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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2020 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For groundbreaking discoveries in general relativity and gravitational wave science, advancing our understanding of the singularities and global structure of spacetime and the nature of astrophysical signatures in gravitational wave experiments and for promoting gravitational research worldwide
  • 2003 - Member of the European Academy of Sciences

Overview

Susan M. Scott is affiliated with the Australian National University in Australia. Their primary field of study is Physics and Astronomy, with a notable focus on Astronomy and Astrophysics. Their work covers subfields such as Oceanography, Atomic and Molecular Physics, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.

The scientist's research concentrates on several key topics, including:

  • Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
  • Geophysics and Gravity Measurements
  • Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
  • Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
  • Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing
  • Relativity and Gravitational Theory
  • Phonocardiography and Auscultation Techniques

Among their recent papers are:

  • Gravitational-wave physics and astronomy in the 2020s and 2030s (2021), Nature Reviews Physics
  • Self-calibration of Networks of Gravitational Wave Detectors (2020), arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Index (2022), Cambridge University Press eBooks
  • Neonatal Heart sound Classification Based on Machine Learning (2025), SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Title Pending (2025), Zygon®

Susan M. Scott has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • B. S. Sathyaprakash
  • Tsvi Piran
  • P. J. Sutton
  • M. Bailes
  • B. K. Berger

Their publications appear in various venues, notably arXiv (Cornell University), Nature Reviews Physics, Cambridge University Press eBooks, SSRN Electronic Journal, and Zygon®.

Scott has contributed to book publications as well, including a title published by Cambridge University Press: A First Course in General Relativity (2022), which has been cited extensively.

Honors awarded to Susan M. Scott include:

  • Fellow of American Physical Society (APS), 2020, with a citation recognizing contributions to general relativity and gravitational wave science and the promotion of gravitational research worldwide
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences, 2003

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

  • 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

  • Binary Black Hole Population Properties Inferred from the First and Second Observing Runs of Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott

  • A gravitational wave observatory operating beyond the quantum shot-noise limit

    J. Abadie;B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott

Frequent Co-Authors

N. A. Robertson
N. A. Robertson California Institute of Technology
Bruce Allen
Bruce Allen Max Planck Society
Bernard F. Schutz
Bernard F. Schutz Cardiff University
J. A. Giaime
J. A. Giaime Louisiana State University
Alessandra Buonanno
Alessandra Buonanno Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
Maria Alessandra Papa
Maria Alessandra Papa Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
Karsten Danzmann
Karsten Danzmann Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
David E. McClelland
David E. McClelland Australian National University
Roman Schnabel
Roman Schnabel Universität Hamburg
Nelson Christensen
Nelson Christensen Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur

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