Dr. Marco Cavaglià

Professor, Department of Physics
Director, Institute for Multi-messenger Astrophysics and Cosmology

Biography

Marco Cavaglià specializes in experimental and theoretical gravitational physics as well as astrophysics. His research interests include gravitational waves (theory and detection), classical and quantum models of gravity, astrophysics and cosmology, quantum field theory.

Curriculum Vitae

Education

  • 1996: Ph.D. in Astrophysics, International School for Advanced Studies, Trieste, Italy.
  • 1992: BSc/MSc. in Physics, University of Turin, Italy.

Honors and Awards

  • 2022 Faculty Excellence Award. Missouri University S&T.
  • 2020 Faculty Research Award. Missouri University S&T
  • 2019 National Air and Space Museum’s Current Achievement Trophy. Shared with the LIGO Collaboration.
  • 2017 AAS – Bruno Rossi Prize. Shared with Gabriela Gonzalez (main recipient) and the LIGO Scientific Collaboration
  • 2016 Special Breakthrough Prize for the detection of gravitational waves. Shared with Ron Drever (Caltech), Kip S. Thorne (Caltech), Rainer Weiss (MIT), and the LIGO Scientific Collaboration.