Biography

of Vadim Makarov. For a brief printable version, see one-page CV (PDF)

Work experience and education

Current positions

2023—: group leader at Vigo Quantum Communication Center at the University of Vigo, Spain.

2019—: applied principal investigator and head of the Quantum hacking lab at the Russian Quantum Center, Moscow, Russia.

2019—: professor at the Department of theoretical physics and quantum technologies at the National university of science and technology MISiS, Moscow, Russia.

2018—: visiting professor (<10%) at Shanghai Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Science and Technology of China.

Past

2018—2019: chief scientist and head of the Quantum hacking lab at the Russian Quantum Center, Moscow, Russia.

2012—2018: research assistant professor and head of the Quantum hacking lab at the University of Waterloo, Canada.
Including:: • 2012—2017: member of the Institute for Quantum Computing.

2008—2012: postdoc in the Quantum Hacking group at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Department of Electronics and Telecommunications.
Including:: • 2011: three-month postdoc employment at the University Graduate Center in Kjeller, Norway.; • Stays in research groups in Singapore, Erlangen (Germany), Waterloo (Canada).

2007—2008: postdoc at the Quantum optics and quantum information lab at the Pohang University of Science and Technology, Department of Physics.

1998—2007: PhD student in quantum cryptography at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Department of Electronics and Telecommunications. Thesis title: “Quantum cryptography and quantum cryptanalysis”.
Including:: • 2004—2007: stay at the St. Petersburg State Polytechnical University, Radiophysics Department; • 2007: one-month stay at the Moscow State University, Laboratory of Spontaneous Parametric Down-Conversion; • 2000: two-month stay at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Quantum Electronics and Quantum Optics group

1993—1998: Master’s degree from the St. Petersburg State Polytechnical University, Radiophysics Department.
Including:: • 1997: master thesis done at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Department of Electronics and Telecommunications (thesis title: “Study of characteristics of modified interrogation system for fiber Bragg grating sensors”); • 1995—1997: employed as an electrical engineer and lab assistant at the Optical Technologies research laboratory at the St. Petersburg State Polytechnical University

1989—1993: technician degree in radiotechnics from the St. Petersburg Physical-Mechanical Engineering College (vocational education).

List of publications

Committee appointments

2023—: voting member of the territorial election committee of Vlasikha town, Moscow region, Russia.
2021: non-voting member of precinct election committee 3961 of Moscow region, Russia.

Elective positions

2002—2003: president of the Russian Society of Trondheim, Norway

Languages

English: fluent
Russian: native
Norwegian: good

Other (former) interests

Photography, web publishing, national anthems

Personal

Date of birth: March 25, 1974
Place of birth: Leningrad, USSR
Nationality and citizenship: Russian

Contact information