Jungsang Kim

Jungsang Kim, Ph.D. is a Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of IonQ, which was founded in 2015 with his long-time colleague, Chris Monroe, to commercialize quantum computers. Today, IonQ is the leading provider of quantum computing technology offering best-in-class quantum computing services. Kim is also a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Physics and Computer Science at Duke University, where he has led many collaborative research and development projects at the frontier of foundational quantum computing technologies since 2004.

Prior to joining Duke University, Kim was a Technical Manager and a Member of Technical Staff at Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies between 1999-2004. There, he led a team to develop the world’s largest optical crossconnect switch for optical communications, as well as digital antenna technology for improving in-building coverage of cellular phones and data services in the wireless communication network.

Kim received his Bachelor’s degree in Physics from Seoul National University in Seoul, Korea in 1992, and his Ph.D. degree also in Physics from Stanford University in Stanford, CA, USA in 1999. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and Optica (formerly Optical Society of America), and a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Kim served as an inaugural member of the National Quantum Initiative Advisory Committee for USA starting 2020.