Scott Perkins, Ph.D.
Affiliations. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
7000 East Ave
Livermore, CA 94550
I’m a physicist focused on data analysis in observational astronomy (both gravitational waves and optical surveys). I’m generally interested in problems related to inference, uncertainty quantification, and general optimization, especially as they relate to physics and astrophysics.
Please reach out with questions, comments or ideas for research!
Note: Many parts of this site are under construction! Please forgive some of the unpolished posts!
news
| Jul 23, 2022 | I’m moving to Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in August of 2022 to work in the Astronomy and Astrophysics Analytics group! I’ll be working on studying the nature of dark matter using transient surveys. |
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| May 26, 2022 | I was featured in a short post from NCSA! Check it out! |
| Jul 2, 2020 | One of my coauthors (and lead author of the paper) wrote about some work we did! Check it out! |
selected publications
- Improved gravitational-wave constraints on higher-order curvature theories of gravityPhys. Rev. D 2021
- Probing Fundamental Physics with Gravitational Waves: The Next GenerationPhys. Rev. D 2021