Host Institution: EGO (European Gravitational Observatory), Italy

The Early Stage Researcher 1: Matthieu Gosselin

Year of birth: 1990

Gender: male

Study Project: Input optics components for the upgrade of the 2nd generation and 3rd generation Gravitational Wave detectors


Host Institution: Boostec, France

The Early Stage Researcher 2: Rudy Nahed

Year of birth: 1992

Gender: male

Study Project: Study and development of Silicon Carbide stray light control optical components for Advanced Gravitational Wave Detectors


Host Institution: University of Glasgow, UK

The Early Stage Researcher 3: Zeno Tornasi

Year of birth: 1989

Gender: male

Study Project: Properties of materials for GW interferometer optics


Host Institution: Gooch & Housego, UK

The Early Stage Researcher 4: Grégoire Lacaille

Year of birth: 1992

Gender: male

Study Project: Adhesive-Free Bonding of Exotic Materials


Host Institution: University of Birmingham, UK

The Early Stage Researcher 5: Daniel Töyrä

Year of birth: 1986

Gender: male

Study Project: Computational modelling of advanced laser-interferometric gravitational wave detectors


Host Institution: UNIPI (University of Pisa), Italy

The Early Stage Researcher 6: Jose M. González Castro

Year of birth: 1988

Gender: male

Study Project: Computer intensive simulation of optical systems and components


Host Institution: INFN, Italy

The Early Stage Researcher 7: Imran Khan

Year of birth: 1990

Gender: male

Study Project: Wave-front distortions simulation and correction


Host Institution: Laser Zentrum Hannover, Germany

The Early Stage Researcher 8: Omar De Varona

Year of birth: 1986

Gender: male

Study Project: Dynamics of high power fibre amplifiers


Host Institution: Max Planck Gesellschaft, Germany

The Early Stage Researcher 9: Marina Trad Nery

Year of birth: 1987

Gender: female

Study Project: Power stabilization at and below the shot noise limit


Host Institution: Max Planck Gesellschaft, Germany

The Early Stage Researcher 10: Justus Schmidt

Year of birth: 1992

Gender: male

Study Project: Stabilization of high power fiber laser


Host Institution: INFN, Italy

The Early Stage Researcher 11: Shubhanshu Tiwari

Year of birth: 1989

Gender: male

Study Project: Data Analysis: Transients


Host Institution: INFN, Italy

The Early Stage Researcher 12: Gang Wang

Year of birth: 1985

Gender: male

Study Project: Data Analysis: Multi-Messenger


Host Institution: University of Birmingham, UK

The Early Stage Researcher 13: Serena Vinciguerra

Year of birth: 1989

Gender: female

Study Project: Studying neutron-star and black-hole binaries with gravitational waves


Host Institution: INFN, Italy

The Early Stage Researcher 14: Akshat Singhal

Year of birth: 1991

Gender: male

Study Project: Data Analysis: Continuous Wave