Philippe Landry - Gravitational Astrophysics

Hello! I'm a postdoctoral researcher at the Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics at the University of Toronto.

What I Do

General relativity. Post-Newtonian theory. Perturbations.

Stellar structure. Tides. Dense matter.

Compact binary coalescences.
Bayesian inference. Source populations.

The Mass Distribution of Neutron Stars in Gravitational-wave Binaries

A Horizon Study for Cosmic Explorer: Science, Observatories, and Community

An Event So Wild It Could Make Anyone Feel Cosmically Small

Nonparametric constraints on neutron star matter with existing and upcoming gravitational wave and pulsar observations

GW190814: Gravitational Waves from the Coalescence of a 23 M☉ Black Hole with a 2.6 M☉ Compact Object

Constraints on the Moment of Inertia of PSR J0737-3039A from GW170817

You can find my scientific work on arXiv, Google Scholar, ADS or INSPIRE.

Postdoctoral Fellow @ Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Toronto (2021-Present)

Postdoctoral Research Associate @ GWPAC, California State University - Fullerton (2019-2021)

Postdoctoral Fellow @ Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago (2017-2019)

Graduate Research Assistant @ Department of Physics, University of Guelph (2012-2017)

PhD, Physics @ University of Guelph (2017)

MSc, Physics @ University of Guelph (2014)

BSc, Physics @ Queen's University (2012)

NSF RUI Award: Neutron-Star Matter in the LIGO A+ Era and Beyond (Co-PI) -- National Science Foundation (2021-Present)

NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship -- Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Council of Canada (2017)

DTP/WITP Thesis Prize -- Canadian Association of Physicists (2017)

Alexander Graham Bell Graduate Scholarship -- Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Council of Canada (2016)

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