Conrad Johnston

Dr. Johnston is an applied scientist at Microsoft in the Azure Quantum Elements team. In this role, Conrad develops new computational workflows and accelerates customers' adoption of computational tools and techniques. His PhD is in computational condensed matter physics, but his research has also ventured into the related fields of computational chemistry and computational biology. Before joining Microsoft, Conrad held postdoctoral positions at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in the US, EPFL in Switzerland, and Queen's University Belfast in the UK. He's passionate about lowering the technical barrier to entry to democratise computational tools.