David Benjamin Keitel

David Benjamin Keitel is a Professor in Gravitational Physics at the University of the Balearic Islands (UIB) and a member of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration (LSC) since 2011. He leads gravitational wave research, focusing on neutron stars and black holes, with expertise in data analysis, numerical relativity simulations, and waveform modeling. His work spans astrophysical interpretation of cosmic mergers and practical parameter estimation for challenging gravitational wave detections.

• Alumni of University of Bonn (with Stony Brook experience) and Leibniz University Hannover (PhD at Albert Einstein Institute)
• Active roles: LSC Council member, Continuous Wave Analysis Group co-chair, Einstein Telescope & LISA collaborations

Key contributions include:

• Director of post-merger remnant searches for GW170817
• Lead editor of LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Science Summaries
• Code reviewer/maintainer for LALSuite continuous wave software

Scientific accolades:

• I3 research excellence certificate
• Two positive six-year evaluations
• Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow (2016-2018)
• Dennis Sciama Research Fellow (2018-2019)
• Beatriz Galindo Distinguished Research Fellow (2020-2023)

Teaching & grants:

• Supervised 2 PhDs, 2 master's theses, and 2 final degree projects
• Principal Investigator for national grant CNS2022-135440 (MCIN-AEI) and RES computational projects
• Active in Artemisa machine learning platform (5 usage periods)
• Teaches undergraduate (Physics II, Nuclear/Particle Physics, Relativity/Cosmology) and master's level courses (Gravitational Waves, Mass Data Processing)