New Member
New Member in the Astrophysics and Cosmology group at PIC-IFAE
March 6, 2025
Port d'Informació CientíficaSílvia van den Bogaart will contribute to the Multimessenger Cosmohub project at PIC-IFAE
Sílvia van den Bogaart graduated with honours in Computer Engineering and Telecommunication Systems Engineering from UAB and received the telecommunication engineering master’s degree. In the last year of the double degree, she obtained COLAB 2022 grant and joined the WavesLab Group. As a result of her contribution, the article “Advances on Multiplexer Synthesis: The Herringbone Topology” was accepted in IMFW 2024. She worked as a software engineer at Qorvo’s R&D team. Now at IFAE, she will contribute to the Multimessenger Cosmohub project at PIC.
Welcome Sílvia!
New Instrumentation
New Wide-Field Telescope Installed at Montsec Observatory with PIC Participation
May 27, 2025
A new wide-field telescope (TRAC) has been installed at Montsec Observatory to enhance asteroid tracking, deep-sky imaging, and space technology research. Coordinated by the IEEC and with the involvement of PIC, the project is set to begin scientific operations in 2026.
Spin-off
Installation of new cryostat in the QCT Lab
September 13, 2023
The installation of a new cryostat from Leiden Cryogenics is ongoing at the QCT Lab by the Qilimanjaro team. The new equipment is part of the Quantum Spain project coordinated by BSC of giving remote access to a 5-qubit quantum chip.