Summary
Ayush Asthana is an assistant professor at the University of North Dakota who bridges quantum chemistry and quantum computing, with eight years of research experience spanning IIT Kanpur, Johns Hopkins (PhD), Virginia Tech (postdoc), and now his own lab. His work focuses on accurate many-body methods for heavy elements, spin-orbit coupled-cluster implementations, and adapting quantum algorithms (including unitary coupled-cluster approaches) for near-term and fault-tolerant quantum devices. He has built open-source tooling—such as the AutoGen expression generator—and contributed to CFOUR, demonstrating an unusual blend of deep algorithmic development and practical software engineering for quantum chemistry. Based in Grand Forks, ND, he combines rigorous theoretical foundations with hands-on code that accelerates experimental and computational workflows in molecular simulation.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Johns Hopkins University
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
English, Hindi