Dr. Jax Sanders向日葵视频Wehr Physics Building, 311
MilwaukeeWI53201United States of America(414) 288-3650jax.sanders@marquette.eduJax Sanders grew up in Farmington Hills, MI. They have a B.A. in Physics and Mathematics from Kalamazoo College, and a M.S. and a Ph.D. in Physics from University of Michigan. They design subsystems for gravitational wave interferometers and work to design new detectors to expand the scope of the new field of gravitational wave astronomy.
They worked at LIGO Hanford Observatory as an Advanced LIGO commissioner, installing and characterizing the sensing and control systems that keep the complex optical system aligned. After getting their Ph.D. at University of Michigan, they worked at Syracuse University as a postdoc, where they became involved with conceptual design for future interferometers.
Jax has two interesting distinctions in their field: they鈥檙e the last person to publish a gravitational wave thesis that doesn鈥檛 mention the first detection of gravitational waves, and they鈥檙e the first person to get a tattoo of the GW150914 black hole inspiral signal(it鈥檚 on their left forearm, ask if you want to see it!). When they鈥檙e not doing physics, they enjoy fencing, art, Dungeons and Dragons, and video games - particularly platformers and RPGs!
