Bachelor’s degree in Theoretical Physics
2014 - 2018University of Barcelona, Spain.
Thesis Supervised by Dr. Antoni Planes.Curriculum Vitae (CV)
A brief summary of my studies, employment and academic tasks.
Dr. Carles Roch i Carceller
PhD date: 15 January 2024 (defense on 23 October 2023)
Quantum Information Theory
Current position
MSCA Postdoctoral Fellow at ICFO, Barcelona, Spain.
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Education
Master’s degree in Quantum Physics
2018 - 2020University of Copenhagen, Niels Bohr Institute, Denmark.
Thesis Supervised by Dr. Anders S. Sørensen.Doctoral studies: Quantum state discrimination with applications in contextuality and randomness certification
2020 - 2023Technical University of Denmark, Denmark.
Thesis Supervised by Dr. Jonatan Bohr Brask.Academic visits
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
2022 & 2025South Korea. Group of Prof. Joonwoo Bae. Total duration of 3 + 1/2 months.
Institut de ciències fotòniques (ICFO)
2022Barcelona, Spain. Group of Prof. Antonio Acín. Duration of 1 month.
Jyväskylä University
2024Jyväskylä, Finland. Group of Prof. Teiko Heinosaari. Duration of 2 weeks.
Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN)
2026Natal, Brazil. Group of Prof. Rafael Chaves. Duration of 1 month.
Past employment
Teacher
2016 - 2017Germans Grans, Barcelona, Spain.
Research assistant
2017 - 2018Advanced Nanotechnologies, Barcelona, Spain.
Data entry
2019 - 2020Omnio IoT, Copenhagen, Denmark.
PhD student
2020 - 2023Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark.
Assistant researcher
2023Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark.
Postdoctoral researcher
2023 - 2026Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
Teaching and supervision
Teaching assistant
2021Advanced quantum mechanics, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark.
Entropy bounds for semi-device-independent randomness certification
2024Nicolò Sguerso, Master Thesis, Technical University of Denmark.
Quantum key distribution with imperfect devices
2025Astrid Levin, Master Thesis, Lund University.
Multipartite quantum key distribution
2025Simon Birgersson, Master Thesis, Lund University.
Certifying the inherent randomness in quantum state discrimination
2025Oliver Karlsson, Bachelor Thesis, Lund University.
Funding
Independent Research Fund Denmark. DFF-International Postdoctoral Grant (thematic)
2026Duration: 2 years. Total amount: 1.822.955 DKK. Declined in favour of MSCA.
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025 (HORIZON-MSCA-2025-PF)
2026Duration: 2 years. Success rate: 9.6%. Total amount: 194.074,56€
Other academic duties
Reviewer
Referee of scientific articles in Physical Review Letters (7), Physical Review Research (3), Physical Review A (3), PRX Quantum (3), New Journal of Physics (2), Quantum Science and Technology (2), Quantum (2), Springer Nature (1) and Nature Communications (1). Trusted reviewer status from the Institute of Physics.