The Gravitational Wave International Committee (GWIC) awarded its 2007 PhD Thesis Prize as follows:

Author: Keisuke Goda
Affiliation: Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Title: Development of techniques for quantum-enhanced laser interferometric Gravitational Wave detectors.
Supervisor: Professor Nergis Mavalvala

Professor Guido Mueller, from the University of Florida at Gainesville, made the official GWIC announcement during the Symposium.