Vanessa Graber

Vanessa Graber is a UKRI Future Leaders Fellow and Senior Lecturer in Physics at Royal Holloway, University of London. Her research focuses on neutron stars, combining astrophysics with condensed-matter physics and machine learning. She holds a PhD in Applied Mathematics from the University of Southampton and a Diplom in Physics from Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen. Previously, she was a Senior Lecturer in Data Science at the University of Hertfordshire and held postdoctoral positions at McGill University and the Institute of Space Sciences in Barcelona.

Research Interests:
- Macroscopic quantum phases in neutron stars
- Superfluid/superconducting dynamics in neutron star interiors
- Simulation-based inference with neural networks
- Laboratory analogues (e.g., superfluid helium, Bose-Einstein condensates)
- Neutron star population synthesis using SKA data

Awards:

• UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship (2024–2028)
• Juan de la Cierva Incorporación Fellowship (2022–2024)
• McGill Space Institute Fellow (2016–2019)
• First Prize, Nobel Laureate Meeting Poster Exhibition (2019)

Grants & Projects:
- Leading the UKRI-funded 'Revealing neutron-star interiors with AI and SKA' project (2024–2028)
- Co-investigator on ERC MAGNESIA project (2020–2024)
- Member of JINA-CEE and IReNA nuclear astrophysics networks

Outreach:
- Public lectures on neutron stars and pulsar glitches
- Scientific advisor for short film 'Pulsars: A Tale of Cosmic Clocks' (2022)
- Outreach activities with school students and the general public