Collin Capano

Collin Capano is a Research Associate Professor in the Physics department at Syracuse University. He holds a Ph.D. and B.S. in Physics from Syracuse University (2011 and 2005 respectively). His research focuses on gravitational wave astronomy, black hole spectroscopy, and computational methods for analyzing astrophysical data. He has led projects involving black hole ringdown analysis, neutron star equation of state studies, and multimessenger astronomy.

Dr. Capano has secured significant grants including a National Science Foundation award for developing black hole spectroscopy methods and desktop cluster infrastructure (2024-2026) and a Defense University Instrumentation Initiative grant (2022). He currently directs the Open Source Project Office at Syracuse University's Research Computing division.

His work has been published in top journals like Physical Review D, Nature Astronomy, and The Astrophysical Journal. Notable contributions include testing general relativity with GW170817 observations and constraining neutron star radii through combined gravitational-wave and electromagnetic data analysis.

Awarded the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft performance bonus (2020), he serves as a reviewer for leading journals including Physical Review Letters, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, and Classical and Quantum Gravity. He actively participates in international workshops and conferences, presenting on topics ranging from black hole spectroscopy to the future of gravitational wave astronomy.