Shanika Galaudage is riding the crest of the wave of Gravitational Wave Astronomy with zest and a clear vision to make the complex science of GW astronomy accessible and understandable to her audience.  

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Shanika is a remarkable early career Gravitational Wave astrophysicist who is doing fabulous population studies with gravitational wave data from the most recent LIGO/Virgo observation runs as a Monash University  PhD candidate and OzGrav Researcher based in Melbourne, Australia.