Exploring the uncharted Universe with Gravitational Waves

Our Universe is still, mostly, a mystery, with 95% of its content made of unknown dark energy and dark matter. This project will exploit the recently discovered gravitational waves – ripples in space and time produced by extreme gravitational systems like colliding black holes – to open unique opportunities to measure the Universe’s expansion in uncharted regions, map the unseen dark matter and test Einstein's gravity. This grant will fund the recipient, one postdoc and one PhD student.