Vlad obtained his BS Physics, MS Physics, and PhD Physics degrees from the National Institute of Physics. He defended his PhD dissertation on refrigeration and spin transport in a one-dimensional Fermi-Hubbard model in 2022. His graduate studies were supported by a DOST-ASTHRDP-NSC scholarship. He is currently working as a faculty member at the <a href="https://www.ust.edu.ph/science/department-of-mathematics-and-physics/">… of Mathematics and Physics</a> of the University of Santo Tomas.