Jocelyn Read

Biography

Jocelyn Read is a Professor of Physics at California State University Fullerton. Her research focuses on connecting the nuclear physics of neutron-star astrophysics with observations of gravitational waves. She co-led the Extreme Matter team of the LIGO-Virgo-Kagra Collaboration from 2016-2022 and is contributing to the development of the next-generation gravitational-wave observatory Cosmic Explorer. She is a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS).