Anouar Benali
Chief Quantum And Data Officer
Greater Chicago Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAnouar Benali is a computational scientist and co-founder with 14 years of experience building high‑accuracy Quantum Monte Carlo algorithms and HPC‑oriented C++ software for materials science and quantum chemistry. He has led computational science efforts at Argonne National Laboratory and steered quantum and data strategy roles across startups and national labs, including contributions to the flagship QMCPACK project that enables portable GPU-accelerated many‑body simulations. Known for porting and optimizing scientific codes for exascale architectures, he blends deep theoretical physics and chemistry expertise with hands-on performance engineering. Anouar favors mission-driven research work—prioritizing projects that advance science, energy, or society over purely commercial or finance-focused roles.
14 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Doctorate Theoretical physical Chemistry, Doctorate Theoretical physical Chemistry at Université de ToulouseMaster Material Sciences, Master Material Sciences at University of Lille 1 Sciences and TechnologyPolytechnique Montréal
English, French, Arabic, Japanese
Github Skills (11)
build-system10
c-language10
cmake10
cprogramming-language10
scientific-computing10
parallel-computing9
cluster-computing9
code-optimization9
hdf9
mpi8
fortran7
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
QMCPACK/qmcpack
May 2012 - Jul 2022
Main repository for QMCPACK, an open-source production level many-body ab initio Quantum Monte Carlo code for computing the electronic structure of atoms, molecules, and solids with full performance portable GPU support
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:45 reviews, 357 commits, 61 PRs in 10 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Anouar appears to be a developer focused on fixing bugs and porting scientific code to various platforms. Their commits involve bug fixes, often related to platform-specific issues or incorrect configurations. Their work also involves optimizing code for performance by leveraging platform-specific features like QPX intrinsics for IBM-BGQ and updating build scripts to accommodate different compiler versions.
quantum-monte-carlompiatomsgpu-supportc-plus-plus
anbenali/qmcpack
Feb 2017 - Mar 2025
Main repository for QMCPACK, an open-source production level many-body ab initio Quantum Monte Carlo code for computing the electronic structure of atoms, molecules, and solids.
Contributions:30 PRs, 426 pushes, 118 branches in 8 years 3 months
ab-initiomoleculesquantum-monte-carloquantum-computingelectronic-structure
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