Monika Kodrycka

Monika Kodrycka is a Staff Software Engineer at IonQ since November 2023, previously serving as a Quantum Software Engineer at Zapata Computing, Inc. from February 2021 to November 2023. Monika also held the position of Postdoctoral Research Associate at Virginia Tech from January 2020 to January 2022 and participated in an internship at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the summer of 2018, focusing on infrastructure introduction for symmetry-adapted perturbation theory. Early professional training included an internship at Rule Financial in 2014, where Monika gained skills in Java, JavaScript, multithreading, and financial markets. Educational qualifications include a PhD in Physical Chemistry from Auburn University (2014-2019), a Master's degree in Physics from Uniwersytet Kazimierza Wielkiego (2011-2013), and a Bachelor's degree in Physics from the same institution (2008-2011).