Prof. Joseba Andoni Zubia Zaballa

Joseba Zubia was born in Barakaldo, Spain, in 1965. He received the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in physics from the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Bilbao, Spain, in 1988 and 1993, respectively. He received a special award for the best thesis and the Euskoiker research award. Since 2001 he is Professor within the Department of Communications Engineering, of the University of the Basque Country. He is the Director of the Applied Photonics Group, recognized as outstanding by Basque Science System. His research interest includes the development of fiber-optic sensors, fabrication of polymer optical fibers and quantum optics. In this field, he has collaborated with leading European, Japanese and U.S. researchers, and he has published over 150 articles in SCI-IF journals and contributed over 250 communications in scientific conferences.