Kaze Wong, who received his PhD from the department working with Emanuele Berti, has received the Gravitational Wave International Committee-Braccini Prize in recognition of his PhD thesis titled “Building new tools for gravitational wave astronomy.” Each year the GWIC and the Friends of Stefano Braccini recognize an outstanding PhD thesis in the field of gravitational waves. Wong’s prize was announced at the 14th International LISA Symposium.