I'm a staff astronomer at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) in Charlottesville, Virginia and a Research Professor in the Astronomy Dept at the University of Virginia (UVA) specializing in pulsars. I also work on FRBs as part of the CHIME/FRB collaboration.
Most of my research recently has focused on detecting and studying nanoHertz-frequency gravitational waves using millisecond pulsars as part of NANOGrav. I was one of the founding members of NANOGrav, and its Chair for four years.
I also focus on finding new pulsars, especially exotic binary and millisecond pulsar systems in globular clusters, and using them to do cool basic physics, like testing gravity and constraining the equation of state of ultra-dense matter.
Address: NRAO, 520 Edgemont Rd., Charlottesville, VA USA 22903
Email: sransom at nrao dot edu
