Víctor Zapatero

Víctor Zapatero completed his bachelor’s degree in Physics at the 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 (FPU) to do a Ph.D. in quantum cryptography at the University of Vigo, under the supervision of Prof. Marcos Curty. After completing his Ph.D. with Honors in 2021, Víctor started a postdoc position in the same group, which would later on become a part of the Vigo Quantum Communication Center. The main focus of Víctor’s research is the security of quantum key distribution protocols, and he is also interested in the foundations of quantum mechanics. In his spare time, Víctor is an undergrad Math student and his main hobby is skateboarding.