Regular biography
Dr Andrew Wade is a Research Fellow in the Department of PHY at The Australian National University. His research interests include laser ranging technologies for space, gravitational wave instrumentation, thermal noise, quantum optics, precision metrology, and weak light interferometry. Wade completed his PhD at the ANU in 2016, focusing on quantum limited measurement in gravitational wave detectors. His work involves mentoring current and former students, including PhD candidates and Honours students, within the Centre for Gravitational Astrophysics.
Scholar-generated biography
Andrew Wade is a Postdoctoral Scholar at The Australian National University, specializing in Space Instrumentation, Physics, Gravitational Wave Detection, LIGO, and Quantum Optics. His research focuses on the detection and analysis of gravitational waves, with contributions to major discoveries such as the observation of binary black hole and neutron star mergers. Wade's work involves the development and optimization of gravitational wave detectors, including the use of quantum optics techniques to enhance sensitivity. His publications include studies on the implications of gravitational wave observations for general relativity and cosmology, as well as the localization of gravitational wave transients using multi-detector networks.