Stefano Battaglia
Senior Researcher In Computational Materials Science
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Top SchoolStefano Battaglia is a senior researcher specializing in computational materials science, merging quantum-classical methods with high-performance computing to accelerate molecular and materials design. Based in Zurich, he co-developed scalable hybrid quantum-classical algorithms with IBM Research—Zurich, enabling workflow-rich simulations that bridge quantum hardware and HPC. He is an active open-source contributor and maintainer, driving the CP2K project and OpenMolcas, and has advanced automated workflows for first-principles simulations and chemical descriptor-driven discovery. Stefano excels at coordinating interdisciplinary teams across academia and industry, mentoring early-career researchers, and securing external funding through competitive fellowships. His work spans quantum chemistry, photochemical dynamics, and electronic-structure modeling, and he has authored 24 peer-reviewed publications and delivered 20+ talks worldwide. He holds an MS from ETH Zurich in Computational Science & Engineering, reflecting a strong blend of theoretical depth and practical software engineering.
10 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Theoretical Chemistry and Computational Modeling, Outstanding Dissertation, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Theoretical Chemistry and Computational Modeling, Outstanding Dissertation at Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse IIIDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Theoretical Chemistry and Computational Modeling, Outstanding Dissertation, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Theoretical Chemistry and Computational Modeling, Outstanding Dissertation at Università degli Studi di PerugiaMaster of Science - MS, Computational Science & Engineering, Master of Science - MS, Computational Science & Engineering at ETH Zürich
English, Italian, French, German, Spanish
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Github Skills (102)
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time-tracking10
quantum-computing10
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materials-informatics10
physics10
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simulation10
quantum-chemistry10
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Github contributions (5)
stefabat/MolecularIntegrals
Jun 2019 - Jul 2021
Contributions:5 commits, 4 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 1 month
stefabat/cp2k
Oct 2022 - Apr 2025
Quantum chemistry and solid state physics software package
Contributions:168 pushes, 25 branches in 2 years 6 months
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