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D-Index
141
Citations
131771
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388
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Physics in Australia Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Physics in Australia Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Physics in Australia Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Physics in Australia Leader Award
  • 2017 - Walter Boas Medal, Australian Institute of Physics
  • 2014 - OSA Fellows David E. McClelland Australian National University, Australia For leadership in developing squeezed light for improving the sensitivity of the LIGO gravitational wave detectors.
  • 2013 - Joseph F. Keithley Award For Advances in Measurement Science, American Physical Society
  • 2010 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For his groundbreaking experimental work in techniques to extend the sensitivity of gravitational wave detection beyond the standard quantum limit and for promoting worldwide collaboration in gravitational wave research

Overview

David E. McClelland is an active researcher affiliated with the Australian National University in Australia. Their work primarily focuses on Physics and Astronomy, with a significant contribution in the intersecting subfields of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Ocean Engineering, Finance, and Management Science and Operations Research.

The scientist has published extensively in various academic venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Classical and Quantum Gravity
  • Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
  • Applied Physics Letters
  • Investment Analysts Journal

Several topics have been a main focus of their work:

  • Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
  • Mechanical and Optical Resonators
  • Geophysics and Sensor Technology
  • Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates
  • Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
  • Advanced Frequency and Time Standards
  • Financial Markets and Investment Strategies

Their recent papers include notable research such as:

  • Gravitational-wave physics and astronomy in the 2020s and 2030s, 2021, Nature Reviews Physics
  • A cryogenic silicon interferometer for gravitational-wave detection, 2020, Classical and Quantum Gravity
  • Tunable narrow-linewidth laser at 2 μm wavelength for gravitational wave detector research, 2020, Optics Express
  • LIGO's quantum response to squeezed states, 2021, Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
  • The Next Generation Global Gravitational Wave Observatory: The Science Book, 2021, Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS)

David E. McClelland collaborates frequently with several other researchers, including:

  • B. J. J. Slagmolen
  • T. McRae
  • B. S. Sathyaprakash
  • S. Katsanevas
  • M. Punturo

Their awards include recognition by professional organizations such as:

  • Walter Boas Medal, Australian Institute of Physics, 2017
  • OSA Fellows, 2014, recognized for leadership in developing squeezed light techniques for improving LIGO gravitational wave detectors
  • Joseph F. Keithley Award For Advances in Measurement Science, American Physical Society, 2013
  • Fellow of American Physical Society (APS), 2010, cited for groundbreaking experimental work extending gravitational wave detection sensitivity beyond the standard quantum limit and fostering international collaboration

Best Publications

  • Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger

    B. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;M. R. Abernathy

  • GW170817: observation of gravitational waves from a binary neutron star inspiral

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;F. Acernese

  • GW151226: observation of gravitational waves from a 22-solar-mass binary black hole coalescence

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott

  • GWTC-1: A Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog of Compact Binary Mergers Observed by LIGO and Virgo during the First and Second Observing Runs

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott

  • Gravitational Waves and Gamma-Rays from a Binary Neutron Star Merger: GW170817 and GRB 170817A

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;F. Acernese

  • GW170104: Observation of a 50-Solar-Mass Binary Black Hole Coalescence at Redshift 0.2

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;F. Acernese

  • GW170814: A three-detector observation of gravitational waves from a binary black hole coalescence

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;F. Acernese

  • GW170817: Measurements of Neutron Star Radii and Equation of State.

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;F. Acernese

  • Prospects for Observing and Localizing Gravitational-Wave Transients with Advanced LIGO, Advanced Virgo and KAGRA

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;M. R. Abernathy

  • Tests of general relativity with GW150914

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;M. R. Abernathy

  • Binary Black Hole Mergers in the First Advanced LIGO Observing Run

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott

  • Predictions for the rates of compact binary coalescences observable by ground-based gravitational-wave detectors

    J. Abadie;B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;M. Abernathy

  • Predictions for the Rates of Compact Binary Coalescences Observable by Ground-based Gravitational-wave Detectors

    J. Abadie;B. P. Abbott

  • GW170608: Observation of a 19-solar-mass Binary Black Hole Coalescence

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott

  • GW170608: Observation of a 19 solar-mass binary black hole coalescence

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;F. Acernese

  • Properties of the Binary Neutron Star Merger GW170817

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;F. Acernese

  • Binary Black Hole Mergers in the first Advanced LIGO Observing Run

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott

  • Exploring the Sensitivity of Next Generation Gravitational Wave Detectors

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;M. R. Abernathy

  • Enhanced sensitivity of the LIGO gravitational wave detector by using squeezed states of light

    J. Aasi;J. Abadie;B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott

  • Characterization of the LIGO detectors during their sixth science run

    J. Aasi;J. Abadie;B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott

Frequent Co-Authors

N. A. Robertson
N. A. Robertson California Institute of Technology
J. A. Giaime
J. A. Giaime Louisiana State University
Bruce Allen
Bruce Allen Max Planck Society
Alessandra Buonanno
Alessandra Buonanno Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
Bernard F. Schutz
Bernard F. Schutz Cardiff University
Roman Schnabel
Roman Schnabel Universität Hamburg
Karsten Danzmann
Karsten Danzmann Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
Maria Alessandra Papa
Maria Alessandra Papa Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics

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