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Nergis Mavalvala

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Nergis Mavalvala (born 1968) is a Pakistani-American astrophysicist. She is the Curtis and Kathleen Marble Professor of Astrophysics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where she is also the dean of the university's school of science. She was previously the Associate Head of the university's Department of Physics. Mavalvala is best known for her work on the detection of gravitational waves in the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) project, and for the exploration and experimental demonstration of macroscopic quantum effects such as squeezing in optomechanics. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2024). Nergis Mavalvala is the 851st most popular physicist (down from 845th in 2024), the 196th most popular biography from Pakistan (down from 185th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Pakistani Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Nergis Mavalvala ranks 850 out of 851. Before her are Robin Canup, Ashoke Sen, Laura Mersini-Houghton, Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski, and Rabia Salihu Sa'id. After her are Philip Kim, Canan Dağdeviren, Jess Wade, Michele Dougherty, Angela Belcher, and Joseph Weber.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Nergis Mavalvala ranks 1,146. Before her are Nina Paley, Clare Daly, Duncan Armstrong, Stanley Donwood, Graham Linehan, and Elna Reinach. After her are Dhanraj Pillay, Sergio López Miró, Sharon Shannon, Heather McDermid, Susan Cain, and Zhang Shan.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Nergis Mavalvala ranks 196 out of 217. Before her are Wasim Akram (1966), Shahid Afridi (1980), Mohsin Hamid (1971), Hina Rabbani Khar (1977), Nadeem Aslam (1966), and Khadim Hussain Rizvi (1966). After her are Dilshad Vadsaria (1985), Mawra Hocane (1992), Abdul Rashid Ghazi (1964), Sabatina James (1982), Jalila Haider (1988), and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi (1980).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Pakistan

Among physicists born in Pakistan, Nergis Mavalvala ranks 4. Before her are Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (1910), Abdus Salam (1926), and Yash Pal (1926).

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