About me

Hi! I am Lorenzo Pompili, a PhD student in the Astrophysical and Cosmological Relativity Department at the Max Planck Insitute for Gravitational Physics, under the supervision of Prof. Alessandra Buonanno.

I am a member of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Einstein Telescope Collaboration, and a full member of the LISA Consortium.

I am originally from Perugia, Italy, where I completed my undergraduate studies in Physics and went on to earn a Master’s in Theoretical Physics at the University of Perugia.

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My work

My research lies at the intersection of gravitational-wave modeling and data analysis.

I focus on developing accurate and efficient models for the gravitational radiation emitted by coalescing compact binaries, both within General Relativity (GR) and in modified gravity theories, focusing on effective-one-body (EOB) models and their improvement through numerical relativity (NR). I am one of the main developers and a maintainer of the pySEOBNR python package.

Additionally, I am interested in using these models to address open questions in fundamental physics and astrophysics. I employ them for Bayesian parameter estimation and tests of GR using data from current gravitational-wave detectors, LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA. I also work on making forecasts for next-generation gravitational-wave detectors, including LISA and the Einstein Telescope, focusing on the challenges and accuracy requirements these future instruments will face.