Eric Thrane

Eric Thrane is a Professor at Monash University's School of Physics and Astronomy, specializing in gravitational wave astronomy, astrophysics, and cosmology. His work combines data from gravitational wave observatories like LIGO with electromagnetic telescope observations to study compact binaries, neutron stars, and black holes.

• Institution: Monash University (School of Physics and Astronomy)
• Research Themes: Gravitational waves, cosmology, Bayesian inference, dark matter detection

Thrane's recent research focuses on gravitational wave transient analysis, including GW231123, black hole mass-spin correlations, and nanohertz gravitational wave detection via pulsar timing arrays. He develops advanced Bayesian frameworks like GammaBayes for dark matter searches and Bilby for gravitational wave inference.

His group publishes extensively in journals like Physical Review D, Monthly Notices of the RAS, and Nature Astronomy. Collaborations span LIGO, Virgo, OzGrav, and the Cherenkov Telescope Array. Thrane leads major grants including a $460K ARC Discovery Project and contributes to $37M OzGrav 2 center.

• Awards: Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2016), ARC Future Fellowship (2015)
• Outreach: Featured in ABC National Breakfast, Catalyst, and The Conversation