Stefan Knecht

Head of Quantum & R&D Integration and Execution @ Algorithmiq

Aschaffenburg, Bavaria, Germany

About

Passionate Quantum Chemist with 10+years of experience in research. 2020 recipient of the Nernst-Haber-Bodenstein prize of the German Bunsen Society for Physical Chemistry “for outstanding achievements in Physical Chemistry”

Experience

  • Algorithmiq (Full-time · 4 yrs 2 mos)
    • Head of Quantum & R&D Integration and Execution
      May 2026 - Present · 2 mos

    • Lead Quantum Chemist
      May 2022 - Jun 2026 · 4 yrs 2 mos

  • Senior Researcher at GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research
    Jun 2020 - May 2022 · 2 yrs

  • Independent Researcher at ETH Zurich
    Mar 2018 - Jun 2020 · 2 yrs 4 mos

  • Postdoctoral Researcher/Habilitand at ETH, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich
    Feb 2013 - Jun 2020 · 7 yrs 5 mos

    == Theoretical Chemistry == Group of Markus Reiher

  • Postdoc at University of Southern Denmark
    Nov 2010 - Jan 2013 · 2 yrs 3 mos

    Postdoc at the Department of Physics and Chemistry == Theoretical Chemistry == Group of Hans Jørgen Aagaard Jensen