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Hi everyone! I'm Kate (Katie) Futrowsky, a third-year physics PhD candidate at Georgia Tech working with [Dr. Tamara Bogdanović](https://www.tbogdanovic.gatech.edu/Home.html). I am interested in all-things black holes, but particularly how massive black holes form and evolve in binary systems, and how we may observe them electromagnetically and via gravitational waves. My current research focuses on the localization capabilities of the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) and its potential synergy with current and future electromagnetic observatories, as well as the properties of galaxies that host massive black hole binaries.

I graduated with dual degrees in physics and astronomy from the University of Maryland in 2022. While there, I worked with Dr. M. Coleman Miller to analyze assumptions and calculations relevant to binary stellar-mass black holes in AGN accretion disks. You can learn more about my work experiences here.

Apart from astronomy, I am interested in science policy, creating and obtaining art, silly looking animals, and more that you can hear about here.

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