Home People Teaching Staff Tjonnie G. F. LI

Education:

• PhD (Hons), VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2013
• MSci, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, 2009
• BA (Hons), University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, 2008

Position:

• 2020-now, Associate Professor, Department of Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
• 2016-2020, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
• 2015-2016, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
• 2013-2015, Rubicon Fellow, LIGO Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
• 2009-2013, PhD Candidate, Dutch National Institute for Subatomic Physics (Nikhef)

Research Interest:

• Gravitational-wave physics

Honours and Awards:

• CRubicon Fellowship, The Netherlands Organisation for Scientic Research (2013)
• Stefano Braccini Thesis Prize, Gravitational Wave International Committee (2013)

Selected Recent Publications:

• M. Agathos, J. Meidam, W. Del Pozzo, T. G. F. Li, M. Tompitak, J. Veitch, S. Vitale, and C. Van Den Broeck. "Constraining the neutron star equation of state with gravitational wave signals from coalescing binary neutron stars". Phys. Rev. D 92.2, 023012 (July 2015). arXiv: 1503.05405 [gr-qc]
• M. Agathos, W. Del Pozzo, T. G. F. Li, C. Van Den Broeck, J. Veitch, and S. Vitale. "TIGER: A data analysis pipeline for testing the strong-field dynamics of general relativity with gravitational wave signals from coalescing compact binaries". Phys. Rev. D 89.8, 082001 (Apr. 2014). arXiv: 1311.0420 [gr-qc]
• W. Del Pozzo, T. G. F. Li, M. Agathos, C. Van Den Broeck, and S. Vitale. "Demonstrating the Feasibility of Probing the Neutron-Star Equation of State with Second-Generation Gravitational-Wave Detectors". Phys. Rev. Lett 111.7, 071101 (Aug. 2013). arXiv: 1307.8338 [gr-qc]
• T. G. F. Li, W. Del Pozzo, S. Vitale, C. Van Den Broeck, M. Agathos, J. Veitch, K. Grover, T. Sidery, R. Sturani, and A. Vecchio. "Towards a generic test of the strong field dynamics of general relativity using compact binary coalescence". Phys. Rev. D 85.8, 082003 (Apr. 2012). arXiv: 1110.0530 [gr-qc]
• S. Vitale, W. Del Pozzo, T. G. F. Li, C. Van Den Broeck, I. Mandel, B. Aylott, and J. Veitch. "Effect of calibration errors on Bayesian parameter estimation for gravitational wave signals from inspiral binary systems in the advanced detectors era". Phys. Rev. D 85.6, 064034 (Mar. 2012). arXiv: 1111.3044 [gr-qc]
• W. Zhao, C. Van Den Broeck, D. Baskaran, and T. G. F. Li. "Determination of dark energy by the Einstein Telescope: Comparing with CMB, BAO, and SNIa observations". Phys. Rev. D 83.2, 023005 (Jan. 2011). arXiv:1009.0206 [astro-ph.CO]