cv

Below is a summary of my CV excluding publications and presentations. You can download my full CV from the link to the right.

Basics

Name Oliver Long
Position Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellow
Email [email protected]

Positions

Education

Supervision

  • 2025.11 - 2026.04
    Francesco Grippa
    Visiting PhD student from Salerno University
    • Project: Initial data for hyperbolic black hole encounters using the Extended Conformal Thin Sandwich (XCTS) approach.
    • Co-supervised with Prof. Harald Pfeiffer

Funding

Total awarded: ~€1.02m

Coding

Advanced
C/C++
Python
Mathematica
Git
MacOS
LaTeX
Intermediate
Bash
OpenMP
Slurm
Paraview
Windows
Basic
Perl
Cython
OpenMPI

Collaborations

  • 2026.09 - Present
    Multiscale Self-Force (M2SF) Collaboration
    The Multiscale Self-Force Collaboration brings together researchers from around the world to develop fast, accurate waveform models for asymmetric compact binary systems, with a particular focus on extreme- and intermediate-mass-ratio inspirals (EMRIs and IMRIs).
    • Associate member
  • 2022.11 - Present
    Simulating Extreme Spacetimes (SXS) Collaboration
    The SXS project is a collaborative research effort involving multiple institutions. Our goal is the simulation of black holes and other extreme spacetimes to gain a better understanding of Relativity, and the physics of exotic objects in the distant cosmos.
  • 2019.03 - Present
    Black Hole Perturbation Toolkit
    The Black Hole Perturbation Toolkit brings together software and data relating to black hole perturbation theory. These can then be used to model gravitational radiation from small mass-ratio binaries as well as from the ringdown of black holes.
  • 2018.10 - Present
    Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) Consortium
    The LISA Consortium is a large international collaboration that combines the resources and expertise from scientists in many countries all over the world. Together with ESA, its member states, and NASA, the LISA Consortium is working to bring the LISA Mission to fruition.
    • Lead of the EMRI subproject of the Waveform Parameter Space for Astrophysical Sources project
    • Member of the Waveform Working Group
    • Member of the Verified Datasets project
    • Member of the LISA Early Career Scientists (LECS)
  • 2018.10 - Present
    Capra Community
    The Capra meeting is an annual workshop on the topic of radiation reaction in general relativity. The primary focus of these workshops is the development of the gravitational self-force approach to model extreme mass ratio inspirals and further our understanding of the two-body problem in general relativity.
    • Member of the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Team
  • 2023.04 - 2023.11
    LIGO Scientific Collaboration (LSC)
    The LSC is a group of scientists focused on the direct detection of gravitational waves, using them to explore the fundamental physics of gravity, and developing the emerging field of gravitational wave science as a tool of astronomical discovery.
    • Member of the Waveform Working Group

Teaching

  • 2018.09 - 2022.01

    Southampton, UK

    Postgraduate Student Demonstrator
    University of Southampton
    • Numerical Methods in Python: Run workshops based on problem sheets and coursework
    • Maths for Physicists: Run classes demonstrating mathematical techniques, coursework marking
    • Maths for Engineers: Run drop-in workshops, exam writing and marking