Weinstein, Alan Jay

Committee Member — 103 thesises

• Bray, Bruce D. — A Determination of the Neutron Spin Structure Function gⁿ₁ with the 1995 HERMES Data (1998, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hourihane, Sophie Rose — A Glitch and the Matrix: Advances in Gravitational-Wave Glitch Mitigation and Acceleration of Pulsar Timing Analyses (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• O'Callaghan-Hay, Bridget Mary Geraldine — A High Pressure Xenon Time Projection Chamber for Double Beta Decay (1989, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chadha, Mandeepa — A Measurement of the Michel Parameters ρ and ƞ in Leptonic Tau Decays (1998, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mastromarino, Peter A. — A Precision Low-Energy Measurement of the Weak Mixing Angle in Møller Scattering (2004, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Goggin, Lisa Maria — A Search for Gravitational Waves from Perturbed Black Hole Ringdowns in LIGO Data (2008, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ochoa Ricoux, Juan Pedro — A Search for Muon Neutrino to Electron Neutrino Oscillations in the MINOS Experiment (2010, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lipeles, Elliot — A Study of the Fully Differential Inclusive Semileptonic B Meson Decay Rate (2004, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Shvorob, Alexander — A Study of W Boson Properties with Four-Jet W⁺W⁻ Events at LEP (2001, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Boyle, Michael — Accurate Gravitational Waveforms from Binary Black-hole Systems (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Himmel, Alexander I. — Antineutrino Oscillations in the Atmospheric Sector (2011, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mitman, Keefe Edward Alden — Asymptotics with Numerical Relativity: Gravitational Memory, BMS Frames, and Nonlinearities (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Varma, Vadapalli Vijay S. — Black Hole Simulations: From Supercomputers to Your Laptop (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Tucker, Rebecca Suzanne — Characterization of Detectors and Instrument Systematics for the SPIDER CMB Polarimeter (2014, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hills, Malina Manon — Characterization of Reaction Intermediates and Adsorbate Interactions on the Ru(001) Surface (1987, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Barkett, Kevin Michael Canice — Computational Methods for Gravitational Wave Physics: Spectral Cauchy-Characteristic Extraction and Tidal Splicing (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Pollack, Jason Aaron — Constraints on Cosmology and Quantum Gravity from Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Field Theory (2017, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Koh, Danny Towsian — Continuous Long Term Observations of Accreting Pulsars (1998, 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.))
• Anand, Shreya — Cosmic Gold Mining: Hunting for the Astrophysical Sites of r-Process Nucleosynthesis (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Boddy, Kimberly K. — Cosmological Consequences of Dark Matter Interactions and Vacuum Fluctuations (2014, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Yeaton-Massey, David Joseph — Cryogenic Silicon Optical Reference Cavities (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Remmen, Grant Newton — Defining Gravity: Effective Field Theory, Entanglement, and Cosmology (2017, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Orchanian, Mhair-Armen Hagop — Electron Neutrino Appearance in the MINOS Experiment (2012, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Habib, Sarah Mary — Error Quantification and Mitigation for Numerical Compact Binary Waveforms (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Pike, Sean Nicholas — Exploring the Mass Accretion Rates of Neutron Star X-Ray Binaries and the Properties of Cadmium Zinc Telluride for Hard X-Ray Astronomy (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chen, Yi — Extraction of CP Properties of the H(125) Boson Discovered in Proton-Proton Collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 and 8 TeV with the CMS Detector at the LHC (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zhang, Zhicai — First Observation of the Production of Three Massive Vector Bosons and Search for Long-Lived Particles using Delayed Photons in pp Collisions at √s = 13 TeV (2021, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Leok, Melvin — Foundations of Computational Geometric Mechanics (2004, 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.))
• Handmer, Casey John — Gauge Invariant Spectral Cauchy Characteristic Extraction of Gravitational Waves in Computational General Relativity (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lee, Hok Kong — Gauge Theory and Supergravity Duality in the PP-Wave Background (2005, 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.))
• Mathur, Sudhi — Gravitational Wave Polarizations: A Test of General Relativity Using Binary Black Hole Mergers (2020, Senior thesis (Major))
• Chatwin-Davies, Aidan Émile — Gravity Informed (2018, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chalermsongsak, Tara — High Fidelity Probe and Mitigation of Mirror Thermal Fluctuations (2014, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Quintero, Eric Antonio — Improving the Performance and Sensitivity of Gravitational Wave Detectors (2018, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Anderson, Dustin James — Inclusive Searches for Supersymmetry at √s = 13 TeV Using Razor Kinematic Variables, and Data Scouting Using the CMS Trigger System (2018, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Okuda, Takuya — Large N Dualities in Topological String Theory (2005, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ward, Robert Lawrence — Length Sensing and Control of a Prototype Advanced Interferometric Gravitational Wave Detector (2010, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chen, Ge — Localized Fast Radio Bursts Using DSA-110 (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Martynov, Denis V. — Lock Acquisition and Sensitivity Analysis of Advanced LIGO Interferometers (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Evans, Matthew John — Lock Acquisition in Resonant Optical Interferometers (2002, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hall, Evan Drew — Long-Baseline Laser Interferometry for the Detection of Binary Black-Hole Mergers (2017, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Samuel, Alexander — Measurement of Branching Fractions and Mass Spectra in B → Kππγ Decays (2006, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mendenhall, Michael Praetorius — Measurement of the Neutron Beta Decay Asymmetry using Ultracold Neutrons (2014, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ogin, Gregory H. — Measurement of Thermo-Optic Properties of Thin Film Dielectric Coatings (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Korth, William Zachary — Mitigating Noise in Interferometric Gravitational Wave Detectors (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Norte, Richard Alexander — Nanofabrication for On-Chip Optical Levitation, Atom-Trapping, and Superconducting Quantum Circuits (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Duarte, Javier Mauricio Gonzalez — Naturalness Confronts Nature: Searches for Supersymmetry with the CMS Detector in pp Collisions at √s = 8 and 13 TeV (2017, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Legred, Isaac Norman — Neutron Stars: Robust Constraints on Dense Matter from Astrophysics (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Cerri, Olmo — New Physics Tools for Discovery, a New Era of Timing Detector, and Lepton Flavor Universality Test at CMS (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Schmid, Riccardo — New Search for the Neutron Electric Dipole Moment Using Ultracold Neutrons at the Spallation Neutron Source (2014, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Driggers, Jennifer Clair — Noise Cancellation for Gravitational Wave Detectors (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Helgason, Hannes — Nonparametric Detection and Estimation of Highly Oscillatory Signals (2008, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Okounkova, Maria — Numerical Relativity Beyond General Relativity (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sun, Werner Man-Li — Observation of B → K⁰ₛ π⁺ π⁻ and B → K*(892)⁺⁻π⁻⁺ and Measurement of the Charge Asymmetry in B → K*(892)⁺⁻π⁻⁺ (2003, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Golomb, Jacob Matthew — Probing Astrophysics, Cosmology, and Nuclear Physics with Gravitational Waves from Black Holes and Neutron Stars (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Li, Ka Yue Alvin — Probing the Higher Redshift Universe by Studying Strong Lensing of Gravitational Waves and Enhancing Search Sensitivity of the GstLAL Search Pipeline (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Xu, Yanjun — Probing the Inner Accretion Flow Properties Around Black Holes with X-ray Observations (2021, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Toner, Benjamin Francis — Quantifying Quantum Nonlocality (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• DeJongh, Don Frederic — Resonant Substructure in Kπππ Decays of D Mesons (1990, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Udall, Rhiannon Pollard — Robust Gravitational Wave Analysis at the Catalog Scale (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Miller, Simona Jane — Robustly Measuring the Spins of Binary Black Holes with Gravitational Waves (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Yang, Yong — Search for a Standard Model Higgs Boson Decaying to Two Photons in CMS at the LHC (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Piatenko, Timofei — Search for B → (ρ/ω)γ decays at BABAR (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Patel, Pinkesh Kiritbhai — Search for Gravitational Waves from a Nearby Neutron Star Using Barycentric Resampling (2011, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Xia, Lei — Search for Scalar Leptons at LEP with the L3 Detector (2003, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mao, Jiajing — Search for Supersymmetry Using Higgs Boson to Diphoton Decays and Search for Long-Lived Particles Using Out-of-Time Trackless Jets at √s = 13 TeV (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Peña, Cristián Herrera — Searches for New Physics at the Compact Muon Solenoid Experiment and Precision Timing Calorimetry (2017, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Nguyen, Thong Quang — Searches for Nonresonant Higgs Boson Pair Production and Long-Lived Particles at the LHC and Machine-Learning Solutions for the High-Luminosity LHC Era (2022, 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.))
• Sachdev, Surabhi — Searching for Gravitational Waves from Compact Binary Coalescences in Advanced LIGO Data (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Callister, Thomas Alfred, III — Searching for the Astrophysical Gravitational-Wave Background and Prompt Radio Emission from Compact Binaries (2020, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mason, James Edward — Signal Extraction and Optical Design for an Advanced Gravitational Wave Interferometer (2001, 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.))
• Gataullin, Marat I. — Studies of Electroweak Interactions and Searches for New Physics Using Photonic Events with Missing Energy at the Large Electron-Positron Collider (2006, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Veverka, Jan — Studies of Zγ Production and Constraints on Anomalous Triple Gauge Couplings in pp Collisions at √s = 7 TeV (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Swanson, Ian Jakov — Superstring Holography and Integrability in AdS₅ x S⁵ (2005, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Blackman, Jonathan Lloyd — Surrogate Models of Gravitational Waves from Numerical Relativity Simulations of Binary Black Hole Mergers (2017, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wu, Xinkai — Testing Gauge/Gravity Duality: The Eleven-Dimensional PP-Wave (2004, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Erickcek, Adrienne Lynn — The Consequences of Modifying Fundamental Cosmological Theories (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Cenko, Stephen Bradley — The Energetics and Environments of Swift Gamma-Ray Bursts (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Privitera, Stephen M. — The Importance of Spin for Observing Gravitational Waves from Coalescing Compact Binaries with LIGO and Virgo (2014, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• McLoughlin, Tristan — The Near-Penrose Limit of AdS/CFT (2005, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Singer, Leo Pound — The Needle in the 100 deg² Haystack: The Hunt for Binary Neutron Star Mergers with LIGO and Palomar Transient Factory (2015, 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.))
• Ogliore, Ryan Christopher — The Sulfur, Argon, and Calcium Isotopic Composition of the Galactic Cosmic Ray Source (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mandel, Ilya — The Three Ss of Gravitational-Wave Astronomy: Sources, Signals, Searches (2008, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zhang, Fan — Tools for the Study of Dynamical Spacetimes (2014, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• O'Connor, Evan Patrick — Topics in Core-Collapse Supernova Theory: The Formation of Black Holes and the Transport of Neutrinos (2012, 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.))
• 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.))
• Salem, Michael Phillip — Topics in Theoretical Particle Physics and Cosmology (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Pan, Yi — Topics of LIGO Physics: Template Banks for the Inspiral of Precessing, Compact Binaries, and Design of the Signal-Recycling Cavity for Advanced LIGO (2006, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Patrone, Samuel — Tracing New Physics: From Symmetry to Observation (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Payne, Ethan W. — Understanding Gravitational Waves and Their Sources: Robust Inference, Tests of Gravity, and Future Prospects (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Nichols, David Andrew — Visualizing, Approximating, and Understanding Black-Hole Binaries (2012, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kaplan, Jeffrey Daniel — Where Tori Fear to Trend: Hypermassive Neutron Star Remnants and Absolute Event Horizons or Topics in Computational General Relativity (2014, Dissertation (Ph.D.))