About me

My name is Hunter Gabbard and this is my web page containing my publications, talks I’ve given around the world, and my CV.

I am a Lead Technologist/Associate at Booz Allen Hamilton with interests in machine learning, physics, and astronomy. In my free time I enjoy backpacking, camping, acoustic guitar, climbing, and video games.

My research career began when I was fortunate enough to be awarded two summer fellowships through the National Science Foundation at both the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley in Brownsville, Texas and the Laboratoire de l’Accélérateur Linéaire in Paris, France. In Paris, I worked with Florence Robinet on the characterization and improvement of the Omicron event trigger generator. In Brownsville, I had my first exposure to machine learning through the use of self organizing feature maps applied to unsupervised glitch classification. The fellowship was a formative experience and set me on the current path I am on now.

In 2016, I was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship from the U.S. Department of State to carry out research at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Research in Hannover, Germany. Not only did I get to work with some of the best in the business during my time at the Institute, but met some amazing people along the way.

I was then lucky enough to be awarded the SUPA Higgs Fellowship to study for my Ph.D. in physics and astronomy working on various applications of machine learning towards the LIGO search for gravitational waves.

Following my Ph.D. I accepted a position at Booz Allen Hamilton where I provide technical and program management support to several clients/programs at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). I am looking to eventually move into a position as a technical program/project manager. I am excited that everyday I get to come to work and use my expertise in machine learning and physics to help solve some of the world’s most challenging problems.