Dr. Davide Venturelli

Dr. Davide Venturelli is currently Associate Director for Quantum Technologies and Fellow at the USRA Research Institute for Advanced Computer Science (RIACS) in California. He has worked since 2012 in the NASA Quantum AI Laboratory (QuAIL) under the NASA Academic Mission Service. He leads the Applications group of the National Quantum Initiative Superconducting Quantum Materials and System (SQMS) Center at Fermi National Laboratory. In 2021 he was elected member of the Quantum Economic Development Consortium (QED-C) steering committee, the organism coordinating 100+ companies involved in building the supply chain for the emergent quantum technology industry. He produced more than 80 publications and 9 patents in quantum technologies, AI and robotics. He is leading or has led research projects on quantum computing funded by NASA, DARPA, DOD, DOE, NSF. He obtained his Ph.D. at the International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA) in Trieste and at the University of Grenoble.