Dr Regina Finsterhölzl

Senior R&D Scientist and Software Developer, Quantinuum

Regina Finsterhölzl is a physicist by training, working as a scientist and software developer in the field of quantum computing, with experience in software development for machine learning applications and as a consultant in the field of quantum technologies.

In her position as a Senior R&D scientist and software developer with Quantinuum, she works on (fault-tolerant / error-corrected) algorithms for quantum chemistry. Her research at the University of Konstanz focused on the theory of quantum information processing in solid-state systems, where she developed protocols for the control and manipulation of quantum information and for tailoring quantum error-correcting codes and quantum algorithms to current near-term quantum computers. She also developed software for the simulation of the noisy behavior of real devices.

Her Ph.D. at the Technical University of Berlin focussed on the theory and numerical simulation of quantum optical systems and quantum many-body systems, in particular on the control of open quantum networks and systems of coupled qubits.

As a consultant, Regina Finsterhölzl collaborated with German governmental institutions – providing advice mainly on quantum software development - and promoted publicly funded projects on quantum computing applications and post-quantum cryptography. In addition to that, she developed and applied software tools for data analysis and text mining.

Before her education as a physicist, she studied historical and political science. She holds a Ph.D. in humanities, focusing on the history of decolonization in West Africa after the Second World War, where I investigated the interplay of local independence movements and advertising strategies of European companies active in the local markets. The work has been published in the Böhlau Verlag.

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