Research Axe Profile

Research Axe:

  • Science, Technology and Innovation

Academic Department:

Physics and Astronomy

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Dr. John Ruan

Dr. John Ruan

Associate Professor, Canada Research Chair in Multi-Messenger Astrophysics

Education: PhD, University of Washington, Postdoctoral Fellow, McGill University

john.ruan@ubishops.ca

Keywords: Gravitational waves, black hole accretion, astrophysics, cosmology, numerical simulations

Research Project(s):

Research combines gravitational wave and electromagnetic observations to study the origins of heavy elements, massive black hole binaries, and black hole accretion.