Dr Christiana Panayi is currently Project Manager at the PV Technology laboratory, FOSS Research Centre at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Cyprus. She received her BSc in Physics from University of Cyprus in 2010. In 2011, she completed her studies in Quantum Technologies from University of Leeds in the School of Physics and Astronomy. She then continued her PhD studies in the area of Quantum Key Distribution in the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering from University of Leeds, which she completed in 2016.