Federico Santona Top-Executive
Erasmus Mundus QuanTEEM master’s student focused on the intersection of quantum computing and machine learning.
MSc thesis intern at IQM Quantum Computers, working on quantum algorithms for fermionic/quantum-chemistry simulation and benchmarking on real hardware.
Previously: Aarhus University (surface-code compilation & lattice-surgery) and Fraunhofer ITWM (VQC/QNN in PennyLane with Pulse Control).
Also: ML Engineer at a US-based remote startup (graph-transformer + LLM recommenders; large-scale behavioral embeddings).
Headquarters:
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Headline:
Quantum Algorithm Engineer Intern @IQM | Quantum Algorithms & ML | Erasmus Mundus Scholar (QuanTEEM)
Followers:
968
Connections:
957
Company:
IQM Quantum Computers
Company Website:
https://iqm.tech, https://quanteem.eu
Languages:
Bokmål, Norwegian, English, Italian, Spanish
Skills:
Knowledge Graph-Based Recommendation, Leadership, Teamwork, Software Development, Graph Theory, Qiskit Pulse, Research Skills, Programming, Computer Science, PennyLane, Qiskit, Quantum Computing, Quantum Machine Learning, Feature Engineering, Deep Learning, Cluster Analysis, Azure DevOps Server, Microsoft Azure Machine Learning, Project Management, Machine Learning, Data Analysis, GitHub, C++, Numerical Simulation, Computer Simulations, Mathematical Analysis, Theoretical Physics, Experimental Physics, Scuba Diving, Marine Safety, Pyhton
Experience:
Title: Quantum Algorithm Engineer Intern
Company: IQM Quantum Computers
Location: Munich
Start: Mar 2026
End: Present
Title: Machine Learning Engineer
Company: Stealth AI Startup
Location: Los Altos, CA
Start: Nov 2024
End: Present
Title: Scholarship Holder
Company: QuanTEEM
Location: Europe
Start: Sep 2024
End: Present
Title: Quantum Error Correction Research Intern
Company: Aarhus University
Location: Aarhus, Central Denmark Region, Denmark
Start: Aug 2025
End: Jan 2026
Title: Quantum ML Engineer Intern
Company: Fraunhofer ITWM
Location:
Start: Mar 2025
End: Jul 2025
Title: Machine Learning Intern
Company: Carlsberg Group
Location:
Start: Sep 2024
End: Dec 2024
Education:
School: Aarhus University
Degree: Master of Science - MS
Field: QuanTEEM
Period: Aug 2025 - Jun 2026
School: RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau
Degree: Erasmus Mundus Master
Field: Quantum Technologies and Engineering (QuanTEEM)
Period: Feb 2025 - Aug 2025
School: Université Bourgogne Europe
Degree: Erasmus Mundus Master
Field: Quantum technology and Engineering (QuanTEEM)
Period: Sep 2024 - Feb 2025
School: Università degli Studi di Milano
Degree: Bachelor of Science - BS
Field: Physics
Period: Sep 2021 - Jul 2024
School: Universitetet i Oslo (UiO) | University of Oslo
Degree: Erasmus Scholar
Field: Physics
Period: Aug 2023 - Jun 2024
Country:
Germany