Alejandro is a senior research scientist exploring the computational limits and opportunities of quantum computing for problems in artificial intelligence. Before joining Zapata Computing, Alejandro was the lead scientist of the Quantum Machine Learning effort at NASA's Quantum Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (NASA QuAIL). He was also the Co-Founder of Qubitera LLC, a consulting company acquired by Rigetti Computing where he worked after NASA and before his current appointment as the Research Director of Quantum AI at Zapata Computing. He also holds an Honorary Senior Research Associate position at University College London.

Alejandro did his graduate studies, M.A and Ph.D. in Chemical Physics, at Harvard University. Over the past 15+ years, he has worked on the implementation of quantum computing algorithms, enhancing their performance with physics-based approaches while maintaining a practical, application-relevant perspective. His latest research involves the design of hybrid quantum-classical algorithms to solve hard optimization problems and intractable machine learning subroutines.

While at NASA, he was the recipient of the 2014 Staff Appreciation and Recognition (STAR) Award from the University of California, and the 2016 Ames Honor Award in the category of Contractor Employee. In 2017 he was recognized by the Colombian Embassy in the USA as one of the top 22 most influential Colombians in the USA, for his scientific leadership and outreach to help young generations interested in science and technology.

• Research Director of Quantum AI, Zapata Computing. Toronto, Canada (02/2022 - 10/2023).

• Associate Director of Quantum AI, Zapata Computing. Toronto, Canada (11/2020 - 01/2022).

• Quantum Applications Lead, Zapata Computing. Toronto, ON, Canada (11/2019 - 10/2020).

• Sr. Research Scientist, Zapata Computing. Toronto, ON, Canada (03/2019 - 10/2019).

• Honorary Senior Research Associate, Computer Science Dept., University College London, London, UK (09/2016 - 09/2019)

• Sr. Research Scientist/Quantum ML Technical Lead, Rigetti Computing. Berkeley, CA, USA (05/2018 - 01/2019).

• Co-Founder/Chief Scientific Officer, Qubitera, LLC. Mountain View, CA USA (02/2018 - 04/2018). Exit: Acquired by Rigetti Computing

• Sr. Research Scientist/Quantum ML Technical Lead, NASA's Quantum AI Lab., Moffett Field, CA, USA (06/2016 - 04/2018).

• Associate Research Scientist, NASA's Quantum AI Lab., Moffett Field, CA, USA (10/2012 - 05/2018).

• Scientific Advisor, Cambridge Quantum Computing Ltd., Cambridge, UK (06/2016 - 04/2018)

• Senior Advisor, QC Ware Corp., Palo Alto, CA, USA (05/2015 - 12/2016)

Email:      aperdomo [~at~] post.harvard.edu

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alejandro-perdomo

Twitter: @aperdomoortiz