CV

General Information

Full Name Werner Dobrautz
Date of Birth 2nd November 1987
Languages English, German
E-Mail werner.dobrautz@gmail.com

Experience

  • Since 2023
    Remote Fellow -- Young Investigator Group Preparation Program
    Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Steinbuch Centre for Computing, Karlsruhe, Germany
    • Preparation and Mentorship Program for Independent Group Leader Funding Applications
  • Since 2022
    Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow
    Chalmers University of Technology and Wallenberg Centre for Quantum Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
    • Quantum algorithm development to enable accurate and efficient ab initio calculations on current and near-term quantum computers.
  • 2021 - 2022
    Postdoc
    Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg and IBM Academic Network
    • Development of novel quantum computing algorithms to perform realistic ab initio calculations on near-term quantum computing devices.
  • 2019 - 2021
    Postdoc
    Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart, Germany
    • Development of highly accurate quantum Monte Carlo methods for strongly correlated electron systems. Application to solid-state model Hamiltonians and strongly correlated bio-chemical transition-metal clusters.
    • Development of highly optimized massively parallel algorithms for high-performance computing centers.
    • Collaboration with industry partners to enable accurate quantum chemical calculations on NISQ quantum computing devices.

Education

Research-related Competences

  • Computational Chemistry Software
    • Expert knowledge of quantum Monte Carlo methods, esp. NECI. Well-experienced with PySCF and OpenMolcas.
    • Knowledge of Molpro, iTensor, BlockDMRG, CASINO, TensorFlow, ALPS, Triqs and QuantumPackage

Honors, Awards, and Scholarships

  • 2022
    • Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship

Academic Service

Open Source Projects

Invited Seminars

  • 2023
    Reducing necessary quantum hardware resources with explicitly correlated methods
    • at Algorithmiq Ltd., Helsinki, Finland
    • Slides
  • 2022
    Reducing the computational footprint on quantum hardware by a correlated wavefunction Ansatz
    • at Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart, Germany
  • 2021
    Reducing the computational footprint on quantum hardware by a correlated wavefunction Ansatz
    • at IBM Research Zürich, Rüschlikon, Switzerland
    • Slides
  • 2020
    Non-unitary similarity transformation of the electronic Schrödinger equation via Gutzwiller and Jastrow factorization
    • at Sorbonne Universités, Laboratoire de Chimie Theorique, Paris, France
    • Slides
  • 2020
    Non-unitary similarity transformation of the electronic Schrödinger equation via Gutzwiller and Jastrow factorization
    • at King's College, Department of Physics, London, UK
    • Slides
  • 2019
    Non-unitary similarity transformation of the electronic Schrödinger equation via Gutzwiller and Jastrow factorization
    • at Vienna University of Technology, Department of Physics, Vienna, Austria
    • Slides

Conference Talks

  • 2023
    Invited Talk: QED-C Quantum talent showcase, online
    • Towards real chemical accuracy on current quantum hardware through the transcorrelated method
  • 2023
    Invited Talk: QVEST -- Quo Vadis Electronic Structure Theory, Ringberg Castle, Germany
    • Enabling accurate Quantum Chemistry on current and near-term Quantum Hardware with the Transcorrelated Method
  • 2023
    Invited Talk: Chalmers SmallTalks, Chalmers University, Gothenburg, Sweden
    • Chemistry Meets Quantum Computing: A New Era of Simulation and Study
    • Slides
  • 2023
    APS March Meeting, Las Vegas, USA
    • Accurate quantum chemistry calculations on near-term quantum computers enabled by the transcorrelated method
    • Slides
  • 2021
    E-MRS Fall Meeting (virtual), Warsaw, Poland
    • Spin-pure stochastic CASSCF applied to iron-sulfur clusters
    • Slides
  • 2021
    Quantum Bio-Inorganic Chemistry Society, online
    • Spin-pure full configuration interaction Quantum Monte Carlo
  • 2021
    OpenMolcas Developers' eMeeting, Loughborough, UK (online)
    • Spin-pure Stochastic-CASSCF applied to iron-sulfur clusters
    • Slides
  • 2020
    OpenMolcas Developers' eMeeting, Stuttgart, Germany (online)
    • Spin-pure Stochastic-CASSCF in OpenMolcas via spin-adapted FCIQMC
    • Slides
  • 2019
    NECI Developers Meeting, Stuttgart, Germany
    • Application of the Transcorrelated Approach to the 2-D Hubbard Model
    • Slides
  • 2018
    NECI Developers Meeting, Stuttgart, Germany
    • Spin Symmetry and the Graphical Unitary Group Approach
    • Slides
  • 2017
    DPG Spring Meeting, Dresden, Germany
    • SU(2) Symmetry in FCIQMC using the Graphical Unitary Group Approach
    • Slides

Conference Posters

  • 2023
    APS March Meeting, Las Vegas, USA
    • Reference-State Error Mitigation: A Strategy for High Accuracy Quantum Computation of Chemistry
    • PDF
  • 2023
    A nano focus on quantum materials, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
    • Enabling Accurate Quantum Chemistry Calculations on Near-Term Quantum Devices
    • PDF
  • 2022
    Science and Technology Day, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
    • Enabling Accurate Quantum Chemistry Calculations on Near-Term Quantum Devices
    • PDF
  • 2022
    Wallenberg Centre for Quantum Technology Review Meeting, Gothenburg, Sweden
    • Enabling Accurate Quantum Chemistry Calculations on Near-Term Quantum Devices
    • PDF
  • 2019
    Congress of the International Society for Theoretical Chemical Physics, Tromsø, Norway
    • The Transcorrelated Method in the Two-Dimensional repulsive Hubbard Model
    • PDF
  • 2019
    Congress of the International Society for Theoretical Chemical Physics, Tromsø, Norway
    • SU(2) Symmetry in FCIQMC using the Graphical Unitary Group Approach
  • 2018
    International Congress of Quantum Chemistry, Menton, France
    • The Transcorrelated Method in the Two-Dimensional repulsive Hubbard Model
    • PDF
  • 2015
    DPG Spring meeting, Berlin, Germany
    • Efficient Implementation of SU(2) Symmetry using the Unitary Group in FCIQMC
    • PDF

Academic Interests

  • Quantum Chemistry
  • Quantum Computing
  • Quantum Monte Carlo
  • Method development
  • Electronic Structure Theory
  • Quantum Many-body physics
  • Strongly Correlated Electron Systems
  • Computational Solid State Physics

Other Interests

  • Hobbies: Reading, Running, Basketball, Meditation, Chess, Coffee, Table Tennis, Hiking, ...