Dr Gregorio Carullo PhD

Dr Gregorio Carullo

School of Physics and Astronomy
Assistant Professor

Contact details

Address
Office 232 Physics West
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Following an MSc degree in Theoretical Physics, Dr Carullo obtained a PhD in Physics from University of Pisa in 2022. He then held a Della Riccia postdoctoral fellowship at University of Jena and a Maria Skłodowska Curie fellowship (Interactions program) at the Niels Bohr Institute. In 2024, he joined the University of Birmingham as an Assistant Professor.

Qualifications

  • PhD in Physics, University of Pisa (2022)
  • Laurea Magistrale (MSc) in Theoretical Physics of Fundamental Interactions, University of Pisa (2017)

Biography

After an MSc degree in Theoretical Physics of Fundamental Interactions, with part of the thesis work developed at Nikhef (Amsterdam), Dr Carullo obtained a PhD in Physics from University of Pisa in 2022. The topic of both theses was Black Hole Spectroscopy, with a focus on data analysis and fundamental physics measurements through Gravitational Waves. He then held a Della Riccia postdoctoral fellowship at the Theoretisch-Physikalisches Institut at University of Jena, working on multi-messenger astrophysics, and a Maria Skłodowska Curie fellowship within the Interactions program at the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen, working on spectroscopy and highly eccentric binaries. In 2024, he joined the University of Birmingham as an Assistant Professor, as part of the Institute for Gravitational Wave Astronomy.

Dr Carullo's interests are centred around the strong-field dynamics of black holes, including their vibrational spectra, and the two-body problem in General Relativity. His research covers both data analysis aspects, primarily through Bayesian Inference, and modelling components with a focus on observational applications.

Teaching

  • Physics Laboratory 1 (Astrophysics)

Postgraduate supervision

Research

  • General Relativity
  • Gravitational Waves
  • Black Holes
  • Data Analysis

Publications

Recent publications

Article

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration & KAGRA Collaboration 2025, 'All-sky search for short gravitational-wave bursts in the first part of the fourth LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA observing run', Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, vol. 112, no. 10, 102005. https://doi.org/10.1103/wjdz-jdby

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Vecchio, A, Schmidt, P, Smetana, J, Pratten, G, Martynov, D, Middleton, H & Carullo, G 2025, 'GW230814: investigation of a loud gravitational-wave signal observed with a single detector', Astrophysical Journal Letters.

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration & KAGRA Collaboration 2025, 'GW241011 and GW241110: Exploring Binary Formation and Fundamental Physics with Asymmetric, High-spin Black Hole Coalescences', Astrophysical Journal Letters, vol. 993, no. 1, L21. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ae0d54

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, The Virgo Collaboration, The KAGRA Collaboration, Bhagwat, S, Bonino, A, Bryant, J, Carullo, G, Dmitriev, A, Koponen, L, Naderi Varium, K, Martynov, D, Middleton, H, Mukherjee, D, Peng, X, Phukon, KS, Pratten, G, Schmidt, P, Smetana, J, Vecchio, A & Zhang, T 2025, 'GW250114: Testing Hawking's area law and the Kerr nature of black holes', Physical Review Letters, vol. 135, 111405. https://doi.org/10.1103/kw5g-d732

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration & KAGRA Collaboration 2025, 'Open Data from LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA through the first part of the fourth observing run', Astrophysical Journal Letters.

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration, KAGRA Collaboration, Raman, G, Ronchini, S, Delaunay, J, Tohuvavohu, A, Kennea, JA, Parsotan, T, Ambrosi, E, Bernardini, MG, Campana, S, Cusumano, GC, D'Aì, A, D'Avanzo, P, D’Elia, V, De Pasquale, M, Dichiara, S, Evans, P, Hartmann, D, Kuin, P, Melandri, A, O’Brien, P, Osborne, JP, Page, KL, Palmer, DM, Sbarufatti, B, Tagliaferri, G & Troja, E 2025, 'Swift-BAT GUANO follow-up of gravitational-wave triggers in the third LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA observing run', The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 980, no. 2, 207. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad9749

LIGO Scientific and Virgo Collaboration, Vecchio, A, Schmidt, P, Pratten, G, Swain, S, Bonino, A, Middleton, H, Martynov, D, Zhang, T, Smetana, J, Peng, X, Phukon, KS, Kolitsidou, P, Carullo, G, Koponen, L, Dmitriev, A, Mukherjee, D & Tiwari, V 2025, 'Upper Limits on the Isotropic Gravitational-Wave Background from the first part of LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA's fourth Observing Run', Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology. https://doi.org/10.1103/wq57-sjt2

LIGO Scientific and Virgo Collaboration, KAGRA Collaboration, Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor Team & Carullo, G 2024, 'A Joint Fermi-GBM and Swift-BAT Analysis of Gravitational-Wave Candidates from the Third Gravitational-wave Observing Run', The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 964, no. 2, 149. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad1eed

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration & KAGRA Collaboration 2024, 'A Search Using GEO600 for Gravitational Waves Coincident with Fast Radio Bursts from SGR 1935+2154', The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 977, no. 2, 255. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad8de0

Breschi, M, Gamba, R, Carullo, G, Godzieba, D, Bernuzzi, S, Perego, A & Radice, D 2024, 'Bayesian inference of multi-messenger astrophysical data: Joint and coherent inference of gravitational waves and kilonovae', Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 689, A51. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202449173

Mishra, AK, Carullo, G & Chakraborty, S 2024, 'Bounds on tidal charges from gravitational wave ringdown observations', Physical Review D, vol. 109, no. 2, 024025. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.109.024025

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration & Virgo Collaboration 2024, 'GWTC-2.1: Deep extended catalog of compact binary coalescences observed by LIGO and Virgo during the first half of the third observing run', Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, vol. 109, no. 2, 022001 . https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.109.022001

KAGRA Collaboration, The LIGO Scientific Collaboration & The Virgo Collaboration 2024, 'Observation of Gravitational Waves from the Coalescence of a 2.5-4.5 M Compact Object and a Neutron Star', Astrophysical Journal Letters, vol. 970, no. 2, L34. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ad5beb

Letter

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration & KAGRA Collaboration 2025, 'GW231123: a Binary Black Hole Merger with Total Mass 190-265 M', Astrophysical Journal Letters, vol. 993, L25. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ae0c9c

Cardoso, V, Carullo, G, De Amicis, M, Duque, F, Katagiri, T, Pereñiguez, D, Redondo-Yuste, J, Spieksma, TFM & Zhong, Z 2024, 'Hushing black holes: Tails in dynamical spacetimes', Physical Review D, vol. 109, no. 12, L121502. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.109.L121502

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