Víctor Zapatero

Víctor Zapatero completed his bachelor’s degree in physics at Universidad Complutense de Madrid in 2015, and obtained a master’s degree in theoretical physics from the same university in 2016. Then, he was granted a national scholarship from the Ministry to carry out his PhD in quantum cryptography at the University of Vigo, under the supervision of Prof. Marcos Curty. He defended his thesis in 2021, being awarded a prize to the best thesis in cybersecurity from the universities of Vigo, Santiago de Compostela and A Coruña.

 At the moment, Víctor is a senior postdoc in the Vigo Quantum Communication Center. The main focus of his research is the security of quantum key distribution protocols, with a deep interest in the foundations of quantum mechanics. In his spare time, Víctor is an undergrad Math student and his main hobby is skateboarding.