Wolfgang Lechner

Wolfgang Lechner's work experience includes being a Professor of Theoretical Physics at Leopold-Franzens Universität Innsbruck since December 2020. Prior to that, they were an Assistant Professor at the same university from July 2017 to December 2020. Wolfgang also served as the Chief Executive Officer of Parity Quantum Computing since January 2020. Before that, they worked as a Senior Scientist at the Austrian Academy of Sciences from May 2013 to January 2020. Wolfgang was a PostDoc at the University of Innsbruck from May 2011 to May 2013 and a Postdoc at the University of Amsterdam from May 2009 to May 2011.

Wolfgang Lechner completed their education at the University of Vienna, where they obtained a Master's degree in Physics from 2000 to 2005. Wolfgang further pursued their studies at the same institution and received their Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in Physics from 2005 to 2008. Additionally, they also studied Computer Science at the Technische Universität Wien from 2000 to 2004.