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==Education and career== ==Education and career==
Holz earned his ] in Physics from ] and his ] in Physics from the University of Chicago.<ref>{{cite web |title=BLACK HOLES, THE DOOMSDAY CLOCK AND OTHER WEIGHTY MATTERS (PART 2) *HYBRID* - THU, OCT 17, 2024 |url=https://www.princetonclubofchicago.org/article.html?aid=904 |website=www.princetonclubofchicago.org |language=en}}</ref> He is a member of the ] (LIGO) collaboration and played a significant role in two landmark discoveries: the first ] in 2016<ref>{{cite web |title=LIGO Announces Detection of Gravitational Waves from Colliding… |url=https://www.kavlifoundation.org/news/ligo-announces-detection-gravitational-waves-colliding-neutron-stars |website=] |date=17 October 2017}}</ref> and the first multi-messenger ] in 2017.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hearing the Thunder and Seeing the Lightning: A Gravitational Wave Detection of Colliding Neutron Stars - Dr. Daniel Holz (Public Lecture) {{!}} Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (KIPAC) |url=https://kipac.stanford.edu/education/media/hearing-thunder-and-seeing-lightning-gravitational-wave-detection-colliding-neutron |website=kipac.stanford.edu |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Daniel Holz - Department of Physics {{!}} The University of Chicago |url=https://physics.uchicago.edu/people/profile/daniel-holz/ |website=]}}</ref> Holz earned his ] in Physics from ] and his ] in Physics from the University of Chicago.<ref>{{cite web |title=BLACK HOLES, THE DOOMSDAY CLOCK AND OTHER WEIGHTY MATTERS (PART 2) *HYBRID* - THU, OCT 17, 2024 |url=https://www.princetonclubofchicago.org/article.html?aid=904 |website=www.princetonclubofchicago.org |language=en}}</ref> He is a member of the ] (LIGO) collaboration and played a significant role in two landmark discoveries: the first ] in 2016<ref>{{cite web |title=LIGO Announces Detection of Gravitational Waves from Colliding… |url=https://www.kavlifoundation.org/news/ligo-announces-detection-gravitational-waves-colliding-neutron-stars |website=] |date=17 October 2017}}</ref> and the first multi-messenger ] in 2017.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hearing the Thunder and Seeing the Lightning: A Gravitational Wave Detection of Colliding Neutron Stars - Dr. Daniel Holz (Public Lecture) {{!}} Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (KIPAC) |url=https://kipac.stanford.edu/education/media/hearing-thunder-and-seeing-lightning-gravitational-wave-detection-colliding-neutron |website=kipac.stanford.edu |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Daniel Holz - Department of Physics {{!}} The University of Chicago |url=https://physics.uchicago.edu/people/profile/daniel-holz/ |website=]}}</ref>

At the University of Chicago, Holz also serves as the founding director of the Existential Risk Laboratory (XLab).<ref>{{cite web |title=Daniel Holz |url=https://www.sciencefriday.com/person/daniel-holz/ |website=]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Black hole reverberations suggest the cosmic beasts are as ‘bald' as cue balls |url=https://www.science.org/content/article/black-hole-reverberations-suggest-cosmic-beasts-are-bald-cue-balls |website=] |language=en}}</ref>




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American physicist and cosmologist


Daniel Holz is an American physicist and cosmologist specializing in general relativity, astrophysics, and cosmology. He is a professor at the University of Chicago, affiliated with the Departments of Physics, Astronomy & Astrophysics, the Enrico Fermi Institute, and the Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics.

Holz has also been recognized as a Kavli Fellow by the National Academy of Sciences and is a Fellow of the American Physical Society. In addition to his academic work, Holz is Chair of the Science and Security Board for the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.

Education and career

Holz earned his Bachelor of Arts in Physics from Princeton University and his Doctor of Philosophy in Physics from the University of Chicago. He is a member of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) collaboration and played a significant role in two landmark discoveries: the first detection of gravitational waves in 2016 and the first multi-messenger detection of a binary neutron star in 2017.

At the University of Chicago, Holz also serves as the founding director of the Existential Risk Laboratory (XLab).


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  2. "Daniel Holz - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (KIPAC)". Stanford University.
  3. "A Voracious Black Hole at the Dawn of Time?". The New York Times. 21 February 2024.
  4. "The Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics | Daniel E. Holz". University of Chicago.
  5. "Daniel Holz". Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.
  6. "BLACK HOLES, THE DOOMSDAY CLOCK AND OTHER WEIGHTY MATTERS (PART 2) *HYBRID* - THU, OCT 17, 2024". www.princetonclubofchicago.org.
  7. "LIGO Announces Detection of Gravitational Waves from Colliding…". Kavli Foundation (United States). 17 October 2017.
  8. "Hearing the Thunder and Seeing the Lightning: A Gravitational Wave Detection of Colliding Neutron Stars - Dr. Daniel Holz (Public Lecture) | Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (KIPAC)". kipac.stanford.edu.
  9. "Daniel Holz - Department of Physics | The University of Chicago". University of Chicago.
  10. "Daniel Holz". Science Friday.
  11. "Black hole reverberations suggest the cosmic beasts are as 'bald' as cue balls". Science (journal).