Lisa Barsotti Explained

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Lisa Barsotti is a research scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Kavli Institute.

Biography

Barsotti was born June 1,1978 and was raised in Pisa, Italy. She obtained her PhD from University of Pisa in 2006 on The control of the Virgo interferometer for gravitational wave detection and moved to the United States in 2007 to work on the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO).^[2]

Barsotti was involved in the discovery of gravitational waves reported in 2016.^[3]

She currently investigates technology to improve gravitational wave detection using squeezed states of life, which led an upgrade to LIGO in 2017, known as Virgo.^{[4] [5] [6]}

Main themes of her work include astronomy, remote sensing, optics, interferometry, laser, electric field, and sensitivity.

Honors and awards

• 2018 – Fellow of the American Physical Society for "extraordinary leadership in commissioning the Advanced LIGO detectors, improving their sensitivity through implementation of squeezed light, and enhancing the operation of the gravitational wave detector network through joint run planning between LIGO and Virgo"^[7]
• 2019 – Breakthrough New Horizons in Physics Prize^{[8] [9]}
• 2019 – Capperuccio Prize of the city of Livorno^{[10] [11] [12]}
• 2021 – One of InspiringFifty in Italy^[13]
• 2022 - Research.com Best Female Scientist Award
• 2023 - Research.com Best Female Scientist Award
• 2024 - Research.com Best Female Scientist Award

Selected publications

• Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger . Physical Review Letters . 11 February 2016 . 116 . 6 . 061102 . 10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.061102. Abbott . B. P. . Abbott . R. . Abbott . T. D. . Abernathy . M. R. . Acernese . F. . Ackley . K. . Adams . C. . Adams . T. . Addesso . P. . Adhikari . R. X. . Adya . V. B. . Affeldt . C. . Agathos . M. . Agatsuma . K. . Aggarwal . N. . Aguiar . O. D. . Aiello . L. . Ain . A. . Ajith . P. . Allen . B. . Allocca . A. . Altin . P. A. . Anderson . S. B. . Anderson . W. G. . Arai . K. . Arain . M. A. . Araya . M. C. . Arceneaux . C. C. . Areeda . J. S. . Arnaud . N. . 26918975 . 1602.03837 . 2016PhRvL.116f1102A . 119286014 . 1 .
• Advanced LIGO . Classical and Quantum Gravity . 9 April 2015 . 32 . 7 . 074001 . 10.1088/0264-9381/32/7/074001. Aasi . J. . Abbott . B. P. . Abbott . R. . Abbott . T. . Abernathy . M. R. . Ackley . K. . Adams . C. . Adams . T. . Addesso . P. . Adhikari . R. X. . Adya . V. . Affeldt . C. . Aggarwal . N. . Aguiar . O. D. . Ain . A. . Ajith . P. . Alemic . A. . Allen . B. . Amariutei . D. . Anderson . S. B. . Anderson . W. G. . Arai . K. . Araya . M. C. . Arceneaux . C. . Areeda . J. S. . Ashton . G. . Ast . S. . Aston . S. M. . Aufmuth . P. . Aulbert . C. . 1411.4547 . 2015CQGra..32g4001L . 118570458 . 1 .
• GW151226: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a 22-Solar-Mass Binary Black Hole Coalescence . Physical Review Letters . 15 June 2016 . 116 . 24 . 241103 . 10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.241103. Abbott . B. P. . Abbott . R. . Abbott . T. D. . Abernathy . M. R. . Acernese . F. . Ackley . K. . Adams . C. . Adams . T. . Addesso . P. . Adhikari . R. X. . Adya . V. B. . Affeldt . C. . Agathos . M. . Agatsuma . K. . Aggarwal . N. . Aguiar . O. D. . Aiello . L. . Ain . A. . Ajith . P. . Allen . B. . Allocca . A. . Altin . P. A. . Anderson . S. B. . Anderson . W. G. . Arai . K. . Araya . M. C. . Arceneaux . C. C. . Areeda . J. S. . Arnaud . N. . Arun . K. G. . 27367379 . 1606.04855 . 2016PhRvL.116x1103A . 118651851 . 1 .
• Barsotti . Lisa . Quantum Noise Reduction in the LIGO Gravitational Wave Interferometer with Squeezed States of Light . Cleo: 2014 . 2014 . AW3P.4 . 10.1364/CLEO_AT.2014.AW3P.4. 978-1-55752-999-2 . 28876707 .

References

• • • Lisa Barsotti, "The Dawn of Gravitational Wave Astronomy"
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otkHkdy4wQ4

Notes and References

1. Web site:
2. Web site: Lisa Barsotti. Inspiring Fifty: Italy.
3. Web site: The Chirp Heard 'Round the World: LIGO's Lisa Barsotti Reflects on a Landmark Discovery. Zain Humayun. 13 March 2020. Knight Science Journalism @MIT.
4. Web site: New instrument extends LIGO's reach. MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Jennifer Chu. 5 December 2019.
5. Web site: Squeezing Improves LIGO's Sensitivity to Quantum Noise. www.photonics.com. 10 December 2019.
6. Web site: 3 Questions: Lisa Barsotti on the new and improved LIGO. MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Jennifer Chu. 1 April 2019.
7. Web site: APS Fellow Archive. www.aps.org.
8. Web site: Breakthrough Prize – Fundamental Physics Breakthrough Prize Laureates – Lisa Barsotti. breakthroughprize.org.
9. Web site: "I'm doing something that is bigger than me": Lisa Barsotti on being a scientist. 7 August 2019 . www.youtube.com.
10. Web site: Premio Capperuccio a Lisa Barsotti. Anna. Romano. 26 June 2019. Telegranducato di Toscana.
11. Web site: Il Premio Capperuccio a Lisa Barsotti. 24 June 2019. Città di Livorno.
12. Web site: Capperuccio, il Lions Club Porto Mediceo premia Lisa Barsotti. LivornoToday. 4 June 2019.
13. Web site: Italy 2021. Inspiring Fifty: Italy. 2021.