Silke Weinfurtner

Silke Weinfurtner
Silke Weinfurtner
Education	Technical University of Munich; Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics (MS); Victoria University of Wellington (PhD);
Awards	Buchalter Cosmology Prize (2018);
	Scientific career
Fields	Quantum gravity; Analog gravity;
Institutions	University of Nottingham
Doctoral advisor	Matt Visser

Silke Weinfurtner is a German-British physicist at the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom. Weinfurtner is best known for her research into black holes and is considered a pioneer in the field of analog gravity.

Silke Weinfurtner
Education	Technical University of Munich Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics (MS) Victoria University of Wellington (PhD)
Awards	Buchalter Cosmology Prize (2018)
Scientific career
Fields	Quantum gravity Analog gravity
Institutions	University of Nottingham
Doctoral advisor	Matt Visser