Frederik Floether

Dr. Frederik F. Flöther is Chief Quantum Officer at QuantumBasel and a member of the University of Basel Center for Quantum Computing and Quantum Coherence (QC2). Frederik previously held roles at IBM and was responsible for healthcare and life sciences at IBM Quantum. He was also elected to the IBM Academy of Technology and appointed Master Inventor and Qiskit Advocate.

Frederik’s research interests include technological applications as well as philosophical and societal implications of quantum computing and AI. He holds a PhD in physics with a focus on photonic quantum computing from the University of Cambridge as well as a professional certificate in quantum computing applications from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Frederik has authored over 50 filed patents, peer-reviewed publications, book chapters, and white papers.