Session 1 · Australia

Kelley Gourdji

CSIRO Space and Astronomy · Australia Telescope National Facility

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Kelly uses high-resolution radio observations of GW170817, combined with gravitational-wave data and jet modelling, to improve constraints on the merger geometry and the Hubble constant. The research shows how multimessenger observations can sharpen measurements of cosmic expansion.

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About Kelley Gourdji

Kelly Gourdji is a Bolton Fellow at CSIRO Space and Astronomy and a Partner Investigator with OzGrav. Gourdji studies radio transients, fast radio bursts and neutron-star mergers using very long baseline interferometry, time-domain observations and multimessenger data.