Charlie Hoy, Ph.D. M.Sci. (Hons) ARCS
Postdoctoral Research Fellow

I am a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Portsmouth. I am a gravitational-wave astrophysicist and a member of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration and LISA Consortium. I specialise in Bayesian inference and software development.

Ph.D. in gravitational-wave physics (Physics) (2021), Cardiff University
M.Sci. (Physics, First Class Honours) (2017), Imperial College London
ARCS (Associate to the Royal College of Science) (2017)

Experience

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Portsmouth (2022-present)
  • Funded by UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Cardiff University (2021-2022)
  • Understanding when spin-induced orbital precession is measurable in gravitational-waves,
  • Inferring the preferred spin distribution of black-holes through hierarchical Bayesian inference,
  • Developing Python tools for analysing Bayesian data with HTML interface,
  • Funded by Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) and European Research Council (ERC)

Featured

A Black Hole's Lunch Provides a Treat for Astronomers
The New York Times

Scientists have discovered the heaviest known neutron star, or maybe the lightest...

'Black neutron star' discovery changes astronomy
BBC News

Scientists have discovered an astronomical object that has never been observed before...

Cardiff student at the centre of LIGO’s mysterious new discovery
Cardiff University

A Cardiff University student has found himself at the centre of a major breakthrough...