Pau Escofet is a PhD student specializing in Quantum Computing Architecture at the N3Cat group at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC). He earned his Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science from UPC in 2022, during which he completed an exchange semester at ETH Zurich. Pau continued his academic journey at UPC, obtaining a Master's Degree in Advanced Telecommunication Technologies in 2023. His PhD research focuses on scalable architectures for quantum computing, specifically targeting systems that can support thousands or millions of qubits to achieve quantum advantage.

Throughout his academic career, Pau has been recognized for his outstanding achievements. In 2021, he received the award for the Best Computer Science Bachelor’s Thesis for his work on "Spectral Methods for Graph Drawing and Synthesis of Integrated Circuits" from FIB Alumni. He was also honored as one of the Top 10 Computer Science students in Spain in 2022 by Nova Talent's Nova 111 Student List. Additionally, his exceptional work in high school earned him the Best Chemistry High-School Thesis award from Universitat Ramon Llull in 2018.