Maya Fishbach

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Maya Fishbach is an assistant professor in the Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics at the University of Toronto. She is a gravitational-wave astrophysicist and member of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration. Fishbach uses gravitational waves to study black holes and neutron stars and their implications for stellar evolution, the growth of galaxies, and the cosmic expansion history.


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Exploring the Black Hole Population with an Open Mind

A new model describes the population of black hole binaries without assumptions on the shape of their distribution—a capability that could boost the discovery potential of gravitational-wave observations. Read More »