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Black Holes are possibly the most enigmatic objects in our Universe. These cosmic enigmas continue to be active arenas for strong gravity and quantum effects, providing fertile ground for exploring elusive aspects of quantum gravity. Indeed, there are strong motivations for why Quantum black holes may be radically different from their classical counterparts in Einstein's General Relativity (GR). On the other side gravitational wave astronomy strives to experimentally verify the Kerr nature of black holes, presenting a critical avenue for testing this aspect observationally. Observing multiple Quasi Normal Modes (QNMs), also referred to as black hole spectroscopy, is one of the most robust tests under minimal additional assumptions. In this talk I will present my pioneer work looking for signatures of Hawking radiation along with black hole spectroscopy in gravitational wave data.
