Yu-ichiro Matsushita

Yu-ichiro Matsushita is the CEO & President of Quemix Inc., a technology company dedicated to accelerating materials informatics and engineering simulations through quantum computing.

He received his Ph.D. in Engineering from the Graduate School of Engineering at The University of Tokyo in 2013. Following his doctoral studies, he served as a researcher at the Max Planck Institute in Germany. Dr. Matsushita later held academic positions including Assistant Professor at The University of Tokyo and Specially Appointed Associate Professor at the Tokyo Institute of Technology. He was appointed CEO of Quemix Inc. in August 2020. In addition, he currently serves as a Specially Appointed Associate Professor at The University of Tokyo.