MastercosmosBCN
Master's Thesis defended last week
September 15, 2021
IFAELast week the students of the Postgraduate Program in High Energy Physics, Astrophysics & Cosmology (Mastercosmos) defended their Master’s Thesis. A total 13 theses have been tutored by IFAE researchers.
List of Theses:
- Juan Urrutia: “Search for primordial blackholes via gravitational wave lensing with ground based detectors”. Tutor: Ville Vaskonen
- Marc Andrés Carcassona: “Searches of gravitational waves from asymmetric compact binary coalescence events using convolutional neural networks during O2”. Tutor: Mario Martínez.
- Jordi Capó, “Neutron Detection Capabilities”. Tutor: Thorsten Lux
- Arul Prakash, “B decays form factor parameterization using Neural Networks”. Tutor: Pere Masjuan
- Adriana Ghiozzi, “A two-particle solution to lepton magnetic moment anomalies and its implications for rare B decay observables” Tutor: Pere Masjuan
- Helena Recasens, “Application of machine-learning techniques for background suppression in searches for higgsino pair production with the ATLAS detector”. Tutor: Aurelio Juste, Carlos Moreno
- Oriol Izquierdo, “Optimization of a new light scalar boson search analysis using data of the ATLAS experiment”. Tutor:Imma Riu
- Fernando García. “Search for the pair production of vector-like quarks in final states with multiple b-jets”. Tutor: Aurelio Juste
- Aday Cárdenas, “On Cosmological Phase Transitions: Gravitational Waves and Gauge Dependence”. Tutor: Ville Vaskonen
- Maria Lainez, “Analysis of gamma-ray observations performed with the first Large-Sized Telescope of CTA”. Tutor: Abelardo Moralejo
- Akshay Kumar, “Optimising baffle parameters in Einstein Telescope”. Tutor: Mario Martínez
- Daniel Serrano, “Novel instrumentation for light detection in the Virgo Interferometer”. Tutor: Mario Martínez
- Joan Llobera, “Modeling Gravitational Waveforms for Parameter Estimation with Machine Learning”. Tutor: Mario Martínez
Educational program
IFAE and Escola Sant Martí de Cerdanyola launch Magnet alliance
February 19, 2026
The Institut de Física d’Altes Energies (IFAE) and the Escola Sant Martí de Cerdanyola have officially launched their Magnet alliance, within the ‘Magnet. Aliances per a l’èxit educatiu’ programme promoted by the Fundació Bofill. The presentation brought together representatives from the school community, the local council, the education administration and IFAE.
#cientifiques
Tamara Vázquez Schröder participates in the launch of 'científiques 2026'
January 28, 2026
Tamara Vázquez Schröder, researcher in the Collider Physics Group at the Institut de Física d’Altes Energies (IFAE), took part in the launch event of the 2026 edition of the #científiques programme, held on 27 January 2026 at the UAB Casa Convalescència in Barcelona. The event marked the start of this year’s activities ahead of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, celebrated on 11 February.
Outreach
IFAE brings the physics of the Universe to schools through Escola en Residència
December 18, 2025
IFAE takes part in Escola en Residència , an educational programme led by the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona (CCCB), with a project focused on the physics of the Universe. The initiative is developed together with students from the Institut Miquel Tarradell , and aims to bring fundamental physics into the classroom through dialogue, curiosity and collective exploration.