Kurt Stokbro

Background

About Kurt Stokbro

Internationally recognized researcher, tech investor, and serial entrepreneur. CEO and early investor of Sparrow Quantum, a photonics quantum technology spin-out from the Niels Bohr Institute, founded by Prof. Peter Lodahl. Sparrow Quantum stands as a pioneer in deterministic single-photon technology with a mission to disrupt the market for distributed quantum computing. In addition to my role at Sparrow, I am engaged in multiple deep-tech start-ups as an investor, board member, and advisor. I founded Atomistix A/S in 2003 and QuantumWise A/S in 2008, both software companies developing quantum chemistry simulation tools (QuantumATK) for semiconductor devices. These tools are now industry standards used by most of the leading semiconductor companies. QuantumWise was successfully acquired by Synopsys in 2017. Earlier in my career I held a professorship at Copenhagen University and positions at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), where I coordinated a number of EU and Danish-funded R&D projects. My scholarly contributions amount to a publication record of over 100 papers and review articles in esteemed international journals, which has accumulated over 15,500 citations and an h-index of 46. The scheme for ab initio calculations of quantum transport, developed by my research group, has become the de facto standard for electron transport calculations and laid the foundation for QuantumWise and Atomistix. The corresponding research article was recognized as one of the fifty most important papers in the 50-year history of Physical Review B, selected together with nobel prize winning work out of the several hundred thousands research articles published in the journal over the period. Current Board Activities:Board member, Danish Quantum CommunityAdvisory Board, DTU PhysicsSparrow Quantum ApsMolecular Quantum Solutions Aps (Chair)Previous Board Experiences:Board Member, Dall Energy ApSBoard Member, QuantumWise A/SBoard Member, Atomistix A/SScientific Advisory Board Member, Center for Atomic-Scale Materials Design (CAMD), Technical University of DenmarkScientific Advisory Board Member, International Research Committee(IRC) in Nanotechnology at University of Cambridge.Specialties: Commercial applications of quantum simulations, Quantum technologies, management of start up companies and research projects, negotiations, software development methodologies, EU projects, establishing of US and Asian subsidiaries, software and technology licensing models.Lifetime member of the Danish Academy of Technical Sciences (ATV)