ProfessorBarry Wardell

Full Professor

School of Mathematics and Statistics

  • Full Professor
    School of Mathematics and Statistics
  • 01 716 2543
  • University College Dublin, School of Mathematics and Statistics, Beech Hill Belfield Dublin 4

RESEARCH INTERESTS

My research interests involve the study of black holes, gravitational waves and cosmic strings. I am particularly focused on numerical and perturbation theory approaches to solving Einstein’s equations of General Relativity. I am leader of the UCD Relativity group, a co-lead of the Multiscale Self-Force collaboration, a member of the LISA DDPC, the LISA Consortium and LISA Ireland, a founding developer of the Black Hole Perturbation Toolkit, a contributor to the Einstein Toolkit, and PI on the EMRIWaveforms ERC Advanced Grant.

GRANTS

  • OTHER GRANT
    Sonic Research Data Storage Service
    University College Dublin (UCD)1 Jan 2024 - 31 Dec 2026
    People funded by this grant:
  • GRANT
    Facilitating Learning with Animation and Multimedia Engagement
    UCD SATLE1 May 2023 - 31 Jul 2024
    This project aims to develop training, training materials, workflows and capabilities that enable all educators at UCD to create interactive 3D learning materials. The FLAME project is therefore at University level as the methods proposed have a use across colleges and disciplines to enhance learning for all.
  • GRANT
    Waveforms for Extreme Mass-Ratio Inspirals (WaFER)
    Enterprise Ireland (EI)13 Oct 2020 - 31 Jan 2022
    People funded by this grant:
    • Wardell B
  • GRANT
    Gravitational Waves in Alternative Theories of General Relativity
    Irish Research Council (IRC)1 Oct 2020 - 30 Sep 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    • Wardell B
  • GRANT
    High Precision Models of Extreme Mass-Ratio Inspirals
    Irish Research Council (IRC)1 Sep 2019 - 8 May 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    • Ottewill A,
    • Wardell B
  • GRANT
    How Does a Spinning Secondary Influence EMRI Waveforms?
    Irish Research Council (IRC)1 Oct 2018 - 31 Jan 2023
    People funded by this grant:
    • Wardell B,
    • Ottewill A
  • GRANT
    Waveforms for Extreme Mass Ratio Inspirals
    Enterprise Ireland (EI)1 Aug 2018 - 1 May 2019
    People funded by this grant:
    • Wardell B
  • GRANT
    Dublin School on Gravitational Wave Source Modelling
    European Cooperation in Science and Technology11 Jun 2018 - 22 Jun 2018
    Summer school hosted by UCD and funded by EU COST Action CA16104
  • GRANT
    Summer of Code in Space
    European Space Agency1 Jun 2017 - 31 Aug 2017
    Funding for summer internship student
  • GRANT
    Gravitational Waves from Extreme Mass Ratio Binary Black Holes
    University College Dublin (UCD)1 Apr 2017 - 30 Sep 2018
    People funded by this grant:
    • Wardell B
  • GRANT
    100 Years of General Relativity
    University College Dublin (UCD)1 Apr 2015 - 30 Sep 2016
    People funded by this grant:
    • Wardell B
  • GRANT
    Probing the limits of General Relativity with black hole binaries
    Royal Irish Academy (Ria)1 Jan 2015 - 4 Dec 2015
    People funded by this grant:
    • Wardell B
  • GRANT
    Gravitational Self-force and Extreme Mass Ratio Inspirals
    Irish Research Council (IRC)1 Oct 2014 - 30 Sep 2016
    People funded by this grant:
    • Ottewill A
  • GRANT
    Gravitational Waves and Numerical Relativity
    University College Dublin (UCD)1 May 2013 - 31 Oct 2014
    People funded by this grant:
    • Wardell B
  • GRANT
    Class B supercomputing allocation
    Irish Centre For High-End Computing1 Mar 2012 - 1 Mar 2014
    600,000 computer hours on ICHEC machines
  • GRANT
    Calculating gravitational radiation reaction corrected orbits for LISA
    Irish Research Council for Science Engineering and Technology (Ircset)1 Oct 2005 - 30 Sep 2008
    People funded by this grant:
    • Ottewill A