My name is Nathaniel Leslie. I am a graduate student working with Professor Liang Dai on gravitational wave data analysis. I am currently interested in multi-messenger astronomy of double white dwarf systems with mHz gravitational waves and optical band light. Gravitational waves in this frequency band are not currently detectable, but they will be detectable in the mid-2030s using a triangular array of spacecraft that will orbit the sun behind the Earth called LISA. Using LISA and existing and future optical telescopes, we can learn information about these systems that we cannot measure with either data set alone, like the effect of tides on the orbital evolution. I am also very passionate about teaching. I have been teaching and developing Physics 188/288: Bayesian Data Analysis and Machine Learning for Physical Sciences and I hope to bring a course like it where I end up teaching in the future. In my free time, I enjoy playing double bass and electric bass, and playing board games and video games with my friends.
Nathaniel Leslie
