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Latest News

New 2025 FCT Individual PhD fellowships to Zahra M and Ankur N

In the most recent call for FCT Individual PhD Fellowships both Zahra M and Ankur N have been awarded these prestigious fellowships. Every year the Portuguese Science Foundation selects the most promising PhD candidates and awards them four year fellowship that also cover tuition. Many congratulations to Zahra and Ankur! Read more

Quantum Computing Meets Plasma Physics at First European Satellite Meeting

On 12 July 2025, Lucas Ivan Iñigo Gamiz, postdoctoral researcher at GoLP, and Efstratios Koukoutsis, postdoctoral researcher at the National Technical University of Athens, chaired the first European Quantum Computing for Plasma Physics Satellite Meeting. The event took place at the Center for Physical Sciences and Technology (FTMC) in Vilnius, Lithuania, immediately following the 51st European Physical Society Conference on Plasma Physics. Read more