Dr Teng Zhang PhD

Dr Teng Zhang

Assistant Professor in Experimental Physics

Contact details

Address
School of Physics and Astronomy
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Dr Teng Zhang works on the research and development of the techniques and the advanced interferometer configurations for improving the sensitivity of gravitational wave detectors.

Qualifications

  • PhD in Physics, University of Glasgow, 2019
  • Bachelor in Astronomy, Beijing Normal University, 2015

Biography

After studying astronomy as an undergraduate student in Beijing Normal University, Teng moved to the University of Glasgow in 2015 and obtained the PhD degree in 2019. He then worked as a Prize Postdoctoral Fellow in the University of Birmingham until 2022, and as a postdoc in the Maastricht university until 2023. He rejoined the University of Birmingham as an Assistant Professor in 2023.

Teaching

  • Y1 Physics lab
  • Y2 Electronics

Postgraduate supervision

Supervision of PhDs in gravitational-wave instrumental research.

Research

  • Quantum technology in gravitational wave detector
  • Adaptive optics
  • Precision measurement

Other activities

  • Member of LIGO Scientific Collaboration
  • Co-chair of the “Observatory design and noise budget” work group of Einstein Telescope collaboration

Publications

Recent publications

Article

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, The Virgo Collaboration & The KAGRA Collaboration 2026, 'All-sky search for long-duration gravitational-wave transients in the first part of the fourth LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA observing run', Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, vol. 113, no. 8, 082004. https://doi.org/10.1103/83j3-pgk1

Abac, AG, Bhagwat, S, Bonino, A, Carullo, G, Dmitriev, A, Heinze, J, Kolitsidou, P, Koponen, LM, Krishnendu, NV, Martynov, DV, Middleton, H, Mukherjee, D, Phukon, KS, Pratten, G, Schmidt, P, Smetana, J, Tiwari, V, Vecchio, A, Whittall, CL, Yan, T, Zhang, T, The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, The Virgo Collaboration & The KAGRA Collaboration 2026, 'Black Hole Spectroscopy and Tests of General Relativity with GW250114', Physical Review Letters, vol. 136, 041403. https://doi.org/10.1103/6c61-fm1n

Abac, AG, Bonino, A, Carullo, G, Dmitriev, A, Heinze, J, Kolitsidou, P, Koponen, LM, Krishnendu, NV, Martynov, DV, Middleton, H, Mukherjee, D, Peng, X, Phukon, KS, Pratten, G, Schmidt, P, Smetana, J, Tiwari, V, Vecchio, A, Yan, T, Zhang, T, Zweizig, J, The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, The Virgo Collaboration, The KAGRA Collaboration, Palfreyman, J, Araujo Furlan, SB, del Palacio, S, Gancio, G, García, F, Romero, GE & Zubieta, E 2026, 'Constraints on Gravitational Waves from the 2024 Vela Pulsar Glitch', The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 1005, no. 1, 12. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ae63bc

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, and the KAGRA Collaboration 2026, 'Cosmological and High Energy Physics implications from gravitational-wave background searches in LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA's O1-O4a runs', Physical Review X.

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, The Virgo Collaboration & KAGRA Collaboration 2026, 'Deep Search for Joint Sources of Gravitational Waves and High-energy Neutrinos with IceCube during the Third Observing Run of LIGO and Virgo', The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 1003, no. 1, 41. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ae4e1b

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, and the KAGRA Collaboration, Koponen, LM, N.V., K, Martynov, DV, Middleton, H, Mukherjee, D, Peng, X, Phukon, KS, Pratten, G, Schmidt, P, Smetana, J, Ubhi, A, Vecchio, A & Zhang, T 2026, 'Directed searches for gravitational waves from ultralight vector boson clouds around merger remnant and galactic black holes during the first part of the fourth LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA observing run', Physical Review D (Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology), vol. 114, 022006. https://doi.org/10.1103/mjfs-m6t7

KAGRA Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration & The LIGO Scientific Collaboration 2026, 'Directional search for persistent gravitational waves: Results from the first part of LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA’s fourth observing run', Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, vol. 114, no. 2, 022001. https://doi.org/10.1103/wgp7-t8r8

Ubhi, AS, Koponen, L, Smetana, J, Xia, Y, Miao, H, Chick, E, Bryant, J, Pratten, G, Zhang, T, Mittleman, R, Fritschel, P, Cumming, AV, Hammond, G & Martynov, D 2026, 'Extending Ground-Based Gravitational-Wave Sensitivity to 5 Hz', Physical Review Letters, vol. 137, no. 3, 031401. https://doi.org/10.1103/65gz-dcjz

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration & KAGRA Collaboration 2026, 'GW240925 and GW250207: Astrophysical calibration of gravitational wave detectors', Physical Review Letters, vol. 137, no. 7, 071401. https://doi.org/10.1103/gzrj-mwv3

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration & KAGRA Collaboration 2026, 'GWTC-4.0: Constraints on the Cosmic Expansion Rate and Modified Gravitational-wave Propagation', Astrophysical Journal Letters, vol. 1007, no. 1, L17. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ae69dd

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, and the KAGRA Collaboration 2026, 'GWTC-4.0: Tests of General Relativity. II. Parameterized Tests', The Astrophysical Journal Letters.

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, and the KAGRA Collaboration 2026, 'GWTC-4.0: Population Properties of Merging Compact Binaries', The Astrophysical Journal Letters, vol. 1005, L51. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ae771e

Letter

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, The Virgo Collaboration & The KAGRA Collaboration 2026, 'GW230814: Investigation of a Loud Gravitational-wave Signal Observed with a Single Detector', Astrophysical Journal Letters, vol. 1004, no. 2, L23. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ae2ad3

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, The Virgo Collaboration & KAGRA Collaboration 2026, 'GWTC-4.0: Updating the Gravitational-wave Transient Catalog with Observations from the First Part of the Fourth LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA Observing Run', Astrophysical Journal Letters, vol. 1004, no. 2, L22. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ae2c74

Abac, AG, Bhagwat, S, Carullo, G, Koponen, LM, Krishnendu, NV, Martynov, DV, Middleton, H, Mukherjee, D, Peng, X, Phukon, KS, Pratten, G, Schmidt, P, Smetana, J, Vecchio, A, Zhang, T, The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration & KAGRA Collaboration 2026, 'GWTC-4.0: Methods for Identifying and Characterizing Gravitational-wave Transients', Astrophysical Journal Letters, vol. 1004, no. 2, L21. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ae447b

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