J. Steinlechner
Jessica Steinlechner is Associate Professor (UHD) in the Department of Gravitational Waves and Fundamental Physics (GWFP) at Maastricht University. Within GWFP she is leading the research on mirror coatings for gravitational wave detectors.
- member of LIGO Scientific Collaboration (LSC)
- co-chair of the LSC optics working group
- senior representative of the LIGO Acdemic Advisory Committee (LAAC)
- member of the LSC DEI committee
- member of the Virgo Collaboration
- LIGO-Virgo-Kagra meeting committee co-chair
- member of the Einstein Telescope Instrument Science Board
- co-chair of the high-frequency core optics work package
Current projects:
- NWO Klein Project: Breaking the ice: Cold mirrors to discover the dark universe
- NWO Vidi Project: Quiet mirrors to discover our Universe
- ERC Starting Grant: MIRRORS
Career history
- since 2022: Associate Professor (UHD) of Physics, Maastricht University
- 2019 - 2022: Assistant Professor (UD) of Physics, Maastricht University
- 2016 - 2019: Postdoc at Institute of Laser Physics, University of Hamburg, Germany (75%) and Postdoc at Institute for Gravitational Research, Glasgow University, Scotland (25%)
- 2013 - 2016: Postdoc at Institute for Gravitational Research, Glasgow University, Scotland
- 2013: PhD in physics, Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), Leibniz University Hannover, Germany