Casey Daniel McGrath

I am a gravitational wave astrophysicist. I primarily work on the joint ESA/NASA mission LISA ("Laser Interferometer Space Antenna"), an upcoming space-based interferometer to search for gravitational wave sources such as black hole and ultra compact binaries. In this effort I contribute to data analysis and pipeline development.

I also study pulsar timing, which uses pulsars across our galaxy to search for the signatures of gravitational waves coming from sources such as supermassive black hole binaries. There I have mostly contributed to waveform modeling.

I am also interested in mission concept development for future space-based gravitational wave detectors beyond LISA. Especially methods in the "micro-Hertz" gravitational wave band, the portion of the gravitational wave spectrum between space-based interferometers like LISA and pulsar timing arrays.

• Lecturer, "Survey of Astronomy" (Astronomy 103) - Spring 2020 - University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
• Instructor, "The Art & Science of Teaching Physics" (Physics 610G) - Fall 2018, Fall 2019 - University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

PhD in Physics - University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (2021)

BS in Physics / BS in Mathematics - University of Redlands (2014)