Research

The discovery of gravitational waves from colliding black holes in 2015 (the beginning of my PhD!) has revolutionized Astrophysics. In my research, I study one of the most violent events known in the Universe, such as colliding black holes or exploding stars. I work on a wide range of searches for gravitational waves. I use model-independent search methods that discovered in real time the very first gravitational-wave. I am most interested in looking for astrophysical sources with exceptional properties.

You can find more detailed information on what I do in this video: youtube or look at my Curriculum Vitea.

Selected Publications:

• M. J. Szczepanczyk, et al. An Optically Targeted Search for Gravitational Waves emitted by Core-Collapse Supernovae during the Third Observing Runs of Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo, arXiv:2305.16146 [astro-ph.HE]
• B. P. Abbott et al. An Optically Targeted Search for Gravitational Waves emitted by Core-Collapse Supernovae during the First and Second Observing Runs of Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo arXiv:1908.03584 [astro-ph.HE]
• M. J. Szczepanczyk, et al. Detecting and reconstructing gravitational waves from the next Galactic core-collapse supernova in the Advanced Detector Era arXiv:2104.06462 [astro-ph.HE]
• M. J. Szczepanczyk, et al. Observing an intermediate mass black hole GW190521 with minimal assumptions arXiv:2009.11336 [astro-ph.HE]