Alán Aspuru-Guzik

Aspuru-Guzik was raised in Mexico City, Mexico.[1] When he was in junior high, he represented Mexico at the International Chemistry Olympiad after which his passion for science, particularly chemistry, grew.[2]

Aspuru-Guzik had obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry from the National Autonomous University of Mexico in 1999.[3] In 2004, he was awarded a Ph.D. in physical chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley.[4] He continued at Berkeley as a postdoctoral fellow between 2005 and 2006, working with Martin Head-Gordon.

From 2006 to 2010, Aspuru-Guzik was an assistant professor at Harvard University, before becoming associate professor in 2010, and professor in 2013.[5] In 2018, Professor Aspuru-Guzik moved to the University of Toronto as a Canada 150 Research Chair.[1][6]

From 2012 to 2014, Aspuru-Guzik had worked with Michael Aziz and Roy Gordon with funding from the United States Department of Energy to develop grid-scale, metal-free flow batteries.[7] In 2016, Aspuru-Guzik had worked with Ryan Babbush, a quantum engineer at Google to develop a new algorithm for a quantum computer which will be able to detect various molecules, such as cholesterol.[8] Generalizing such research efforts, he has substantially contributed to developing ideas of hybrid quantum classical algorithms.[9]

Since 2018, he has given lectures at the Information Science and Technology Center, Colorado State University,[10] Williams College,[11] and the College of New Jersey.[12]

• 2009 – Dow Foundation Distinguished Lecturer, University of California, Santa Barbara
• 2009 – Closs Lecturer, University of Chicago
• 2009 – Sloan Research Fellow
• 2010 – Hascoe Distinguished Lecturer, University of Connecticut[13]
• 2010 – American Chemical Society Hewlett-Packard Outstanding Junior Faculty Award
• 2010 – MIT Technology Review Young Innovator Under 35 (TR35)[14]
• 2011 – Big Think Delphi Fellow[15]
• 2012 – Ulam Fellow, Los Alamos National Laboratories
• 2012 – Phillips Distinguished Visitor, Haverford College[16]
• 2012 – Elected Fellow, American Physical Society[17]
• 2013 – ACS Early Career Award in Theoretical Chemistry[18]
• 2013 – Computer World Data+ Award[19]
• 2015 – Information Science and Technology Center Distinguished Lecturer, Colorado State University
• 2015 – Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) Senior Fellow[20]
• 2016 – Per-Olov Löwdin Lecturer, Uppsala University[21]
• 2017 – Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)[22]
• 2017–2018; Invited Member of the World Economic Forum's Global Future Council on Advanced Materials
• 2018 – Canada 150 Research Chair in Theoretical and Quantum Chemistry[23]
• 2018 – The Phi Beta Kappa Society Visiting Scholar[24]
• 2019 – Canada CIFAR AI Chair, Vector Institute[20]
• 2019 – Senior Fellow, Massey College[25]
• 2019 – Laird Lecture, Memorial University of Newfoundland

• Alán Aspuru-Guzik publications indexed by Google Scholar
• Research group website