Background: Zainab Mangi is a Fulbright Ph.D. student in RIT’s Astrophysical Sciences and Technology program, working with Dr. Richard O’Shaughnessy. She earned her B.S. and M.S. in Mathematics from Sukkur IBA University in Pakistan, where her master’s thesis focused on orbital dynamics in binary black holes.

At RIT, Zainab studies black-hole dynamics in chaotic three-body (triple-system) encounters and their imprints on gravitational-wave signals. Her work sits at the intersection of data analysis and numerical modeling, with an eye toward connecting dynamical formation channels to observable signatures.

In her free time, Zainab enjoys cooking, painting, and photography, and she’s passionate about teaching and mentoring in math and physics.

Research interests: gravitational-wave data analysis; black-hole dynamics; numerical relativity.
Contact: zm5442@g.rit.edu