbott, F Acernese, K Ackley, C Adams, N Adhikari, RX Adhikari, VB Adya, C Affeldt, D Agarwal, M Agathos, K Agatsuma, N Aggarwal, OD Aguiar, L Aiello, A Ain, P Ajith, T Akutsu, S Albanesi, A Allocca, PA Altin, A Amato, C Anand, S Anand, A Ananyeva, SB Anderson, WG Anderson, M Ando, T Andrade, N Andres, T Andrić, SV Angelova, S Ansoldi, JM Antelis, S Antier, S Appert, K Arai, K Arai, Y Arai, S Araki, A Araya, MC Araya, JS Areeda, M Arène, N Aritomi, N Arnaud, SM Aronson, KG Arun, H Asada, Y Asali, G Ashton, Y Aso, M Assiduo, SM Aston, P Astone, F Aubin, C Austin, S Babak, F Badaracco, MKM Bader, C Badger, S Bae, Y Bae, AM Baer, S Bagnasco, Y Bai, M Bailes, L Baiotti, J Baird, R Bajpai, M Ball, G Ballardin, SW Ballmer, A Balsamo, G Baltus, S Banagiri, D Bankar, JC Barayoga, C Barbieri, BC Barish, D Barker, P Barneo, F Barone, B Barr, L Barsotti, M Barsuglia, D Barta, J Bartlett, MA Barton, I Bartos, R Bassiri, A Basti, M Bawaj, JC Bayley, AC Baylor, M Bazzan, B Bécsy, VM Bedakihale, M Bejger, I Belahcene
– The Astrophysical Journal
(2022)
932,
133
All-sky, all-frequency directional search for persistent gravitational waves from Advanced LIGO's and Advanced Virgo's first three observing runs
R Abbott, TD Abbott, F Acernese, K Ackley, C Adams, N Adhikari, RX Adhikari, VB Adya, C Affeldt, D Agarwal, M Agathos, K Agatsuma, N Aggarwal, OD Aguiar, L Aiello, A Ain, P Ajith, T Akutsu, S Albanesi, A Allocca, PA Altin, A Amato, C Anand, S Anand, A Ananyeva, SB Anderson, WG Anderson, M Ando, T Andrade, N Andres, T Andrić, SV Angelova, S Ansoldi, JM Antelis, S Antier, S Appert, K Arai, K Arai, Y Arai, S Araki, A Araya, MC Araya, JS Areeda, M Arène, N Aritomi, N Arnaud, SM Aronson, KG Arun, H Asada, Y Asali, G Ashton, Y Aso, M Assiduo, SM Aston, P Astone, F Aubin, C Austin, S Babak, F Badaracco, MKM Bader, C Badger, S Bae, Y Bae, AM Baer, S Bagnasco, Y Bai, L Baiotti, J Baird, R Bajpai, M Ball, G Ballardin, SW Ballmer, A Balsamo, G Baltus, S Banagiri, D Bankar, JC Barayoga, C Barbieri, BC Barish, D Barker, P Barneo, F Barone, B Barr, L Barsotti, M Barsuglia, D Barta, J Bartlett, MA Barton, I Bartos, R Bassiri, A Basti, M Bawaj, JC Bayley, AC Baylor, M Bazzan, B Bécsy, VM Bedakihale, M Bejger, I Belahcene, V Benedetto
– Physical Review D
(2022)
105,
122001
All-sky search for gravitational wave emission from scalar boson clouds around spinning black holes in LIGO O3 data
R Abbott, H Abe, F Acernese, K Ackley, N Adhikari, RX Adhikari, VK Adkins, VB Adya, C Affeldt, D Agarwal, M Agathos, K Agatsuma, N Aggarwal, OD Aguiar, L Aiello, A Ain, P Ajith, T Akutsu, S Albanesi, RA Alfaidi, A Allocca, PA Altin, A Amato, C Anand, S Anand, A Ananyeva, SB Anderson, WG Anderson, M Ando, T Andrade, N Andres, M Andrés-Carcasona, T Andrić, SV Angelova, S Ansoldi, JM Antelis, S Antier, T Apostolatos, EZ Appavuravther, S Appert, SK Apple, K Arai, A Araya, MC Araya, JS Areeda, M Arène, N Aritomi, N Arnaud, M Arogeti, SM Aronson, KG Arun, H Asada, Y Asali, G Ashton, Y Aso, M Assiduo, SADS Melo, SM Aston, P Astone, F Aubin, K Aultoneal, C Austin, S Babak, F Badaracco, MKM Bader, C Badger, S Bae, Y Bae, AM Baer, S Bagnasco, Y Bai, J Baird, R Bajpai, T Baka, M Ball, G Ballardin, SW Ballmer, A Balsamo, G Baltus, S Banagiri, B Banerjee, D Bankar, JC Barayoga, C Barbieri, BC Barish, D Barker, P Barneo, F Barone, B Barr, L Barsotti, M Barsuglia, D Barta, J Bartlett, MA Barton, I Bartos, S Basak, R Bassiri, A Basti, M Bawaj, JC Bayley
– Physical Review D
(2022)
105,
102001
New Horizons for Fundamental Physics with LISA
KG Arun, E Belgacem, R Benkel, L Bernard, E Berti, G Bertone, M Besancon, D Blas, CG Böhmer, R Brito, G Calcagni, A Cardenas-Avendaño, K Clough, M Crisostomi, VD Luca, D Doneva, S Escoffier, JM Ezquiaga, PG Ferreira, P Fleury, S Foffa, G Franciolini, N Frusciante, J García-Bellido, C Herdeiro, T Hertog, T Hinderer, P Jetzer, L Lombriser, E Maggio, M Maggiore, M Mancarella, A Maselli, S Nampalliwar, D Nichols, M Okounkova, P Pani, V Paschalidis, A Raccanelli, L Randall, S Renaux-Petel, A Riotto, M Ruiz, A Saffer, M Sakellariadou, ID Saltas, BS Sathyaprakash, L Shao, CF Sopuerta, TP Sotiriou, N Stergioulas, N Tamanini, F Vernizzi, H Witek, K Wu, K Yagi, S Yazadjiev, N Yunes, M Zilhao, N Afshordi, M-C Angonin, V Baibhav, E Barausse, T Barreiro, N Bartolo, N Bellomo, I Ben-Dayan, EA Bergshoeff, S Bernuzzi, D Bertacca, S Bhagwat, B Bonga, LM Burko, G Compere, G Cusin, AD Silva, S Das, CD Rham, K Destounis, E Dimastrogiovanni, F Duque, R Easther, H Farmer, M Fasiello, S Fisenko, K Fransen, J Frauendiener, J Gair, LA Gergely, D Gerosa, L Gualtieri, W-B Han, A Hees, T Helfer, J Hennig, AC Jenkins, E Kajfasz, N Kaloper, V Karas, BJ Kavanagh, SA Klioner, SM Koushiappas, M Lagos, CL Poncin-Lafitte, FSN Lobo, C Markakis, P Martin-Moruno, CJAP Martins, S Matarrese, DR Mayerson, JP Mimoso, J Noller, NJ Nunes, R Oliveri, G Orlando, G Pappas, I Pikovski, L Pilo, J Podolsky, G Pratten, T Prokopec, H Qi, S Rastgoo, A Ricciardone, R Rollo, D Rubiera-Garcia, O Sergijenko, S Shapiro, D Shoemaker, A Spallicci, O Stashko, LC Stein, G Tasinato, AJ Tolley, EC Vagenas, S Vandoren, D Vernieri, R Vicente, T Wiseman, VI Zhdanov, M Zumalacárregui
(2022)
First joint observation by the underground gravitational-wave detector KAGRA with GEO 600
R Abbott, H Abe, F Acernese, K Ackley, N Adhikari, RX Adhikari, VK Adkins, VB Adya, C Affeldt, D Agarwal, M Agathos, K Agatsuma, N Aggarwal, OD Aguiar, L Aiello, A Ain, P Ajith, T Akutsu, S Albanesi, RA Alfaidi, A Allocca, PA Altin, A Amato, C Anand, S Anand, A Ananyeva, SB Anderson, WG Anderson, M Ando, T Andrade, N Andres, M Andrés-Carcasona, T Andrić, SV Angelova, S Ansoldi, JM Antelis, S Antier, T Apostolatos, EZ Appavuravther, S Appert, SK Apple, K Arai, A Araya, MC Araya, JS Areeda, M Arène, N Aritomi, N Arnaud, M Arogeti, SM Aronson, KG Arun, H Asada, Y Asali, G Ashton, Y Aso, M Assiduo, SA de Souza Melo, SM Aston, P Astone, F Aubin, K AultONeal, C Austin, S Babak, F Badaracco, MKM Bader, C Badger, S Bae, Y Bae, AM Baer, S Bagnasco, Y Bai, J Baird, R Bajpai, T Baka, M Ball, G Ballardin, SW Ballmer, A Balsamo, G Baltus, S Banagiri, B Banerjee, D Bankar, JC Barayoga, C Barbieri, BC Barish, D Barker, P Barneo, F Barone, B Barr, L Barsotti, M Barsuglia, D Barta, J Bartlett, MA Barton, I Bartos, S Basak, R Bassiri, A Basti, M Bawaj, JC Bayley
– Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics
(2022)
2022,
F01
Search of the early O3 LIGO data for continuous gravitational waves from the Cassiopeia A and Vela Jr. supernova remnants
R Abbott, TD Abbott, F Acernese, K Ackley, C Adams, N Adhikari, RX Adhikari, VB Adya, C Affeldt, D Agarwal, M Agathos, K Agatsuma, N Aggarwal, OD Aguiar, L Aiello, A Ain, P Ajith, S Albanesi, A Allocca, PA Altin, A Amato, C Anand, S Anand, A Ananyeva, SB Anderson, WG Anderson, T Andrade, N Andres, T Andrić, SV Angelova, S Ansoldi, JM Antelis, S Antier, S Appert, K Arai, MC Araya, JS Areeda, M Arène, N Arnaud, SM Aronson, KG Arun, Y Asali, G Ashton, M Assiduo, SM Aston, P Astone, F Aubin, C Austin, S Babak, F Badaracco, MKM Bader, C Badger, S Bae, AM Baer, S Bagnasco, Y Bai, J Baird, M Ball, G Ballardin, SW Ballmer, A Balsamo, G Baltus, S Banagiri, D Bankar, JC Barayoga, C Barbieri, BC Barish, D Barker, P Barneo, F Barone, B Barr, L Barsotti, M Barsuglia, D Barta, J Bartlett, MA Barton, I Bartos, R Bassiri, A Basti, M Bawaj, JC Bayley, AC Baylor, M Bazzan, B Bécsy, VM Bedakihale, M Bejger, I Belahcene, V Benedetto, D Beniwal, TF Bennett, JD Bentley, M Benyaala, F Bergamin, BK Berger, S Bernuzzi, D Bersanetti, A Bertolini, J Betzwieser, D Beveridge, R Bhandare
– Physical Review D
(2022)
105,
082005
Cosmology with the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna
P Auclair, D Bacon, T Baker, T Barreiro, N Bartolo, E Belgacem, N Bellomo, I Ben-Dayan, D Bertacca, M Besancon, JJ Blanco-Pillado, D Blas, G Boileau, G Calcagni, R Caldwell, C Caprini, C Carbone, C-F Chang, H-Y Chen, N Christensen, S Clesse, D Comelli, G Congedo, C Contaldi, M Crisostomi, D Croon, Y Cui, G Cusin, D Cutting, C Dalang, VD Luca, WD Pozzo, V Desjacques, E Dimastrogiovanni, GC Dorsch, JM Ezquiaga, M Fasiello, DG Figueroa, R Flauger, G Franciolini, N Frusciante, J Fumagalli, J Garcia-Bellido, O Gould, D Holz, L Iacconi, RK Jain, AC Jenkins, R Jinno, C Joana, N Karnesis, T Konstandin, K Koyama, J Kozaczuk, S Kuroyanagi, D Laghi, M Lewicki, L Lombriser, E Madge, M Maggiore, A Malhotra, M Mancarella, V Mandic, A Mangiagli, S Matarrese, A Mazumdar, S Mukherjee, I Musco, G Nardini, JM No, T Papanikolaou, M Peloso, M Pieroni, L Pilo, A Raccanelli, S Renaux-Petel, AI Renzini, A Ricciardone, A Riotto, JD Romano, R Rollo, AR Pol, ER Morales, M Sakellariadou, ID Saltas, M Scalisi, K Schmitz, P Schwaller, O Sergijenko, G Servant, P Simakachorn, L Sorbo, L Sousa, L Speri, DA Steer, N Tamanini, G Tasinato, J Torrado, C Unal, V Vennin, D Vernieri, F Vernizzi, M Volonteri, JM Wachter, D Wands, LT Witkowski, M Zumalacárregui, J Annis, FR Ares, PP Avelino, A Avgoustidis, E Barausse, A Bonilla, C Bonvin, P Bosso, M Calabrese, M Çalışkan, JAR Cembranos, M Chala, D Chernoff, K Clough, A Criswell, S Das, AD Silva, P Dayal, V Domcke, R Durrer, R Easther, S Escoffier, S Ferrans, C Fryer, J Gair, C Gordon, M Hendry, M Hindmarsh, DC Hooper, E Kajfasz, J Kopp, SM Koushiappas, U Kumar, M Kunz, M Lagos, M Lilley, J Lizarraga, FSN Lobo, A Maleknejad, CJAP Martins, PD Meerburg, R Meyer, JP Mimoso, S Nesseris, N Nunes, V Oikonomou, G Orlando, O Özsoy, F Pacucci, A Palmese, A Petiteau, L Pinol, SP Zwart, G Pratten, T Prokopec, J Quenby, S Rastgoo, D Roest, K Rummukainen, C Schimd, A Secroun, CF Sopuerta, I Tereno, A Tolley, J Urrestilla, EC Vagenas, JVD Vis, RVD Weygaert, B Wardell, DJ Weir, G White, B Świeżewska, VI Zhdanov
(2022)
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