= Nergis Mavalvala
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Nergis Mavalvala is a prominent astrophysicist known for her contributions to gravitational wave astronomy and her work in fields like experimental physics and cosmology. She is a professor of astrophysics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and has played a significant role in the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) project, which made headlines for the first direct detection of gravitational waves in 2015.
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