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, 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, The Virgo Collaboration & The KAGRA Collaboration 2025, 'Black Hole Spectroscopy and Tests of General Relativity with GW250114', Physical Review 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, The Virgo Collaboration & The KAGRA Collaboration 2025, 'GWTC-4.0: An Introduction to Version 4.0 of the Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog', Astrophysical Journal Letters.

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 2025, 'Search for gravitational waves emitted from SN 2023ixf', The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 985, no. 2, 183. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/adc681

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

Abbott, R, Buscicchio, R, Dmitriev, A, Martynov, DV, Miao, H, Moore, CJ, Pratten, G, Prokhorov, L, Schmidt, P, Smetana, J, Ubhi, AS, Vecchio, A, Zhang, T, The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, The Virgo Collaboration & The KAGRA Collaboration 2025, 'Tests of general relativity with GWTC-3', Physical Review D (Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology), vol. 112, no. 8, 084080. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.112.084080

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

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

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