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Nergis Mavalvala: The Woman Who Helped Discover Gravitational Waves

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Gravitational wave researcher succeeds by being herself | Science | AAAS
In her life and her search for gravitational waves, the MacArthur-winning MIT physicist Nergis Mavalvala is comfortable in her own skin.

This article is from 2012, but it bears revisiting as Dr. Mavalvala was part of the team who recently made the news for discovering gravitational waves.