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Laura Blecha
University of Florida
Research areas: Physics and Astronomy · Astronomy and Astrophysics · Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations · Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena · Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
0000-0002-2183-1087
Employment
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University of Florida Associate Professor
Education
Education history is unavailable.
Projects & Funding
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CONTOUR-A: Cross-Organizational Network for Tools to Optimize Undergraduate Research in Astronomy Research Corporation for Science Advancement2023 - 2026
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Broadening Participation: 2022-2024 MPS Workshops for Young Investigators NATL SCIENCE FOU2022 - 2025
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The Making of a Gravitational Wave Source: Probing the Role of Galaxy Assembly in Black Hole Binary and Triple Formation Research Corporation for Science Advancement2021 - 2024
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Broadening Participation: 2021 MPS Workshop for Young Investigators NATL SCIENCE FOU2021 - 2022
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The CANDELS AGN and Merger Catalog: Star Formation and AGN Triggering in Mergers NASA STENNIS SPACE FLIGHT CTR2021 - 2024
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The Making of a Gravitational Wave Source: Probing the Role of Galaxy Assembly in Black Hole Binary and Triple Formation RESEARCH CORP FOR SCIENCE ADVANCEMENT2021 - 2024
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Probing the AGN/Galaxy Connection with a Novel, Explicit Feedback Implementation NASA2020 - 2023
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2019 MPS Workshop for Young Investigators from Underrepresented Groups NATL SCIENCE FOU2019 - 2021
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Collaborative Research: The Impacts of Massive Black Hole Formation and Evolution Pathways on Gravitational Wave Sources NATL SCIENCE FOU2019 - 2023
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Modeling (Dual) Active Galactic Nuclei in Mergers: Unique Probes of Black Hole Inspiral and Growth NATL SCIENCE FOU2017 - 2020
Publications (94)
- From ASTRID to BRAHMA – The role of overmassive black holes in little red dots in cosmological simulations Save
- Core Scouring Dynamics and Gravitational Wave Consequences: Constraints on Supermassive Black Hole Binary Hardening Save
- First Results of AMBRA: Abundant Seeds and Early Mergers as a Pathway to the First Massive Black Holes Save
- Supermassive Black Hole Assembly from Heavy Seeds with Dynamical Friction in the BRAHMA Simulations: Implications for JWST, LISA, and the Local Universe Save
- A High-resolution Search for Dual Active Galactic Nucleus Candidates in Mergers: A Preselection Strategy Using Keck Adaptive Optics Save
- Erratum: “The NANOGrav 15 yr Data Set: Constraints on Supermassive Black Hole Binaries from the Gravitational-wave Background” (2023, ApJL, 952, L37) Save
- Beyond the Brightest: A Deep Learning Approach to Identifying Major and Minor Galaxy Mergers in CANDELS at z ∼ 1 Save
- The NANOGrav 15 yr Data Set: Piecewise Power-law Reconstruction of the Gravitational-wave Background Save
- The NANOGrav 15 yr Dataset: Targeted Searches for Supermassive Black Hole Binaries Save
- Heavy Seeds and the First Black Holes: Insights from the BRAHMA Simulations Save
- Inferring M BH–M bulge Evolution from the Gravitational-wave Background Save
- Signatures of Black Hole Seeding on the M •–σ Relation: Predictions from the BRAHMA Simulations Save
- Mergers and Recoil in Triple Massive Black Hole Systems from Illustris Save
- A 13 Billion Year View of Galaxy Growth: Metallicity Gradient Evolution from the Local Universe to z = 9 with JWST and Archival Surveys Save
- Dynamics of Low-mass Black Hole Seeds in the BRAHMA Simulations Using Subgrid Dynamical Friction: Impact on Merger-driven Black Hole Growth in the High-redshift Universe Save
- The Gravitational-wave Background from Massive Black Holes in the ASTRID Simulation Save
- Central Cluster Galaxies: A Hot Spot for Detectable Gravitational Waves from Black Hole Mergers Save
- Accretion onto supermassive and intermediate-mass black holes in cosmological simulations Save
- The NANOGrav 15 yr Data Set: Search for Gravitational-wave Memory Save
- Searching for Compact Obscured Nuclei in Compton-thick Active Galactic Nuclei Save