I am a postdoc Research Fellow in the Astronomy and Astrophysics group at the University of Warwick, working with Prof. Danny Steeghs on the Gravitational-Wave Optical Transient Observer (GOTO).

My research interests include

• » Electromagnetic follow-up of gravitational-wave events detected with LIGO-Virgo.
  
• » Short-duration gamma-ray bursts as sources of gravitational wave radiation
  
• » General time-domain astrophysics: contamination in optical surveys, survey design and optimization of scheduling.
• » Large-scale astronomy image processing and pipeline development for surveys.
• » Bayesian inference methods for joint analyses of gravitational-wave and electromagnetic information

I am currently involved in the following collaborations:

• » LIGO-Virgo Scientific Collaboration (LSC)
• » Gravitational-Wave Optical Transient Observer (GOTO)
• » Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence (OzGrav) -- Associate Investigator
• » Electromagnetic counterparts of gravitational wave sources at the Very Large Telescope (ENGRAVE)
• » Australian Telescope National Facility (ASKAP)
• » Cherenkov Telescope Array Consortium (CTA-Oz)
• » Large Synoptic Survey Telescope | Rubin Observatory (LSST)

For more information, check out my personal page at kendallackley.github.io

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