Alán Aspuru-Guzik

Alán Aspuru-Guzik is a professor of chemistry, computer science, chemical engineering and materials science at the University of Toronto Faculty of Arts and Science. He is also Senior Director of Quantum Chemistry, NVIDIA. His research group, the matter lab, studies quantum chemistry, AI for chemical and materials discovery, quantum computing and self-driving chemical. He is the co-founder of Kebotix, a company focused on automated chemical and material discovery. He previously cofounded Zapata Computing, which temporarily closed in 2024, and has since undergone restructuring and emerged as Zapata Quantum.