Ethan Partington graduated with a BSc in Physics from the Georgia Institute of Technology, USA, in 2019. They then joined the research group of Edward Cackett at Wayne State University, USA, pursuing a MSc and PhD in Physics. Ethan completed their studies in 2024.
Career :
Ethan has designed and led multiple AGN monitoring campaigns in the X-rays, using the Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) to provide daily spectral monitoring of nearby Seyfert 1 galaxies. In October of 2024, Ethan began a postdoctoral research position at IA-FORTH, working on the “MMMonsters: The first multi-messenger detection of a supermassive black hole binary” project with Maria Charisi.
Interests :
Supermassive black hole binaries, active galactic nuclei, reverberation mapping, computational astrophysics, machine learning
