Biography: Margutti’s research is positioned in the new field of Multi-Messenger Astrophysics with Gravitational Waves. Margutti and her research team utilize observations of the most violent Transient Astrophysical Phenomena in the Universe, including stellar eruptions, stellar explosions, mergers of neutron stars and black holes, as well as stellar tidal disruptions by supermassive black holes. Margutti investigates the physics of these events by combining panchromatic observations across the entire electromagnetic spectrum (i.e. gamma-rays, X-ray, UV, optical, IR, and radio) with information extracted from other messengers, like gravitational waves. The primary goal of her research is to understand the nature of the physical processes that regulate such dramatic displays. (From UC Berkeley).