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LI Ka Yau Elwin

LI Ka Yau Elwin / PHY-MPhil (2024)

Supervised by Otto HANNUKSELA

Education

  • MPhil student in Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2024 – Present
  • B.S. in Physics, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2020 – 2024

Research Interest

  • Gravitational-wave Physics

Research and Professional Experience

  • Searching for eccentric gravitational waves from compact binary coalescence, 2023-Present
    The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Professor Otto A. Hannuksela
    The California Institute of Technology, Professor Alan J. Weinstein
  • Searching for lensed gravitational waves from compact binary coalescence, 2024-Present
    The California Institute of Technology, Alvin K. Y. Li, Juno C. L. Chan

    • Look for possible lensed subthreshold counterparts to confirm gravitational waves
  • Measuring the surface glass transition temperature, the region of the change from a rigid “glassy” state to a flexible “rubbery” state of Polystyrene (PS) and Poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) using two different methods, 2022-2023
    The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Professor Tsui Ophelia Kwan Chui

Awards and Honors

  • LIGO Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURF), 2023
    The California Institute of Technology
  • HKSAR Government Scholarship Fund – Talent Development Scholarship, 2021-2022

Conference Presentations

  • LIGO Waveform Telecon 2023 Nov 2, 2023
    “A look at TEOBResumS eccentric – Pre-review TEOBResumS study Presentation” – Elwin Li

Other Skills

  • Language skills:
    • Fluent Cantonese (Native)
    • Fluent English
    • Fluent Mandarin
    • Moderate Japanese
  • Computational skills:
    • Python
    • C / C++
    • LabVIEW
    • Linux
    • HTCondor
    • Shell
    • LaTeX