Emiko C Gardiner

I am a graduate student in the UC Berkeley Astronomy department, where I apply computational and theoretical methods to study supermassive black holes. As a member of the North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves, I use population synthesis simulations to predict detections of continuous gravitational waves from the loudest supermassive black hole binaries and the anisotropies they induce in the stochastic gravitational wave background. These signatures serve as probes to better understand the distribution of supermassive black holes, as well as their environments, evolution, and merger histories. I also enjoy traveling, playing rugby, practicing yoga, and playing piano.