This year’s award was won by Filippo Santoliquido, who was previously a doctoral candidate and currently a research fellow in the DEMOBLACK group. His thesis, titled “The cosmic evolution of binary black holes and neutron stars,” focuses on analyzing how the characteristics of compact objects, such as black holes and neutron stars, change throughout the lifetime of the Universe. The motivations behind the commission’s decision, as well as further details, can be found in the official press release.