Gabrielle Allen

Gabrielle Allen is Professor and Director of the School of Computing at the University of Wyoming, with joint appointments in Mathematics and Physics. She holds a Ph.D. in Physics from Cardiff University and a Master's from Cambridge.

Her research develops community-driven scientific software for computational astrophysics, including the Cactus Framework and Einstein Toolkit for gravitational wave simulations. She pioneers cyberinfrastructure for multi-messenger astronomy and high-performance computing education.

• Gordon Bell Prize (2001) and IEEE Scalable Computing Award (2009)
• Fellow of the American Physical Society (2017)
• $3.8M NSF grant for AI infrastructure in Wyoming (2024)

She leads national initiatives in computational science workforce development and serves on advisory boards for Irish and Welsh supercomputing centers.