Dr. Sebastian Ecker

Sebastian Ecker is a senior engineer at Quantum Technology Laboratories GmbH (qtlabs), where he drives the deployment of cutting-edge quantum-safe communication infrastructures. His expertise spans both satellite links and terrestrial optical fiber networks, ensuring secure data transmission in an era of evolving cybersecurity threats. A trusted advisor to diverse industries, Sebastian guides the seamless integration of quantum-safe solutions into existing communication systems. He leads a groundbreaking initiative to implement Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) systems in Austria’s critical infrastructure and actively contributes to several other high-impact projects driving the future of quantum-secure technologies.

Sebastian holds a master’s degree in Technical Physics from TU Vienna, supervised by Anton Zeilinger, and a PhD from the Institute of Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI) in Vienna, supervised by Marcus Huber, where he focused on noise-resilient high-dimensional entanglement distribution. During his PhD, he served as a visiting scientist for the European Space Agency (ESA), identifying future quantum technologies for satellite-based QKD.