Alessandra Corsi

Alessandra Corsi is the W. H. Miller Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Johns Hopkins University (JHU), having moved there from Texas Tech University (TTU) in 2024. Her research focuses on multi-messenger time-domain astronomy, emphasizing relativistic radio transients and gravitational wave physics. She was a key contributor to the discovery of the radio afterglow from GW170817, the first observed neutron star merger detected via gravitational waves. Corsi’s work is funded by the NSF, NASA, and the DOE, with grants including an NSF CAREER award. She is also a member of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration, advancing projects like the next-generation Very Large Array (ngVLA) and the Cosmic Explorer gravitational-wave detector.

Her research interests span core-collapse supernovae, gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), and the study of long-lived gravitational waves from astrophysical events. Corsi has been recognized with prestigious awards, including the 2022 New Horizons in Physics Breakthrough Prize and the Edith and Peter O’Donnell Award in Science. She mentors a diverse group of students, including undergraduates, graduates, and post-doctoral researchers, and teaches courses in radio astronomy and astrophysics at both JHU and TTU.

• Grants: NSF CAREER Award, NASA Guest Investigator Programs, DOE-funded resilience solutions for multi-messenger astrophysics.
• Labs/Teams: LIGO Scientific Collaboration, ngVLA development consortium, Cosmic Explorer initiative.