Sebastian Zanker
CTO And Co-Founder at HQS Quantum Simulations
Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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Top SchoolSebastian Zanker is a physicist-turned-technology leader and co-founder serving as CTO of HQS Quantum Simulations, with eight years of experience translating quantum research into commercial quantum-simulation software. He earned a diploma and is completing a PhD at KIT, shifting early work on decoherence and fault-prone devices toward practical quantum simulation on digital quantum computers. At HQS he combines deep theoretical expertise with product and engineering leadership to bridge lab-born algorithms and startup-grade software. Prior roles in photonics and industrial R&D sharpened his simulation and modeling skills (FEM and Monte Carlo), giving him a pragmatic bent for robust, production-ready systems. Based in Karlsruhe, he’s building a team and company around bringing quantum simulation to real-world problems—an uncommon path that pairs rigorous academic credentials with hands-on product development.
8 years of coding experience
Doktor (Ph.D.), Physics, magna cum laude (very good), Doktor (Ph.D.), Physics, magna cum laude (very good) at Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
German, English
Github Skills (13)
quest10
python-interface9
cffi8
simulator8
quantum-computing6
python6
simulations5
expansion2
tla1
constraint-programming1
generic-programming1
cirq1
solver1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
HQSquantumsimulations/CirqProjectQ
Jul 2018 - Nov 2018
Heisenberg Quantum Simulations' port from ProjectQ to Cirq
Contributions:34 commits, 33 pushes, 2 branches in 4 months
quantum-computingsimulationsprojectqquantumcirq
HeisenbergQS/CirqProjectQ
Jul 2018 - Jul 2018
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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