Min-Hsiu Hsieh is the Director of the Hon Hai Quantum Computing Research Center in Taiwan since January 2021. Previously, he was an Associate Professor at the University of Technology Sydney (2014–2020) and a member of the UTS Centre for Quantum Software and Information. He held postdoctoral positions at the University of Cambridge and with the ERATO-SORST Quantum Computation and Information Project in Japan, where he was also affiliated with the University of Tokyo. From 2014 to 2018, he was an Australian Research Council Future Fellow.
Liubov Markovich is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Leiden Institute of Physics (LION) at Leiden University and a member of the Applied Quantum Algorithms group led by Jordi Tura. Her research focuses on theoretical aspects of quantum information and quantum algorithms, including variational quantum methods, quantum optimization, and techniques for characterizing and improving near-term quantum devices. She contributes to the development of quantum algorithmic tools that enable efficient optimization and simulation on noisy intermediate-scale quantum platforms
Jordi Tura i Brugués is an Associate Professor at the Leiden Institute of Physics (LION) and a Principal Investigator in the Applied Quantum Algorithms group, supported by an ERC Starting Grant. His research focuses on quantum algorithms and their applications, including device-independent quantum information processing, tensor networks, near-term and distributed quantum architectures, and quantum machine learning. He obtained his Ph.D. from ICFO – The Institute of Photonic Sciences in 2015 and held postdoctoral positions at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, supported by Marie Curie and Alexander von Humboldt fellowships, before joining LION in 2020.
Yen-Hung Chen is a Professor in the Department of Optics and Photonics at National Central University (NCU), Taiwan, and Director of the Quantum Technology Center. His research focuses on nonlinear optics and integrated photonics, including lithium-niobate integrated photonic devices, waveguide lasers, microchip solid-state lasers, and quantum photonic circuits for applications in optical communication, sensing, and quantum technologies. He leads the Nonlinear Integrated Laser Photonics (NILP) Lab and received his Ph.D. in Atomic Science from National Tsing Hua University.
Caspar H. van der Wal is Professor of Physics of Quantum Devices at the Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen. The research of his team focuses on exploring spintronic and quantum information functionalities with electron spins and nuclear spins in semiconductor devices. He obtained his Ph.D. from Delft University of Technology and subsequently held a postdoctoral position at Harvard University. He joined the University of Groningen in 2003, became full professor in 2015, and has received major research grants including an ERC Starting Grant; he also served as Scientific Director of the Zernike Institute from 2016 to 2022.
Anjusha Vijayakumar Sreeja is a Quantum Application Scientist specializing in Qblox control solutions for optically addressable qubit platforms. She works with systems including color centers in diamond, rare-earth ion doped crystals, cold atoms, and trapped ions, supporting advancements in quantum computing and quantum networking through high-fidelity control and experimental optimization.
Jay Jayesingha joined Qblox in its early days and has been part of the core team as the company grew into the Netherlands’ largest quantum technology company. He is responsible for APAC sales, working closely with customers and partners to bring practical perspective to the adoption of quantum computing technologies. Jay contributes a grounded view on how quantum hardware and systems are evolving, and what this means for real-world applications today and in the years ahead.
Bas Hensen is an Assistant Professor at Leiden University, where he leads the Hensen Lab within the Leiden Institute of Physics. His research focuses on experimental tests of quantum mechanics at the interface with gravity, using advanced solid-state and levitated quantum systems. He is known for his key role in the first loophole-free Bell test demonstrating quantum entanglement. He received his Ph.D. from Delft University of Technology and works on creating macroscopic quantum states to probe the foundations of quantum theory.
Ray-Kuang Lee is a Distinguished Professor at National Tsing Hua University (NTHU), Taiwan, with appointments in the Institute of Photonics Technologies and the Departments of Electrical Engineering and Physics. His research focuses on quantum optics and nonlinear photonics, including quantum noise squeezing, quantum metrology, photonic chips, and precision optical measurements. He received his Ph.D. in Electro-Optical Engineering from National Chiao Tung University and has led pioneering work on squeezed quantum states and their applications in advanced measurement systems.