Jillian Bellovary

Jillian Bellovary is an Associate Professor at the City University of New York – Queensborough Community College, a Research Associate at the American Museum of Natural History, and the founder and director of the CUNY Masters in Astrophysics bridge program. She uses cosmological simulations to study black hole formation and evolution, focusing on predicting the detection of intermediate mass black holes with gravitational waves. Jillian is well known in the field for mentoring a small army of community college students, always asking about off-center black holes, and knitting during talks. In her free time she plays roller derby.