Quantum Computing: from fundamentals to applications

Ikerbasque Research Professor at Donostia International Physics Center, DIPC, and distinguished researcher at the University of the Basque Country, where he leads the Nanophotonics Theory Group.  Javier Aizpurua gained his doctorate in Physics at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) in 1998 for work on the interaction of rapid electrons and nanostructures. After his pre-doctoral stage, he spent two periods as a post-doctoral researcher, one at Chalmers Technology University in Gothenburg, Sweden, and the other at the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). In 2004, Aizpurua joined DIPC, the Donostia International Physics Center, as a research fellow, starting to train a nanophotonics group. In 2008 he was awarded a permanent scientific place at the CSIC, taking responsibility for the photonics line of research at CFM, the Materials Physics Centre in San Sebastián, where he worked until 2023. From this year on, he joined Ikerbasque. He obtained the Euskadi Research award 2022, and is currently the director of the strategy Basque Quantum.

He is director of Euskampus Fundazioa, founded in 2011 by the University of the Basque Country (UPV-EHU), Tecnalia Corporation and the Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC). He worked as assistant professor in the Faculty of Sciences of the UPV/EHU, international projects manager in Gamesa Energy, researcher and project manager at LABEIN- Tecnalia, project and outreach manager in the Nanoscience Cooperative Research Center- nanoGUNE, manager of the nanoBasque Strategy in the Basque Business Development Agency- SPRI, and director of DeustoTech. He holds a PhD in Physics from UPV/EHU, and a master degree in journalism and science communication from the Spanish Open University. He is the author of more than 70 international scientific publications indexed in the Web of knowledge,and author of 3 international patents. He has been awarded as one of the word-leading “Boundary Spanners” for University Business Cooperation by the University Industry Innovation Network.

Ikerbasque Research Professor at Donostia International Physics Center, DIPC, and distinguished researcher at the University of the Basque Country, where he leads the Nanophotonics Theory Group.  Javier Aizpurua gained his doctorate in Physics at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) in 1998 for work on the interaction of rapid electrons and nanostructures. After his pre-doctoral stage, he spent two periods as a post-doctoral researcher, one at Chalmers Technology University in Gothenburg, Sweden, and the other at the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). In 2004, Aizpurua joined DIPC, the Donostia International Physics Center, as a research fellow, starting to train a nanophotonics group. In 2008 he was awarded a permanent scientific place at the CSIC, taking responsibility for the photonics line of research at CFM, the Materials Physics Centre in San Sebastián, where he worked until 2023. From this year on, he joined Ikerbasque. He obtained the Euskadi Research award 2022, and is currently the director of the strategy Basque Quantum.

He is director of Euskampus Fundazioa, founded in 2011 by the University of the Basque Country (UPV-EHU), Tecnalia Corporation and the Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC). He worked as assistant professor in the Faculty of Sciences of the UPV/EHU, international projects manager in Gamesa Energy, researcher and project manager at LABEIN- Tecnalia, project and outreach manager in the Nanoscience Cooperative Research Center- nanoGUNE, manager of the nanoBasque Strategy in the Basque Business Development Agency- SPRI, and director of DeustoTech. He holds a PhD in Physics from UPV/EHU, and a master degree in journalism and science communication from the Spanish Open University. He is the author of more than 70 international scientific publications indexed in the Web of knowledge,and author of 3 international patents. He has been awarded as one of the word-leading “Boundary Spanners” for University Business Cooperation by the University Industry Innovation Network.

Juanjo García Ripoll completed a PhD in ultracold atoms and 5 years of postdoctoral work at the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics, in which he contributed to the early developments of quantum simulation and quantum computing. In 2008 he joined CSIC as researcher, leading investigation in quantum hardware and quantum software to operate it. He coordinates the CSIC Platform for Quantum Technologies and the Spanish Network for Quantum Information and Quantum Technologies, and has contributed to the creation of two masters programas in quantum technologies in which CSIC collaborates.

Licenciada en Biología por la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (2005) y doctora en Genética y Biología Molecular por la Universidad del País Vasco (2009). En 2012, obtuvo el Máster en métodos de investigación y evaluación de servicios sanitarios y economía de la salud de la Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED). En 2015, obtuvo el LEAD - El certificado de Especialización en Liderazgo y Transformación en Organizaciones y Sistemas de Salud de Deusto Business School. En 2017, obtuvo el título sobre Eficiencia en la producción de servicios sanitarios "Marco conceptual y uso de software" en la Escuela de Salud Pública de Andalucía (España). En 2018, alcanzó el título sobre Aplicación de la metodología LEAN para la mejora de las vías asistenciales en la Escuela de Salud Pública de Andalucía (España). En 2019, realizó el Curso de Liderazgo y Organización para el Cambio del Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI). En 2021, logró el título de Epidemiología Avanzada de la Escuela de Salud Pública de Andalucía (España). Se incorporó al Instituto Kronikgune como investigadora a finales de 2012 y actualmente es la coordinadora científica.