The NewFunFiCO network, is co-organizing the XV School of the Division of Gravitation and Mathematical Physics of the Mexican Physics Society, in Cancun, Mexico, 3-7 November 2025. More information in the attached file.
Two 4-month post-doctoral grants are open within the project 2024.05617.CERN, "Towards precision tests of ultralight dark matter with imaging and gravitational waves". Applications should be submitted between 20 June 2025 and 10 July 2025. More info in the attached files and the Euraxess site.
C. Herdeiro was one of the invited speakers of the Varna conference on Black Holes, Neutron Stars and Gravitational Waves.
On June 4th, C. Herdeiro delivered an outreach talk on gravitational waves for nearly one hundred high school teachers in the fabulous space Miguel Torga, near the house where the writer and poet was born, in S. Martinho de Anta, near Vila Real. A fantastic organization by a wonderful group of dedicated teachers!
Our group is co-organizing the VII Amazonian Symposium on Physics, in Belém do Pará, Brazil, 22-26 September 2025, also integrated in the NewFunFiCO network.
Members of the NewFunFiCO network got together in Valencia from 20-22 May 2025 to discuss many aspects related to compact objects and fundamental fields. Truly enjoyable meeting. Thank you to the Valencia group, especially Nico Sanchis-Gual for the great meeting.
In the first half of May 2025, Gr@v hosted many wonderful collegues, including Isabel Cordero (U. Valencia, Spain),
Laura Bernard visited us in the beginning of April 2025. Thank you for the visit and seminar Laura!
Zeus Sales Moreira successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis on March 31st 2025, which was advised by C. Herdeiro. The committee was composed by Profs. Darío Nunez, Eugen Radu, Alberto Saa and Gonzalmo Olmo and unanimously praised the excellent work of the candidate. Congratulations Zeus and all the best for the future!
The NewFunFiCO mid term meeting took place online on March 20 bringing together many consortium members, to share their experiences with the REA.