Team - Sparrow Quantum

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Bio

Abdulmalik is a quantum photonics engineer at Sparrow. He has a PhD in Electrical and Photonics Engineering from the Technical University of Denmark, where his research focused on developing solid-state semiconductor-quantum-dot-based single-photon sources.

R&D

Abdulmalik A. Madigawa, PhD

Quantum Photonics Engineer

Bio

Anna is a student assistant at Sparrow Quantum, with a focus on finance and reporting. She has a bachelor's degree in Finance from the University of Pisa and is currently earning a master's degree in Applied Economics and Finance at Copenhagen Business School.

Business

Anna Sogli Degl'Innocenti

Student Assistant

Bio

Anton is a student assistant at Sparrow, focusing on the mechanical design of our quantum chips. He wrote his bachelor's thesis on Molecular Dynamics and is currently working towards a master's degree in Nanoscience at the University of Copenhagen.

Engineering

Anton Bagger

Student Assistant

Bio

Atefeh is a quantum photonics engineer at Sparrow Quantum, with a PhD and postdoc in quantum physics from the Niels Bohr Institute at Copenhagen University.

R&D

Atefeh Shadmani, PhD

Quantum Photonics Engineer

Bio

Benjamin, a skilled quantum photonics engineer at Sparrow Quantum, holds a master's degree in Quantum and Atom Optics from the Niels Bohr Institute. He is in charge of developing our fibre-coupled devices.

Engineering

Benjamin Krogh

Quantum Photonics Engineer

Bio

Caroline is a corporate and external communications professional with experience in ESG, media relations, social media, and strategic communications. With a background primarily in tech, she has also worked in the fashion, shipping, and tourism industries.

Business

Caroline Viken Tuason

Communications & Marketing Coordinator

Bio

Daria has a PhD in nanotechnology from Université Grenoble Alpes in France and a postdoc from the Niels Bohr Institute. She recently completed her second postdoctoral position at DTU Energy before joining Sparrow as materials scientist.

R&D

Daria Beznasyuk, PhD

Materials Scientist

Bio

Emil is a staff embedded engineer with a MSc in computer science and engineering from DTU. He architects and builds distributed systems, and works across platform engineering, automation and instrumentation, while laying the foundation for AI integration.

R&D

Emil Nielsen, MSc

Staff Software Developer

Bio

Enrico is a student assistant at Sparrow Quantum. He is finishing his master's degree in photonic engineering at Denmark’s Technical University, complementing his previous degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Padua.

R&D

Enrico Vallar

Student Assistant

Bio

Erik is an industrial PhD candidate at Sparrow Quantum and the Niels Bohr Institute, affiliated with the University of Copenhagen. Previously he studied applied physics and chemical engineering in Eindhoven.

R&D

Erik van Heijst, MSc

Industrial PhD Student

Bio

Gitte is an office manager at Sparrow Quantum. Result-oriented, overview and with international experience, she fluently speaks five languages. Gitte graduated from the Copenhagen Business School in 1994.

Business

Gitte Schüler

Office Manager

Bio

Henri has a PhD from Denmark’s Technical University and postdocs from DTU Fotonik, the University of Twente, and the Niels Bohr Institute. He also has experience as Lab Manager at the Microsoft Quantum Lab and joined Sparrow in 2022 to lead technical progress.

Engineering

Henri T. Nielsen, PhD

Senior Research Fellow

Bio

Iyad is an experienced quantum researcher. He holds a postdoc from the Quantum Physics and Information Technology (QPIT) group at the Technical University of Denmark. Before joining Sparrow’s characterization team, he gained experience at NKT Photonics.

Engineering

Iyad Suleiman, PhD

Quantum Photonics Engineer

Bio

Jan is an Industrial PhD student at Sparrow Quantum, where he appreciates the chance to apply the skills he attained while studying physics, optics, and photonics at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.

R&D

Jan Heiden, MSc

Industrial PhD Student

Bio

Jeppe is a photonics engineer with a data-driven approach to projects both within and outside of the lab. At Denmark’s Technical University Jeppe studied engineering, physics, and nanotechnology.

Engineering

Jeppe Roulund

Quantum Photonics Engineer

Bio

Jesper has a strong track record for technological leadership across multiple sectors. At Sparrow Quantum his focus is on strengthening partnerships and our internal/external project portfolio, paving the way for future commercial and technical breakthroughs.

Business

Jesper Gretlund

Head of Strategic Projects & Partnerships

Bio

Johan holds a master's degree in physics from the Theoretical Quantum Optics Group at the Niels Bohr Institute. He joined Sparrow Quantum as a FPGA engineering intern, specializing in universal verification methodology.

R&D

Johan Brimer

Quantum Photonics Engineer

Bio

Jonatan is a student assistant at Sparrow Quantum, where he works to implement quantum machine learning methods. With a background in data analysis, he is currently earning a master’s in nanoscience at the University of Copenhagen.

R&D

Jonatan Svendsen

Student Assistant

Bio

Juan is a seasoned researcher with a PhD from the University of Queensland, Australia, and PostDocs from the Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology in France and the University of Vienna in Austria. Juan joined Sparrow in July 2024 to lead the R&D team.

R&D

Juan Loredo, PhD

VP of Innovation

Bio

Kurt is a renowned researcher, serial entrepreneur, and tech investor. He founded Atomistix in 2003 and QuantumWise in 2008 (acquired by Synopsys in 2017), both advancing quantum chemistry simulation tools for semiconductor devices. He has been CEO since 2022.

Management

Kurt Stokbro, PhD

CEO

Bio

Larissa is a seasoned researcher with a PhD and PostDoc in Nanophotonics from Denmark’s Technical University and a research stay at Harvard University. Larissa was Sparrow’s first employee and leads the Product and Process Development Team.

Engineering

Larissa Vertchenko, PhD

VP of Production

Bio

Leonid is a nanofabrication process engineer, with a PhD and a postdoc in photonics from the Technical University of Denmark (DTU). His research focused on nanofabrication and optical characterization of advanced metasurfaces for sensing applications.

R&D

Leonid Beliaev, PhD

Nanofabrication Process Engineer

Bio

Lucio did his PhD at the University of Cambridge, where he worked on quantum magnetometry with spin sensors. He moved to the Niels Bohr Institute as a Marie Curie fellow focusing on optomechanics, before joining Sparrow Quantum as a quantum optics engineer.

R&D

Lucio Stefan, PhD

Senior Quantum Photonics Engineer

Bio

Maria is a skilled marketing leader with expertise in brand building and go-to-market strategies for deep-tech companies. She honed her expertise in larger enterprises before transitioning to the startup world, where she has successfully led marketing teams.

Business

Maria Genckel

CMO

Bio

Matthias has a PhD in quantum photonics and did a postdoc in theoretical quantum information. At Sparrow, he develops theoretical architectures and building blocks for photonic quantum computing with quantum emitters such as quantum dots.

R&D

Matthias Löbl, PhD

Quantum Photonics Scientist

Bio

Maxime has a PhD from Denmark’s Technical University and research experience from McGill University in Montreal, CA. Max has worked at Sparrow since 2022, first as a quantum photonics engineer before moving to the business team as technical project lead.

Business

Maxime Bergamin, PhD

Technical Project Lead

Bio

Ming-Lai joined Sparrow in 2024 as an industrial postdoc, with a PhD in quantum photonics at the Niels Bohr Institute. He is interested in developing entangled-photon sources and photonic quantum computing architectures for quantum emitters.

R&D

Ming-Lai Chan, PhD

Industrial Postdoc

Bio

Moritz is a senior photonic quantum engineer dedicated to working on our integrated systems. He did his PhD and postdoc on single-photon emitters in two-dimensional materials at the Technical University of Denmark.

Engineering

Moritz Fischer, PhD

Senior Quantum Photonics Engineer

Bio

Morten is responsible for installing critical lab infrastructure, overseeing development tasks, and ensuring we have the best tools available. Prior to joining Sparrow Quantum, he worked at the Niels Bohr Institute, Microsoft, and the Novo Foundation.

Engineering

Morten L. Jensen

Laboratory Manager

Bio

Niklas is an experienced Finance and Operations Manager with experience in both the corporate and start-up worlds, having previously worked at Procter & Gamble, Coloplast, and Scaleup Finance. Niklas has worked as Sparrow’s external CFO since 2022.

Business

Niklas Mengel

Chief of Staff

Bio

Oliver is a student assistant at Sparrow Quantum. With a background in project management, his focus lies in applied quantum systems and error correction. Oliver has also conducted award-winning independent research in computational chemistry.

R&D

Oliver Nørregaard

Student Assistant

Bio

Oliver is a senior quantum research scientist at Sparrow Quantum and former postdoctoral researcher for the Niels Bohr Institute. With degrees from the Universities of Queensland and Copenhagen, Oliver also completed a one-year research fellowship at Harvard.

R&D

Oliver Sandberg, PhD

Senior Quantum Photonics Scientist

Bio

Patrik is a quantum photonics engineer with a master's in Electrical Manufacturing and Materials Engineering from the Brno University of Technology. Prior to joining Sparrow, he worked as a FPGA Developer at the University of Vienna.

R&D

Patrik Zahálka

Quantum Photonics Engineer

Bio

Peter is a quantum physics professor at the Niels Bohr Institute. He has received numerous accolades, including ERC grants, Elite Forsk Award, and many more. Peter founded Sparrow Quantum and co-leads the company as Chief Quantum Officer.

Management

Prof. Peter Lodahl

CQO

Bio

Rasmus is a senior quantum photonic engineer and accomplished programmer. He holds multiple degrees from the Technical University of Denmark, with exchange stints at TU München, UC Berkeley, and McGill.

R&D

Rasmus H. Jensen, PhD

Senior Quantum Photonics Engineer

Bio

Rögnvaldur is program lead at Sparrow Quantum. With a master's in theoretical and mathematical physics from the University of Copenhagen, his academic background underpins his work leading on project initiatives, strategic planning, and stakeholder management.

Business

Rögnvaldur Konráð Helgason

Program Lead

Bio

After his master’s in Applied Solid State Physics at Ruhr University Bochum, Severin joined Sparrow in 2023. He is dedicated to further optimizing the fabrication of pristine semiconductor quantum dots for single-photon source applications.

R&D

Severin Krüger, MSc

Industrial PhD Student

Bio

Sissel is a quantum business developer with a PhD in quantum opto-mechanics from Denmark’s Technical University. Sissel has worked for Sparrow since 2023, first co-leading the Optical Characterisation Team but now focusing on business development.

Business

Sissel Bay Nielsen, PhD

Quantum Business Developer

Bio

Sofus is a quantum photonics engineer with a MSc in quantum nano-electronics from the Niels Bohr Institute, and a passion for standardisation and integration. Before joining Sparrow, he worked at Microsoft Quantum as a quantum characterisation engineer.

Engineering

Sofus Budtz

Data Integration Engineer

Bio

Sophia is pursuing a master's in quantum information science at Copenhagen University and the Technical University of Denmark. She focuses on reviewing papers that explain the underlying theory behind grating couplers and running simulations accordingly.

Engineering

Sophia Carmen Simon

Student Assistant

Bio

Stylianos holds a Master's of Science in Quantum Physics from the University of Copenhagen. He is an assistant quantum researcher at Sparrow Quantum, focusing on characterizing and optimizing our fiber-coupled single-photon source.

R&D

Stylianos Karalis, MSc

Assistant Quantum Researcher

Bio

Tom is an MSc Physics candidate at the University of Bielefeld, and now a quantum photonics engineer at Sparrow Quantum, specializing in feedback systems and FPGA programming.

R&D

Tom Kenzo Kronsbein

Quantum Photonics Engineer

Bio

Vicenç is an electronic engineer focused on having our integrated systems perform seamlessly. With a bachelor's and a master's in electronics, he brings expertise in cross-disciplinary hardware system integration.

Engineering

Vicenç Palmero Arans

Electronics Engineer

Bio

Jing is an experience nanofabrication process engineer, developing our GaAs photonic integrated circuit cleanroom processing and design along with high-quality photonic components. She was a Quantum Measurement Engineer at Microsoft before joining Sparrow.

Engineering

Xiaojing (Jing) Zhao, PhD

Senior Nanofabrication Process Engineer

Bio

Zhe is an experienced fabrication engineer with a PhD from the IOP-CAS, China. Zhe has been working on quantum photonics chip fabrication and development at the Niels Bohr Institute since 2017. He joined Sparrow Quantum as a research consultant in 2022.

R&D

The Sparrows

Bio

Abdulmalik is a quantum photonics engineer at Sparrow. He has a PhD in Electrical and Photonics Engineering from the Technical University of Denmark, where his research focused on developing solid-state semiconductor-quantum-dot-based single-photon sources.

Abdulmalik A. Madigawa, PhD

Quantum Photonics Engineer

Bio

Anna is a student assistant at Sparrow Quantum, with a focus on finance and reporting. She has a bachelor's degree in Finance from the University of Pisa and is currently earning a master's degree in Applied Economics and Finance at Copenhagen Business School.

Anna Sogli Degl'Innocenti

Student Assistant

Bio

Anton is a student assistant at Sparrow, focusing on the mechanical design of our quantum chips. He wrote his bachelor's thesis on Molecular Dynamics and is currently working towards a master's degree in Nanoscience at the University of Copenhagen.

Anton Bagger

Student Assistant

Bio

Atefeh is a quantum photonics engineer at Sparrow Quantum, with a PhD and postdoc in quantum physics from the Niels Bohr Institute at Copenhagen University.

Atefeh Shadmani, PhD

Quantum Photonics Engineer

Bio

Benjamin, a skilled quantum photonics engineer at Sparrow Quantum, holds a master's degree in Quantum and Atom Optics from the Niels Bohr Institute. He is in charge of developing our fibre-coupled devices.

Benjamin Krogh

Quantum Photonics Engineer

Bio

Caroline is a corporate and external communications professional with experience in ESG, media relations, social media, and strategic communications. With a background primarily in tech, she has also worked in the fashion, shipping, and tourism industries.

Caroline Viken Tuason

Communications & Marketing Coordinator

Bio

Daria has a PhD in nanotechnology from Université Grenoble Alpes in France and a postdoc from the Niels Bohr Institute. She recently completed her second postdoctoral position at DTU Energy before joining Sparrow as materials scientist.

Daria Beznasyuk, PhD

Materials Scientist

Bio

Emil is a staff embedded engineer with a MSc in computer science and engineering from DTU. He architects and builds distributed systems, and works across platform engineering, automation and instrumentation, while laying the foundation for AI integration.

Emil Nielsen, MSc

Staff Software Developer

Bio

Enrico is a student assistant at Sparrow Quantum. He is finishing his master's degree in photonic engineering at Denmark’s Technical University, complementing his previous degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Padua.

Enrico Vallar

Student Assistant

Bio

Erik is an industrial PhD candidate at Sparrow Quantum and the Niels Bohr Institute, affiliated with the University of Copenhagen. Previously he studied applied physics and chemical engineering in Eindhoven.

Erik van Heijst, MSc

Industrial PhD Student

Bio

Gitte is an office manager at Sparrow Quantum. Result-oriented, overview and with international experience, she fluently speaks five languages. Gitte graduated from the Copenhagen Business School in 1994.

Gitte Schüler

Office Manager

Bio

Henri has a PhD from Denmark’s Technical University and postdocs from DTU Fotonik, the University of Twente, and the Niels Bohr Institute. He also has experience as Lab Manager at the Microsoft Quantum Lab and joined Sparrow in 2022 to lead technical progress.

Henri T. Nielsen, PhD

Senior Research Fellow

Bio

Iyad is an experienced quantum researcher. He holds a postdoc from the Quantum Physics and Information Technology (QPIT) group at the Technical University of Denmark. Before joining Sparrow’s characterization team, he gained experience at NKT Photonics.

Iyad Suleiman, PhD

Quantum Photonics Engineer

Bio

Jan is an Industrial PhD student at Sparrow Quantum, where he appreciates the chance to apply the skills he attained while studying physics, optics, and photonics at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.

Jan Heiden, MSc

Industrial PhD Student

Bio

Jeppe is a photonics engineer with a data-driven approach to projects both within and outside of the lab. At Denmark’s Technical University Jeppe studied engineering, physics, and nanotechnology.

Jeppe Roulund

Quantum Photonics Engineer

Bio

Jesper has a strong track record for technological leadership across multiple sectors. At Sparrow Quantum his focus is on strengthening partnerships and our internal/external project portfolio, paving the way for future commercial and technical breakthroughs.

Jesper Gretlund

Head of Strategic Projects & Partnerships

Bio

Johan holds a master's degree in physics from the Theoretical Quantum Optics Group at the Niels Bohr Institute. He joined Sparrow Quantum as a FPGA engineering intern, specializing in universal verification methodology.

Johan Brimer

Quantum Photonics Engineer

Bio

Jonatan is a student assistant at Sparrow Quantum, where he works to implement quantum machine learning methods. With a background in data analysis, he is currently earning a master’s in nanoscience at the University of Copenhagen.

Jonatan Svendsen

Student Assistant

Bio

Juan is a seasoned researcher with a PhD from the University of Queensland, Australia, and PostDocs from the Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology in France and the University of Vienna in Austria. Juan joined Sparrow in July 2024 to lead the R&D team.

Juan Loredo, PhD

VP of Innovation

Bio

Kurt is a renowned researcher, serial entrepreneur, and tech investor. He founded Atomistix in 2003 and QuantumWise in 2008 (acquired by Synopsys in 2017), both advancing quantum chemistry simulation tools for semiconductor devices. He has been CEO since 2022.

Kurt Stokbro, PhD