Carlos Lousto

Carlos O. Lousto
Born
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Alma materNational University of La Plata (PhD, 1987)
University of Buenos Aires (PhD, 1992)
Known forBinary black hole simulations, gravitational recoil of black holes
AwardsFellow of the American Physical Society (2012)
Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2016)
Edward A. Bouchet Award (2019)
RAICES Award (2024)
Scientific career
FieldsNumerical relativity, gravitational wave astronomy, black hole physics
InstitutionsRochester Institute of Technology

Carlos O. Lousto is an Argentine-American astrophysicist and Distinguished Professor in the School of Mathematical Sciences at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). He is known for his contributions to numerical relativity and the simulation of binary black hole mergers, work that played a role in the interpretation of the first direct detection of gravitational waves by LIGO in 2015.

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