Chen, Yanbei

Committee Member — 80 thesises

• Goggin, Lisa Maria — A Search for Gravitational Waves from Perturbed Black Hole Ringdowns in LIGO Data (2008, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Krause, Alexander Grey — Acceleration Sensing, Feedback Cooling, and Nonlinear Dynamics with Nanoscale Cavity-Optomechanical Devices (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Boyle, Michael — Accurate Gravitational Waveforms from Binary Black-hole Systems (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Tam, Heywood — An Investigation of Spontaneous Lorentz Violation and Cosmic Inflation (2010, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Murchikova, Elena M. — Astrophysical Applications of Quantum Mechanics (2018, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mitman, Keefe Edward Alden — Asymptotics with Numerical Relativity: Gravitational Memory, BMS Frames, and Nonlinearities (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bode, Jason Nathaniel — Black Hole Mergers and Their Electromagnetic Counterparts (2011, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Li, Dongjun — Black Hole Perturbation Theory Beyond General Relativity and Holographic Gravity in Flat Spacetime (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Varma, Vadapalli Vijay S. — Black Hole Simulations: From Supercomputers to Your Laptop (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Stoica, Bogdan — Boundary Relative Entropy as Quasilocal Energy: Positive Energy Theorems and Tomography (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hong, Ting — Brownian Thermal Noise in Interferometric Gravitational Wave Detectors and Single Photon Optomechanics (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• MacMillan, Ian Alexander Ouellette — Cavities All the Way Down: Precision Measurement for Gravitational Waves and Quantum Spacetime (2027, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wilson, Dalziel Joseph — Cavity Optomechanics with High Stress Silicon Nitride Films (2012, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lei, Chan U — Circuit Cavity Electromechanics in the Quantum Regime (2017, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Barkett, Kevin Michael Canice — Computational Methods for Gravitational Wave Physics: Spectral Cauchy-Characteristic Extraction and Tidal Splicing (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Cahillane, Craig Russell — Controlling and Calibrating Interferometric Gravitational Wave Detectors (2021, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gossan, Sarah Elizabeth — Core-Collapse Supernova Physics in the Multi-Messenger Era (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Book, Laura Grace — Cosmological Consequences of Gravitation: Structure Formation and Gravitational Waves (2012, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Suh, Junho — Coupled Dynamics of a Nanomechanical Resonator and Superconducting Quantum Circuits (2011, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Date, Aditya Ghanashyam — Coupled Oscillators with Generalized Dissipation (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Yeaton-Massey, David Joseph — Cryogenic Silicon Optical Reference Cavities (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Grudinin, Ivan Sergeevich — Crystalline Whispering Gallery Mode Resonators for Quantum and Nonlinear Optics (2008, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Habib, Sarah Mary — Error Quantification and Mitigation for Numerical Compact Binary Waveforms (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Du, Yufeng — From Dark Matter Searches to the Nature of Gravity: Quantum Sensors in Fundamental Physics (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Jose Maliakal, Shruti — From Gaussian to Non-Gaussian Quantum Sensing: Squeezing, Amplification, and Beyond (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Isi Bañales, Maximiliano — Fundamental Physics in the Era of Gravitational-Wave Astronomy: The Direct Measurement of Gravitational-Wave Polarizations and Other Topics (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Du, Song Ming — Fundamental Physics Through Gravitational Waves: From No-Hair Theorem to Quantum Structures of Black Holes (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Tso, Rhondale — Fundamental Ways to Probe Gravitational Waves Across Its Spectrum and Propagation (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Seymour, Brian Christopher — Future Prospects in Gravitational Waves: From Testing Fundamental Physics to Instruments beyond LIGO (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Handmer, Casey John — Gauge Invariant Spectral Cauchy Characteristic Extraction of Gravitational Waves in Computational General Relativity (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lo, Ka Lok (Rico) — Gravitational Wave Exotica - Advancing the Search for Signatures of Exotic Compact Objects and Gravitational Lensing from Data-Analysis and Theoretical Perspectives (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mark, Zachary R. — Gravitational Wave Signatures of Black Hole Physics (2021, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chalermsongsak, Tara — High Fidelity Probe and Mitigation of Mirror Thermal Fluctuations (2014, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chaudhary, Himanshu — High-Accuracy Binary Black Hole Simulations in SpEC (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Quintero, Eric Antonio — Improving the Performance and Sensitivity of Gravitational Wave Detectors (2018, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ng, Hui Khoon — Information Amidst Noise: Preserved Codes, Error Correction, and Fault Tolerance in a Quantum World (2010, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Markowitz, Aaron Gregory — Interferometric Precision Measurement with Macroscopic Silicon Optomechanics (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chan, Jasper — Laser Cooling of an Optomechanical Crystal Resonator to Its Quantum Ground State of Motion (2012, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ward, Robert Lawrence — Length Sensing and Control of a Prototype Advanced Interferometric Gravitational Wave Detector (2010, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Martynov, Denis V. — Lock Acquisition and Sensitivity Analysis of Advanced LIGO Interferometers (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hall, Evan Drew — Long-Baseline Laser Interferometry for the Detection of Binary Black-Hole Mergers (2017, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Korth, William Zachary — Mitigating Noise in Interferometric Gravitational Wave Detectors (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chen, Baoyi — Near-Horizon Black Hole Physics (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Patel, Ashay Naren — New Technologies for Control and Measurement of Polyatomic Molecules (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gupta, Anchal — Next-Generation Technologies for Gravitational Wave Detectors (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Driggers, Jennifer Clair — Noise Cancellation for Gravitational Wave Detectors (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Okounkova, Maria — Numerical Relativity Beyond General Relativity (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chu, Tony — Numerical Simulations of Black-Hole Spacetimes (2012, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Xu, Jian — Optical Light Manipulation and Imaging Through Scattering Media (2021, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sumner, Matthew Casey — Optimizing End-to-End System Performance for Millimeter and Submillimeter Spectroscopy of Protostars: Wideband Heterodyne Receivers and Sideband-Deconvolution Techniques for Rapid Molecular-Line Surveys (2011, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• De Lorenzo, Laura Anne — Optomechanics with Superfluid Helium-4 (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Direkci, Su — Probing and Harnessing Entanglement, Noise, and Dissipation across Quantum Metrology and Computing (2027, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Giesler, Matthew David — Probing the Nature of Black Holes with Gravitational Waves (2020, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Venugopalan, Gautam — Prototype Interferometry in the Era of Gravitational Wave Astronomy (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Weinstein, Aaron Jacob — Quantum Electromechanics with Two Tone Drive (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zhang, Yiwen — Quantum Gravity and Laser Interferometry: Towards Observable Predictions (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Tarafder, Rajashik — Quantum Metrology for Enhanced Gravitational-Wave Detection (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wollman, Emma Edwina — Quantum Squeezing of Motion in a Mechanical Resonator (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hopkins, Asa Sies — Reduced Order Models for Open Quantum Systems (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lee, Vincent Sze Him — Search for Dark Matter and Vacuum Quantum Gravity Fluctuations using Gravitational Wave Experiments (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Xiao, Liting — Searching for Gravitational Waves from Compact Binary Coalescences and Stochastic Backgrounds in the LIGO–Virgo Detector Network (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Keppel, Drew Garvin — Signatures and Dynamics of Compact Binary Coalescences and a Search in LIGO’s S5 Data (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Blackman, Jonathan Lloyd — Surrogate Models of Gravitational Waves from Numerical Relativity Simulations of Binary Black Hole Mergers (2017, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Helou, Bassam Mohamad — Testing Alternative Theories of Quantum Mechanics with Optomechanics, and Effective Modes for Gaussian Linear Optomechanics (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zhang, Cheng — The Development and Performance of the First BICEP Array Receiver at 30 and 40 GHz for Measuring the Polarized Synchrotron Foreground (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hodge, Kari Alison — The Search for Gravitational Waves from the Coalescence of Black Hole Binary Systems in Data from the LIGO and Virgo Detectors. Or: A Dark Walk through a Random Forest (2014, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Pang, Belinda Heyun — Theoretical Foundations for Quantum Measurement in a General Relativistic Framework (2018, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Minutolo, Lorenzo — Thermal Kinetic Inductance Detector (TKIDs) Camera: A Pathfinder mm-Wave Polarimeter (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zhang, Fan — Tools for the Study of Dynamical Spacetimes (2014, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zimmerman, Aaron Benjamin — Topics in Black Hole Perturbation Theory and the Visualization of Curved Spacetime (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bondarescu, Mihai — Topics in General Relativity (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Cohen, Michael Isaac — Topics in Gravitation – Numerical Simulations of Event Horizons and Parameter Estimation for LISA (2011, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ma, Sizheng — Topics in Gravitational Wave Physics: Black-Hole Spectroscopy, Neutron Star Dynamical Tides, and Numerical Relativity (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wang, Yijun — Topics in Gravitational Wave Physics: Lensing, Detection with Astrometry and Dark Siren Hubble Measurement (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Li, Xiang — Topics in Gravitational Wave Physics: Quantum Theory for Detector Improvement and High-Precision Modeling of Binary Black Hole Ringdown Waveform (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Yang, Huan — Topics in Gravitational-Wave Science: Macroscopic Quantum Mechanics and Black Hole Physics (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Li, Chao — Topics in Theoretical Astrophysics (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sun, Dongze — Toward LISA-Accurate Binary-Black-Hole Waveforms: Waveform Hybridization and Strong-Field Matching (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Luan, Jing — Toward Understanding Astrophysical Phenomena (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Nichols, David Andrew — Visualizing, Approximating, and Understanding Black-Hole Binaries (2012, Dissertation (Ph.D.))