César Feniou

Postdoctoral Researcher · Leiden University & University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam–Leiden, Netherlands

cesar.feniou@gmail.com

quantum circuits quantum algorithms electronic structure theory quantum many-body problems quantum linear algebra fault-tolerant quantum computing

Research

I work on quantum algorithms for quantum many-body problems, with an eye toward applications in chemistry, including materials science and drug discovery. My interests span multiple levels of the quantum computing stack: from high-level problem representations down to low-level quantum circuit optimisation.

I am currently a joint postdoctoral researcher at Leiden University and the University of Amsterdam, working across LIACS, QuSoft and aQa-Leiden with Stefano Polla, Vedran Dunjko and Hao Wang.

Background

• Ph.D. in Chemistry · Sorbonne Université (2022–2025)
  Quantum Algorithms for First-Principles Quantum Chemistry
  Advisors: Prof. Jean-Philip Piquemal, Dr. Emmanuel Giner

• MBA · Collège des Ingénieurs, Paris (2022–2025)
  Science and Management

• M.S. in Chemistry · École Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay (2020–2022)

• B.S. in Chemistry · École Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay (2018–2020)

• ARTeQ — Degree in Quantum Technologies · Université Paris-Saclay (2021)