Samaya Nissanke

Samaya Nissanke is a British astrophysicist and Professor of Multi-Messenger Astrophysics at the University of Potsdam, as well as a Lead Scientist at DESY. Her research focuses on gravitational waves, black holes, neutron stars, and the physics of compact objects. She played a key role in the first observation of a neutron star merger through both gravitational waves and electromagnetic radiation in 2017. A pioneer in multi-messenger astronomy, she received the New Horizons in Physics Prize in 2020 and the American Astronomical Society’s Mid-Career Prize in 2024.