Members

GWIC member projects and their representatives

Chair
Matthew Bailes, Swinburne University (GWIC, 2017--, Chair 2023--)
Executive Secretary
David Shoemaker, MIT, 2016--

Member Projects

  • Cosmic Explorer
    Alessandra Corsi, John Hopkins University, 2025--
  • DECIGO
    Shuichi Sato, Hosei University, 2024--
  • Einstein Telescope
    Andreas Freise, NIKHEF, 2024--
    Michele Maggiore, Université de Genève, 2026--
  • European Pulsar Timing Array (EPTA)
    Golam Shaifullah, Universita degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, 2024--
  • LIGO-India
    Bala Iyer, International Centre for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS) of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), 2011--
    Sendhil Raja, Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology, 2023--
  • Indo-Japanese Pulsar Timing Array (InPTA)
    Bhal Chandra Joshi, National Centre of Radio Astrophysics Pune / Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, 2023--
  • KAGRA
    Takaaki Kajita, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, 2011--
    Masaki Ando, University of Tokyo, 2023--
  • LIGO
    David Reitze, California Institute of Technology and University of Florida, 2007--
    Steve Fairhurst, Cardiff University, 2025--
  • LISA ESA/NASA Science Team
    Anna Heffernan, University of the Balearic Islands, 2025 -
    Joey Shapiro Key, University of Washington Bothell, 2025--
  • LISA Community
    Jonathan Gair, Max Planck Albert Einstein Institute, Potsdam, 2025--
    Niels Warburton, University College Dublin, 2025—
  • NANOGrav
    Stephen Taylor, Vanderbilt University, 2023--
  • OzGrav
    PPTA: Matthew Bailes, Swinburne University, 2017--
    Audioband: David McClelland, Australian National University, 2017--
  • TianQin
    Jianwei Mei, Sun Yat-sen University, 2025--
  • Virgo
    Marie-Anne Bizouard, Directrice de recherche au CNRS, Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur, Nice, France 2026--
    Gianluca Gemme, Director of Research, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Genoa, Italy, 2023--
  • Theory Community
    Luis Lehner, Perimeter Institute, 2018--
  • IUPAP Affiliate Commission AC2 (International Commission on General Relativity and Gravitation)
    David Garfinkle, Oakland University, 2023--
  • IAU Commission D1 Representative
    Monica Colpi, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, 2024--
  • Karsten Danzmann, GEO 600, Albert-Einstein-Institut fur Gravitationsphysik and University of Hannover, 1997-2026
  • Sheila Rowan, GEO 600, University of Glasgow, 2009-2026
  • Giovanni Losurdo, Virgo, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Pisa, Italy 2020-2026
  • Michele Punturo, INFN-Perugia, 2009-2026
  • Peter Bender, LISA, 1997-1999
  • Guido Pizzella, EXPLORER/NAUTILUS, 1997-1999
  • Yoshihide Kozai, TAMA, 1998
  • John Sandeman, ACIGA, 1997-1999
  • William Folkner, LISA, 2000
  • David Blair, NIOBE, 1997-2002
  • Gary Sanders, LIGO, 1997-2003
  • Allain Brillet, Virgo, 1997-2004
  • Stan Whitcomb, LIGO, 2004-2005
  • Barry Barish, LIGO, 1997-2006 (Chair 1997-2003)
  • Peter Saulson, LIGO, 2005-2007
  • Adalberto Giazotto, Virgo, 1997-2007
  • David McClelland, ACIGA, 2000-2008
  • Kimio Tsubono, TAMA/LCGT, 2001-2008
  • Masa-Katsu Fujimoto, TAMA/LCGT 2000-2008
  • Andrea Lommen, NANOGrav, 2009-2011
  • Benoit Mours, Virgo, 2004-2011
  • Jay Marx, LIGO, 2006-2011
  • James Hough, GEO600, 1997-2011 (Chair 2007-2011)
  • William O. Hamilton, ALLEGRO, 1997-2011
  • Giorgio Frossati, MiniGRAIL, 2004-2011
  • Kazuaki Kuroda, LCGT, 2009-2011
  • Thomas Prince, LISA, 2001-2012
  • Dick Manchester, PPTA, 2009-2012
  • Maura McLaughlin, NANOGrav, 2011-2012
  • Jesper Munch, ACIGA, 2009-2013
  • Seiji Kawamura, KAGRA, 2009-2013
  • Francesco Fidecaro, Virgo, 2007-2014
  • Peter Veitch, ACIGA, 2013-2015
  • Frederick Jenet, NANOGrav, 2013-2015
  • Robin Stebbins, LISA, 2001-2016
  • Xavier Siemens, NANOGrav, 2015-2016
  • Lee Sam Finn, Executive Secretary, 1997-2007
  • Stan Whitcomb, Executive Secretary, 2007-2016
  • Gabriela Gonzalez, LIGO, Louisiana State University, 2011-2017
  • Jean-Yves Vinet, Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur, 2011-2017
  • Massimo Cerdonio, AURIGA, University of Padua and INFN, 1997-2017 (Chair 2003-2007)
  • Eugenio Coccia, NAUTILUS, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", 2000-2017 (Chair 2011-2015)
  • Bram Slagmolen, ACIGA, Australian National University, 2015-2017
  • Clifford Will, University of Florida, 2000-2018
  • Odylio D. Aguiar, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, Brazil, 2011-2018
  • Neil Cornish, Montana State University, 2012-2018
  • Maura McLaughlin, West Virginia University, 2016-2019
  • David Shoemaker, LIGO MIT, 2016-2019
  • Sheila Rowan, University of Glasgow (Chair 2015-2019)
  • Yoshio Saito, KEK, 2013-2020
  • Fulvio Ricci, University of Rome, "La Sapienza", 2014-2020
  • Marica Branchesi, Gran Sasso Science Institute, 2017-2021
  • Hisaaki Shinkai, Osaka Institute of Technology, 2020-2021
  • Beverly Berger, Stanford University, 2013-2023
  • Somak Raychaudhury, Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2017-2023
  • Scott Ransom, NRAO, 2019-2023
  • Jo van den Brand, Nikhef and VU University in Amsterdam, 2017-2023
  • Jun'ichi Yokoyama, RESCEU, University of Tokyo, 2021-2023
  • Seiji Kawamura, Nagoya University, 2020-2024
  • Michael Kramer, Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie and Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics (University of Manchester), 2009-2024
  • Kelly Holly-Bockelmann, LISA, Vanderbilt University, 2018-2025
  • Bernard Schutz, LISA, Albert-Einstein-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, 2001-2025
  • Ira Thorpe, LISA, Goddard Space Flight Center, 2016-2025
  • Stefano Vitale, LISA, University of Trento, 2001-2025
  • Matthew Evans, Cosmic Explorer, MIT, 2019-2025

GWIC's mission is to facilitate international collaboration and cooperation in the construction, operation and use of the major gravitational wave detection facilities world-wide. It is associated with the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics as its Working Group WG.11. Through this association, GWIC is connected with the International Society on General Relativity and Gravitation (IUPAP's Affiliated Commission AC.2), its Commission C19 (Astrophysics), and another Working Group, the AstroParticle Physics International Committee (APPIC).

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