Stefano Battaglia
Senior Researcher at Microsoft
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Top SchoolStefano Battaglia is a senior researcher with a decade of experience applying and developing advanced computational methods across chemistry, physics, and materials science, now working at Microsoft after leading quantum-classical materials simulation efforts at the University of Zurich. He combines deep algorithmic expertise—DFT, quantum embedding, multiconfigurational methods—and hands-on scientific software engineering for HPC and open-source projects (notably CP2K and OpenMolcas) to turn cutting-edge theory into scalable workflows. Stefano has a strong track record in quantum computing integration, hybrid quantum-classical algorithm design with IBM Research, and automated pipelines that accelerate discovery in porous and light-responsive materials. He is an experienced mentor and communicator, with 24 peer-reviewed publications, many invited talks, and teaching experience from BSc to PhD levels, and a history of securing competitive fellowships and organizing community events. Less obvious: his work spans both very low-level algorithm development (relativistic DMRG, bespoke potentials) and practical industrial-scale HPC collaborations, bridging academic innovation and production-ready tools.
10 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Theoretical Chemistry and Computational Modeling, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Theoretical Chemistry and Computational Modeling at Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse IIIDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Theoretical Chemistry and Computational Modeling, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Theoretical Chemistry and Computational Modeling at Università degli Studi di PerugiaMaster of Science - MS, Computational Science & Engineering, Master of Science - MS, Computational Science & Engineering at ETH Zürich
English, Italian, French, German, Spanish
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Github Skills (91)
chemistry10
toggl10
time-tracking10
quantum-computing10
dft10
materials-informatics10
physics10
simulation10
quantum-chemistry10
jira10
linux9
latex9
cli9
shell9
hpc9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
stefabat/MolecularIntegrals
Jun 2019 - Jul 2021
Contributions:5 commits, 4 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 1 month
stefabat/cp2k
Oct 2022 - Apr 2025
Quantum chemistry and solid state physics software package
Contributions:168 pushes, 25 branches in 2 years 6 months
physicschemistryquantum-computingsolid-state-physicssolid-state
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