Michael Williams

Dr. Michael Williams is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Cosmology & Gravitation under the Faculty of Technology, University of Portsmouth. His work focuses on gravitational wave physics, neutron star dynamics, and black hole binaries through collaborations with LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA detector networks.

• Active in gravitational wave detection and multi-messenger astronomy
• Developing AI algorithms for telescope targeting and signal processing
• Recipient of the IOP Trusted Reviewer status (2025)

His recent research includes premerger characterization of black hole binaries, continuous wave searches from pulsars, and gravitational wave-FRB counterpart detection. He contributes to open-source tools like nessai and bayesbeat, with 25 datasets released. Williams participates in conferences like the European AI for Fundamental Physics Conference and workshops on milli-hertz gravitational wave astrophysics.

• Key collaborations: LIGO, Virgo, KAGRA, GEO600
• Technical expertise: matched filtering, Bayesian inference, normalizing flows