Leadership in Quantum: Dr. Thierry Botter

PushQuantum and QuantX present their new series: Leadership in Quantum. For our first episode, we will host Dr. Thierry Botter! We will be hearing about his interesting career, and the choices he had to make. We will also have the opportunity for a live Q&A!

Dr. Thierry Botter is deputy-Chief of Airbus’ central research & technology (CRT) organization and heads Airbus Blue Sky, a research department within CRT dedicated to emerging, transformative technologies. The department currently has running activities in the areas of sustainable, bio-based recycling of materials, computational neuroscience, and quantum technologies. He also recently joined the investment group Quantonation as a Venture Partner and the quantum computing startup Qu & Co as an advisor. Dr. Botter was a member of the strategic advisory board for the European Commission’s Quantum Technologies Flagship.

He has an extensive track record in the areas of quantum physics, applied quantum engineering, optics, and aerospace systems. Prior to joining Airbus in 2014, Dr. Botter was a researcher at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, working on the development of space-based quantum sensors. He holds a PhD in physics from the University of California, Berkeley, and Master’s degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Online event, registration through https://leadership_in_quantum.eventbrite.de/?aff=miqt.