Will Farr, Ph.D.

Will Farr is a Senior Research Scientist at the Center for Computational Astrophysics and an Associate Professor in Physics and Astronomy at Stony Brook University. His research interests include gravitational-wave astronomy, compact object formation and evolution, the gravitational dynamics of planets and stars, and astrostatistics. He earned his B.S. in physics from the California Institute of Technology and his Ph.D. in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He held postdoctoral positions at Northwestern University and a faculty position at the University of Birmingham before moving to New York in 2018.