Andrew Laeuger

Andrew Laeuger is a theoretical physicist who aims to predict the gravitational signatures of undiscovered physics.

Such predictions will enable future searches for those phenomena in gravitational wave observations; if detected, an awareness of the underlying physics could open an entire new realm of technological possibilities. He is a doctoral student in physics at the California Institute of Technology.

Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Laeuger attended Northwestern University, where he earned a Barry Goldwater Scholarship, and graduated with majors in physics, math and the Integrated Science Program. As an undergraduate, he contributed to the development of a novel high-frequency gravitational wave detector based on levitated nanoparticle technology, which will hunt for ripples in the fabric of spacetime produced by hypothesized dark matter candidates.