Bert De Jong
Director Quantum Systems Accelerator - National Quantum Initiative
Berkeley, California, United States
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Top SchoolBert De Jong is a multidisciplinary scientific leader with 26 years of experience directing large-scale computational and quantum science programs from Berkeley Lab. As Director of the Quantum Systems Accelerator under the National Quantum Initiative, he guides co-design of quantum hardware and algorithms across neutral atoms, trapped ions, and superconducting platforms to accelerate prototypes into impactful scientific and commercial applications. He also leads Computational Science at Berkeley Lab and has a long track record building and managing high-performance scientific software teams and research groups dating back to Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Bert combines deep domain expertise in theoretical chemistry (PhD, University of Groningen) with hands-on leadership in software, editorial stewardship for major computational journals, and advisory roles in industry. Notably, he has shepherded community tools and standards in relativistic quantum calculations—work that still informs benchmarks in the field. Based in Berkeley, he blends academic rigor, national-lab scale program management, and practical engineering to bridge basic science and deployable quantum systems.
26 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
PhD Theoretical Chemistry, PhD Theoretical Chemistry at University of GroningenBS Chemical Engineering, BS Chemical Engineering at NHL Hogeschool
Dutch, English, German
Github Skills (66)
fenics10
density-functional-theory10
computational-science10
computational-chemistry10
parallel-computing10
chemistry10
high-performance10
molecular-simulation10
quantum-chemistry10
converting9
data-representation8
schema8
mojolicious8
apl8
multicore7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
wadejong/NWChemOutputToJson
Oct 2015 - Jul 2018
Python files for reading NWChem output and converting to Json
Contributions:29 commits, 2 PRs, 23 pushes in 2 years 9 months
to-jsonpythonpython-filesconvertingnwchem
wadejong/NWChem-Json
Oct 2015 - Aug 2017
Contributions:24 commits, 1 PR, 19 pushes in 1 year 9 months
nwchemjson
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