Gabriela Sato-Polito

I’m Gabi, a postdoctoral member at the Institute for Advanced Study working on gravitational-wave astrophysics and cosmology. I am broadly interested in exploring astrophysical observations to tackle questions regarding the origin, evolution, and composition of the Universe. My primary research interest centers on measurements of low-frequency gravitational waves with pulsar timing arrays and what we can learn about the most massive black holes in the Universe from them, which you can read more about in the research tab. I will be moving to the University of Arizona as an assistant professor in the Department of Astronomy, starting Fall of 2027. Please feel free to reach out if you are interested in joining my group as a student or postdoc!

I received my PhD in 2023 from Johns Hopkins University, advised by Prof. Marc Kamionkowski. Before starting graduate school at JHU, I was an undergraduate in an interdisciplinary sciences program at Universidade de São Paulo, where I worked with Prof. Raul Abramo on the formation of large-scale structures in the matter distribution of the Universe.