Joshua Goings
Staff Research Scientist at IonQ
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolJoshua Goings is a staff research scientist based in Seattle with 12 years of experience at the intersection of theoretical chemistry, quantum computing, and machine learning. He has progressed from NSF-supported doctoral research in theoretical chemistry to applied roles at IonQ and a visiting research stint at Google focused on making chemistry accessible on quantum hardware. Joshua blends deep academic rigor—PhD-trained theoretical chemist—with hands-on quantum applications engineering, lowering circuit cost "one Toffoli at a time." His work traverses research and product boundaries, bringing scientific methods into deployable quantum software and algorithms. An award-winning problem solver (7 J.D. Power Awards noted on his GitHub), he is comfortable translating complex chemistry into practical quantum workflows for emerging hardware.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Theoretical Chemistry, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Theoretical Chemistry at University of WashingtonBachelor of Science (B.S.), Chemistry, Biochemistry, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Chemistry, Biochemistry at Seattle Pacific University
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Github Skills (69)
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chemistry10
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routines10
quantum-algorithms9
fourier-transform9
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frequency9
shell9
quantum-computing9
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Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
jjgoings/gaussian_realtime_parse
May 2016 - Aug 2017
Contributions:26 commits, 2 PRs, 32 pushes in 1 year 2 months
gaussianrealtimescfparser
jjgoings/VQE
Aug 2020 - Feb 2021
Contributions:17 commits, 16 pushes, 1 branch in 6 months
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