Bri Aleman

Computational Astrophysics Student

About

I am interested in using numerical methods and general-relativistic magnetohydrodynamic simulations to understand the properties of black holes, neutron stars, and their mergers.

Affiliation

Department of Physics and Astronomy, CSU Northridge

Experience

May 2025 – Present
Research Assistant - NumRel@PSU
Pennsylvania State University
June 2024 – Present
Research Assistant - LIGO
California Institute of Technology

Research highlights

Phase-Transition-Induced Collapse of Neutron Stars

I study how neutron stars collapse and emit gravitational waves using large-scale numerical simulations, and analyze the resulting signals to understand the underlying physics.

GRMHDEOSNum. Rel.

OmegaNeuron: Applying GravitySpy Similarity Methods to the Search for LIGO Glitch Witnesses

I work on understanding and identifying transient noise in LIGO data, using data analysis and machine-learning tools to improve how these noise sources are found.

Detector CharacterizationGlitch Detection