Gabriela González
APS Vice President
Boyd Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University
Education History
- PhD, Physics, Syracuse University (1995)
- Licenciatura (~B.Sc.),Physics, Córdoba National University, Argentina (1988)
Top 5 Honors, Awards, or Recognition
- Elected member, US National Academy of Sciences (2017)
- US National Academy of Sciences Award for Scientific Discovery (2017)
- Jesse W. Beams Award, Southeastern Section of American Physical Society (2016)
- Fellow, American Physical Society (2007)
- Edward A. Bouchet Award, American Physical Society (2007)
Most Recent APS Volunteer History
- APS General Councilor (2021 - Present)
- Member, APS Mission-Vision-Values Working Group (2023 - 2024)
- Member, APS Innovation Fund Committee (2022 - 2023)
- Chair, DGRAV (2021)
Membership in Other Societies
- American Astronomical Society (AAS)
- American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
- International Society for General Relativity and Gravitation (ISGRG)
- National Society of Hispanic Physicists (NSHP)
- National Society of Black Physicists (NSBP)
Other Relevant Experience
- I was spokesperson of the international LIGO Scientific Collaboration (with more than 1,000 members) from 2011-2017 and participated in the announcement in 2016 of the first gravitational wave detected from the merger of black holes.
- Former member, Astro2020 Astrophysical Decadal Committee
- Member, Committee of Astronomy and Astrophysics, National Academy of Sciences
- Editor in Chief, Classical and Quantum Gravity (2019-2022)