Sheila Rowan | |
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![]() Sheila Rowan at the Royal Society admissions day in London, July 2018 | |
Born | Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, Scotland | 25 November 1969
Alma mater | University of Glasgow (BSc, PhD) |
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Scientific career | |
Institutions | University of Glasgow Stanford University |
Thesis | Aspects of lasers for the illumination of interferometric gravitational wave detectors (1995) |
Doctoral advisor | James Hough[2] |
Website | gla.ac.uk/schools/physics/staff/sheilarowan |
Sheila Rowan CBE FRS FRSE FInstP[3] (born 25 November 1969) is a Scottish physicist and academic, who is Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Glasgow in Scotland, and director of its Institute for Gravitational Research since 2009.[4][5][6] She is known for her work in advancing the detection of gravitation waves. In 2016, Rowan was appointed the (part-time) Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government.[7]
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