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Yudong Cao obtained his PhD in Computer Science in 2016 from Purdue University. His thesis was awarded 2016 Chorafas Award in Computer Science and Informatics. From late 2016 till present he serves as a postdoctoral researcher at Harvard University, working with Alan Aspuru-Guzik on quantum algorithms for quantum chemistry and quantum machine learning. Recently, with other Harvard scientists he co-founded a Boston startup Zapata Computing focusing on quantum computing software development.