Lorena Magana Zertuche

Lorena Magaña Zertuche is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Niels Bohr International Academy (NBIA) within the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen. She joined the institution in August 2024 after completing her PhD at the University of Mississippi. Her research focuses on black hole spectroscopy, particularly high-precision ringdown modeling, and she actively investigates the effects of lensing on black hole ringdown phenomena.

She is a member of the prestigious LIGO Scientific Collaboration and serves as a co-chair of the LISA Consortium's ringdown group, contributing to gravitational wave research. Her work aligns with the interdisciplinary mission of the Theoretical High Energy, Astroparticle and Gravitational Physics department, where she explores relativistic astrophysics and spacetime dynamics.

Her recent publication in Physical Review D introduces a high-precision ringdown surrogate model for nonprecessing binary black holes, reflecting her expertise in gravitational waveform analysis. While no scientific awards are explicitly mentioned, her collaborative roles indicate significant recognition in her field.