Alán Aspuru-Guzik

Alán Aspuru-Guzik is a professor of chemistry and computer science at the University of Toronto. His research group studies machine learning, quantum computing, and automated chemistry. He is the chief scientific officer and founder of quantum computing startup Zapata Computing.

Alán Aspuru-Guzik
Born (1976-07-04) July 4, 1976
Santa Clara, California
NationalityCanadian, Mexican
Alma materUniversity of California, Berkeley
National Autonomous University of Mexico
Scientific career
Fieldscomputational chemistry
InstitutionsUniversity of Toronto
Harvard University
Thesis
Doctoral advisorWilliam A. Lester Jr.
Websitematter.toronto.edu

Early life

Aspuru-Guzik was raised in Mexico City, Mexico.[1] When he was in junior high, he represented Mexico at the International Chemistry Olympiad after which his passion for science, particularly chemistry, grew.[2]

Aspuru-Guzik had obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry from the National Autonomous University of Mexico in 1999.[3] In 2004, he was awarded a Ph.D. in physical chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley[4] He continued at Berkeley as a postdoctoral fellow between 2005 and 2006.

Career

From 2006 to 2010, Aspuru-Guzik was an assistant professor at Harvard University, before becoming associate professor in 2010, and professor in 2013.[5] In 2018, Professor Aspuru-Guzik moved to the University of Toronto as a Canada 150 Research Chair.[1][6]

From 2012 to 2014, Aspuru-Guzik had worked with Michael Aziz, Thomas Dudley Cabot, Roy Gordon and the United States Department of Energy to develop the grid-scale battery which will also use metal-free flow.[7] In 2016, Aspuru-Guzik had worked with Ryan Babbush, a quantum engineer at Google to develop a new algorithm for a quantum computer which will be able to detect various molecules, such as cholesterol.[8]

Since 2018, he has given lectures at the Information Science and Technology Center, Colorado State University,[9] Williams College,[10] and the College of New Jersey.[11]

Awards
  • 2009 – Dow Foundation Distinguished Lecturer, University of California, Santa Barbara
  • 2009 – Closs Lecturer, University of Chicago
  • 2009 – Sloan Research Fellow
  • 2010 – Hascoe Distinguished Lecturer, University of Connecticut[12]
  • 2010 – American Chemical Society Hewlett-Packard Outstanding Junior Faculty Award
  • 2010 – MIT Technology Review Young Innovator Under 35 (TR35)[13]
  • 2011 – Big Think Delphi Fellow[14]
  • 2012 – Ulam Fellow, Los Alamos National Laboratories
  • 2012 – Phillips Distinguished Visitor, Haverford College[15]
  • 2012 – Elected Fellow, American Physical Society American Physical Society[16]
  • 2013 – ACS Early Career Award in Theoretical Chemistry[17]
  • 2013 – Computer World Data+ Award[18]
  • 2015 – Information Science and Technology Center Distinguished Lecturer, Colorado State University
  • 2015 – Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) Senior Fellow[19]
  • 2016 – Per-Olov Löwdin Lecturer, Uppsala University[20]
  • 2017 – Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)[21]
  • 2017–2018; Invited Member of the World Economic Forum's Global Future Council on Advanced Materials
  • 2018 – Canada 150 Research Chair in Theoretical and Quantum Chemistry[22]
  • 2018 – The Phi Beta Kappa Society Visiting Scholar[23]
  • 2019 – Canada CIFAR AI Chair, Vector Institute[19]
  • 2019 – Senior Fellow, Massey College[24]
  • 2019 – Laird Lecture, Memorial University of Newfoundland

References
  1. Haves, Dan (March 29, 2018). "Professor Alán Aspuru-Guzik joins Chemistry as Canada 150 Research Chair". University of Toronto. Archived from the original on April 20, 2019. Retrieved May 21, 2019.
  2. Neil Savage (2015). "A Conversation With Alán Aspuru-Guzik". Chemical & Engineering News. 93 (25): 39.
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  4. "Developing computer programs for simulating molecules exactly using quantum computers". Benefunder. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
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  6. Amy L. Jia and Sanjana L. Narayanan (March 30, 2018). "Chemistry Professor Aspuru-Guzik to Leave Harvard". The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
  7. Karoff, Paul (January 8, 2014). "Battery offers renewable energy breakthrough". Harvard Gazette. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
  8. Reuell, Peter (August 4, 2016). "New way to model molecules". Harvard Gazette. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
  9. "Alán Aspuru-Guzik" (PDF). Colorado State University. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
  10. "Williams College to Present a Lecture on the Development of Quantum Computing". Williams College. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
  11. "Phi Beta Kappa visiting scholar Alán Aspuru-Guzik on the future of computer simulation of matter, Oct. 1–2". The College of New Jersey. September 27, 2018. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
  12. "Norman Hascoe Distinguished Lecture ‹ UConn Calendar". events.uconn.edu. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
  13. "Innovator Under 35: Alán Aspuru-Guzik, 34". MIT Technology Review. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
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  15. "Distinguished Visitors Program". www.haverford.edu. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
  16. "New U.S. National Security Faculty Fellows Announced". American Physical Society. July 28, 2015. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
  17. "Alán Aspuru-Guzik". American Chemical Society. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
  18. Pratt, Mary K. (August 26, 2013). "Data+ Awards: Harvard's Clean Energy Project gets a massive speed boost". Computerworld. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
  19. "Alán Aspuru-Guzik". CIFAR. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
  20. Kuismin, Victor. "Former lecturers – Section of Chemistry – Uppsala University, Sweden". www.kemi.uu.se. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
  21. "Alan Aspuru-Guzik named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science". Harvard University. November 20, 2017. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
  22. "Canada 150 Research Chairs". www.canada150.chairs-chaires.gc.ca. Government of Canada. May 8, 2017. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
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  24. "New Senior Fellows and Quadranglers Announced". Retrieved October 23, 2019.
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