John T. Whelan
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Affiliations

Rochester Institute of Technology
Professor, School of Mathematical Sciences (Programs in Applied Statistical Sciences)
Center for Computational Relativity and Gravitation
Program Faculty, Astrophysical Sciences and Technology
LIGO Scientific Collaboration
PI, RIT group
Co-Chair, Continuous Waves Observational Group
Co-Chair, Elections and Membership Committee

Contact

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PROF JOHN T WHELAN
SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES
CENTER FOR COMPUTATIONAL RELATIVITY AND GRAVITATION
ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
85 LOMB MEMORIAL DRIVE
ROCHESTER, NY 14623-5604
USA
Office
LAC(74)-2063
Email
john.whelan@astro.rit.edu

Curriculum Vitæ

Publication List

Presentations Available Online

Past Research Interests

Course Web Pages

Education

1980-1987
Secondary, Poughkeepsie Day School, Poughkeepsie, NY (1987 HS Degree)
1987-1991
Undergraduate, Department of Astronomy, Cornell University (1991 BA Summa Cum Laude in Astronomy, and with distinction in all subjects)
1991-1996
Graduate, Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara (1996 PhD in Physics; thesis advisor: James B. Hartle)

Employment History

1996-1998
Postdoctoral Researcher, Relativity Group, Department of Physics, University of Utah
1998-2000
Postdoktorand, Institut für theoretische Physik, Universität Bern
2000-2002
Faculty Associate, Relativity Group, Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Texas at Brownsville
2002-2006
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Loyola University New Orleans
2006-2008
Senior Scientist, Albert-Einstein-Institut, Potsdam
2008-2019
Associate Professor, School of Mathematical Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology
2019-
Professor, School of Mathematical Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology

Sabbaticals and Visits

1993
Visiting Student, Theoretical Astropysics Group, Los Alamos National Laboratory
1994
Visiting Student, Isaac Newton Institute, University of Cambridge
2003
Visiting Scientist, Albert-Einstein-Institut, Potsdam
2014-2015
Visiting Scientist, Albert-Einstein-Institut, Hannover
2019-2021
Gastprofessor, Relativistic Astrophysics Group, Institute for Theoretical Physics, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main

My other pages

A list of the pages I maintain, physics and otherwise.


Last Modified: 2023 February 24

Dr. John T. Whelan / john.whelan@astro.rit.edu / Professor, School of Mathematical Sciences & Center for Computational Relativity and Gravitation, Rochester Institute of Technology

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