Team

We are part of the Theoretisch-Physikalisches Institut at the Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena. Follow here seminars and events at our institute.

We are members of the Einstein Telescope collaboration and lead Jena's research unit. We are members of Virgo and of the LIGO-Virgo-Kagra scientific collaboration. We are also members of the ENGRAVE collaboration that searches electromagnetic counterparts of gravitational wave sources using ESO's telescopes.

We are part of the computational relativity (CoRe) collaboration at Jena and elsewhere, that supports the emerging fields of gravitational-wave and multi-messenger astronomy by performing 3+1 numerical relativity simulations of compact binaries spacetimes.

Students

P.Pandey (MSc), E.Bordag (BSc), M.Schulze (MSc).

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Visiting students

T.Tariq (MSc, Hannover U), Ziyuan Nie (Oxford).

Are you interested in visiting us? Summer semesters are good times to attend the special courses on numerical relativity, gravitational waves and computational fluid dynamics, and also to fully enjoy Jena. Support may be available via the Erasmus+ programme and Short-Term Scientific Missions (STSM) of COST actions. Please contact SB.

Past members

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Collaborations

We have long-term collaborations with Bernd Bruegmann (Jena U, Germany), David Hilditch (CENTRA/IST, Portugal), Alessandro Nagar (INFN Torino, Italy and IHES, France), David Radice (Penn State U, USA), Albino Perego (Trento U, Italy), Tim Dietrich (Potsdam U, Germany), Wolfgang Tichy (Florida Atlantic U, USA), Walter Del Pozzo (Pisa U, Italy), Max Ujevic (UFABC Sao Paulo, Brasil). We collaborate with scientists at various places, including Albert Einstein Institute (Germany), Caltech (USA), Cardiff (UK), Institute des Haute Etude Scientifique (France), Milano Bicocca (Italy), Nikhef (The Netherlands), and Palma de Mallorca (Spain).

International Networks

• PHAROS on Multi-messenger physics and astrophysics of neutron star (COST Action CA16214).
• GWVerse on Gravitational waves, black holes and fundamental physics (COST Action CA16104).
• NP3M on Nuclear Physics from Multi-Messenger Mergers (NSF 21-16686).

Past members

• Albino Perego (PD, 2017 - 2019) → Ass. Professor at Trento U
• Nestor Ortiz (PD, 2018 - 2019) → Ass. Professor at UNAM
• Michalis Agathos (PD, 2018 - 2019) → Kavli Institute Fellow in Gravitational Waves, Cambridge
• Sarp Akcay (PD, 2018 - 2020) → Lecturer at University College Dublin
• Andrea Endrizzi (PD, 2018 - 2020) → Industry
• Kabir Chavrakarti (PD, 2020 - 2021) → PD at Indian Institute of Technology, Gujarat
• Vsevolod Nedora (PhD, 2019 - 2021) → PD at Albert Einstein Institute/Potsdam U
• Georgios Doulis (PD, 2020 - 2022) → PD at Frankfurth U/SPACE project
• Gregorio Carullo (Della Riccia fellow, 2022) → Marie Curie Interactions fellow, Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen
• Matteo Breschi (PhD, 2018 - 2022) → PD at SISSA, Trieste
• Ssohrab Borhanian (PD, 2021-2023) → PD at Bicocca U, Milano
• Rossella Gamba (PhD, 2019-2023) → N3AS fellow, Berkeley U/Penn State U
• Francesco Zappa (PhD, 2018-2023) → Industry

Past students

F.Zappa (MSc, 2018), R.Gamba (MSc, 2019, CoA), F.Schianchi (MSc, 2019, CoA), M.Kriening (BSc, 2019), L.C.Lippold (BSC, 2019), N.Marcantognini (BSc, 2019, CoA), A.Kuch (BSc, 2020), A.Gonzalez (MSc, 2020), E.Donkersloot (BSc, 2020), E.Donkersloot (HiWi, 2020), N.Marcantognini (MSc, 2021, CoA), J.Tissino (MSc, 2021, CoA), T.Dieselhorst (BSc, 2021), E.Donkersloot (2021 FSU Honours student), T.Brächer (BSc, 2022), A.Kuch (MSc, 2022), L.C.Lippold (MSc, 2022), L.Li (MSc 2022, CoA), F.Brandoli (MSc 2023, CoA Best thesis in Physics 2023/24 Bologna U), A.Naumann (BSc, 2023), C.Lamster (BSc, 2023), F.Brandoli (MSc, 2023, CoA), N.Venuti (MSc, 2024, CoA), D.Dietrich (BSc, 2024).

Past visiting students

F.Schianchi (Parma U, 2019,2020 Erasmus+), R.Gamba (Torino U, 2019 Erasmus+), N.Marcantognini (Camerino U, 2019), F.Filice (Calabria U, 2019), V.Skoupy (Prague U, 2020 COST STM), A.Bonino (Torino U, 2021 Erasmus+), A.Albertini (Prague U, 2022), L.Li (Freiburg U, 2022), N.Venuti (Trieste U, 2023 Erasmus+), M.Jameel (Sorbonne U, 2023), S.Neogi (Pune U, 2023 DAAD-WISE), F.Brandoli (Bologna U, 2023), N.Amir (Quaid-i-Azam U, 2023 HEC IRSIP fellow), N.Rao (Pune U, 2024 DAAD-Wise), A.T.Nizar (IISER TVM, 2024 DAAD-Wise), V.Fusaro (Trento U, 2024).