Stefan Leichenauer
VP Of Engineering at National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Austin, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolStefan Leichenauer is a VP of Engineering and physicist-turned-technology leader with nine years of industry experience building systems that fuse machine learning and principled, equation-driven science. He leads engineering at SandboxAQ, where he is developing Large Quantitative Models that combine neural methods with verified physical and mathematical knowledge to tackle frontier problems in medicine, materials, and finance. His career bridges top-tier research and applied innovation—postdocs at Caltech and Berkeley in theoretical physics, research roles at X and Alphabet, and a current advisory role on NIST’s Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology. Stefan pairs deep quantitative intuition with product-minded engineering and has expanded his expertise through executive tech strategy and pharmacology programs, signaling a rare blend of science, strategy, and domain breadth.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Physics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Physics at University of California, BerkeleyBachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Mathematics-Physics, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Mathematics-Physics at Brown UniversityOther, Certificate of Excellence in Technology Strategy, Executive Education, Other, Certificate of Excellence in Technology Strategy, Executive Education at University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of BusinessOther; HMX Pro online certificate program – Pharmacology - Drug Discovery and Development, Other; HMX Pro online certificate program – Pharmacology - Drug Discovery and Development at Harvard Medical School
Github Skills (11)
google9
simulation9
api8
algorithms8
quantum-computing8
sdk8
python7
quantum-algorithms7
tensor6
quantum-programming-language6
cirq6
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
sleichen/sleichen.github.io
Jun 2017 - Feb 2019
Contributions:34 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 8 months
jekyll-blogjekylljekyll-thememinutes
sleichen/Cirq
Aug 2018 - Nov 2018
Contributions:5 pushes in 3 months
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