PhD Electrical Engineering. (Dissertation on Channel Models for Space Communications).
MSc Analytical Philosophy. (Dissertation on Philosophy of Mind).
Her research interests span quantum information theory, quantum communications for space, quantum protocols for secure space systems and networks, post-quantum cryptography and network synchronization.
Dr. Ángeles Vázquez-Castro is Professor at the Department of Telecommunications and Systems Engineering, Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), where she leads the research group on Quantum Space Networks, with projects primarily funded by the European Space Agency (ESA) and European Union. From 2002 to 2004, she was a Research Fellow at the European Space Agency in Noordwijk (The Netherlands), and has held visiting and invited professorships at the University of Southern California (USC), University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), University of Oslo (UNIK, 2008–2012), and the University of Houston (UH, 2023, 2026). Her contributions span both research and contributions to international standards of satellite communications and networking. She has authored more than 160 peer-reviewed papers, 13 book chapters, one edited book, and two patents (one classical, one quantum). She is a founding member of the ESA-funded SatNEx network of European satellite communications experts and served as General Chair of the 2025 AIAA Satellite Communications Conference.