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Alba Romero-Rodriguez winner of the 2023 Virgo Awards
November 15, 2023
Gravitational Waves GroupAlba Romero-Rodriguez (former PhD Student at IFAE and now at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel) is one of the wiiners of the third edition of the Virgo Awards
The Virgo Award Committee recognized her activity during her PhD at IFAE within the search for the stochastic background of gravitational waves within the LVK collaborations, from modeling and development of novel data analysis strategies all the way to instrumentation.
The Virgo Awards are given by the international Virgo Collaboration, every year, to young scientists of the collaboration, for their significant contribution to the operation of the experiment and to the results of the Virgo Collaboration.
Gravitational Waves
Spain strengthens its participation in major gravitational-wave infrastructures
December 10, 2025
The Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities has allocated new funding to Spain’s participation in major international gravitational-wave infrastructures, with the Institut de Física d’Altes Energies (IFAE) designated as the institution through which these contributions will be channelled.