Javier Rivera-Dean

Javier Rivera-Dean is a postdoctoral researcher at the Quantum Optics Theory group at ICFO, led by Prof. Maciej Lewenstein. He earned his Bachelor's degree in Physics from Universidad de La Laguna (Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain) in 2018 and his M.Sc. in Photonics from Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Barcelona, Spain) in 2019. During his master's studies, he began exploring quantum optical aspects of strong-laser field physics, completing his thesis under the supervision of Dr. Emilio Pisanty and Prof. Maciej Lewenstein at ICFO. In 2020, he commenced his PhD at the Quantum Information Theory group led by Prof. Antonio Acín, focusing on quantum optical and quantum information properties of strongly-driven laser-matter interaction processes in gaseous and solid phases. His research, supervised by Prof. Antonio Acín and Prof. Marcelo F. Ciappina, also encompasses quantum communication, particularly the analysis of device-independent quantum key distribution. Javier has contributed to several publications in these areas, demonstrating his expertise in both quantum optics and quantum information theory.