New Member
New member in the Gravitational Waves group
May 8, 2025
Gravitational Waves GroupSakshi Satish Madekar joined the Gravitational Waves group as a PhD student
Sakshi Satish Madekar holds a Master’s degree in Physics with a Minor in Data Science from IISER Mohali, India. She completed her final year project on testing General Relativity using Gravitational Waves at the University of Mississippi. She is a DocFam+ and Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellow and has joined the Gravitational Wave Group at IFAE to pursue her PhD. Her research is focused on the application of gravitational wave observations to gain deeper insights into the physics of compact binary mergers.
Welcome Sakshi!

Results
LIGO, Virgo and KAGRA observed 'second generation' black holes for the first time
October 29, 2025
LVK announced the detection of two gravitational-wave signals — designated GW241011 and GW241110 — that indicate the merger of binary black holes exhibiting unusual mass ratios and spin orientations.
