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Dr. Stefan W. Ballmer

Professor of Physics & LIGO Instrument Scientist
Department of Physics & Syracuse Gravitational Wave Group, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, United States

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Research biography & scholarly focus

Dr. Ballmer is an internationally recognized physicist who contributed to the historic Nobel Prize-winning detection of gravitational waves, designing optical sensors and quantum readouts for Advanced LIGO.

Primary Subject Domain: PHYSICS
Department / Faculty: Department of Physics & Syracuse Gravitational Wave Group
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