Gregory Ashton

Gregory Ashton is a Senior Lecturer in Physics at the Department of Physics Astronomy, Royal Holloway, University of London. He holds a PhD from the University of Southampton (2016) and has held positions at the Albert Einstein Institute, Monash University, and the Institute for Cosmology and Gravitation. His research focuses on relativistic astrophysics, neutron stars, black holes, and gravitational waves. He actively contributes to the LIGO Scientific Collaboration, co-chairing the Compact Binary Group. His work spans signal processing, detector calibration, and algorithm development for gravitational wave detection.

Education:

• PhD in Physics (2016), University of Southampton

Research Interests:

• Gravitational wave astronomy and its implications for neutron stars/black holes
• Pulsar timing and astrophysical signal analysis
• Development of statistical methods in observational astronomy

Grants/Projects:

• Gravitational-wave Consolidator Grant (PI), STFC (2022–2025)
• Turing Network Development Award (CoI), Alan Turing Institute (2022)

Labs/Teams: Member of LIGO Scientific Collaboration, leading the Compact Binary Group. Affiliated with the Centre for Particle Physics and Astronomy.