Matthias Troyer

Technical Fellow and Corporate Vice President at Microsoft Quantum

Greater Seattle Area

About

After nearly two decades as professor of computational physics and high performance computing consultant, Matthias Troyer joined Microsoft's quantum computing division to develop novel computing paradigms and solve currently unsolvable problems. In Microsoft’s Quantum team he leads * System architecture for quantum computing and hybrid classical-quantum integration * Applications and the integration of Quantum and AI * Developer tools and agentic AI * Operating system and firmware * Quantum error correction * Hardware system architecture for scale and performance Recipient of the Aneesur Rahman Prize for Computational Physics "for pioneering numerical work in many seemingly intractable areas of quantum many body physics and for providing efficient sophisticated computer codes to the community." and of the Hamburg Prize for Theoretical Physics Specialties: high performance computing, computational science, quantum computing

Experience

  • Microsoft (9 yrs 6 mos)
    • Technical Fellow and CVP
      Mar 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 4 mos

      Leading quantum system architecture and quantum application development

    • Distinguished Scientist
      Sep 2019 - Mar 2022 · 2 yrs 7 mos

    • Partner Research Manager
      Jan 2017 - Aug 2019 · 2 yrs 8 mos

      Leading the discovery of disruptive applications enabled by future quantum computers and the development of quantum-inspired algorithms that can be deployed today on classical high performance computing hardware.

  • Honorary Professor at Stellenbosch University
    Aug 2025 - Present · 11 mos

    Supporting Stellenbosch University on Quantum and AI

  • Affiliate Professor at University of Washington
    Jul 2017 - Present · 9 yrs

  • ETH Zurich (20 yrs 10 mos)
    • Professor of Computational Physics
      Apr 2000 - Jun 2019 · 19 yrs 3 mos

      Computational Physics research and teaching

    • Lecturer
      Sep 1998 - Mar 2000 · 1 yr 7 mos

      Simulations of quantum many body problems

  • Independent Consultant at Microsoft
    Jan 2006 - Dec 2016 · 11 yrs

    Consulting and research on quantum computing and quantum simulation