David E. Bernal Neira

David E. Bernal Neira is an Assistant Professor at the Davidson School of Chemical Engineering at Purdue University. He specializes in applying mathematical and computer science tools to address problems relevant to science and engineering, such as chemical, process, and energy systems engineering and physics. In particular, he works in nonlinear discrete optimization, where, besides applications, he has been working in theory, algorithms, and software. He has been involved in research and teaching related to these topics for over a decade, complemented with research in Quantum Computing. He is currently a visiting research scientist at the NASA Quantum Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and the Research Institute of Advanced Computer Science from the Universities Space Research Association (USRA). He received his PhD in Chemical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University and his MSc in Chemical Engineering from the Universidad de los Andes, in Colombia. He received his BSc degrees in Chemical Engineering and Physics from the same university. He has co-authored several papers in indexed journals, a few software packages for optimization and quantum computing, given several presentations and seminars in the United States of America and internationally, and taught different classes, including one on the intersection of optimization, quantum computing, and machine learning (which he co-designed), and has had the pleasure of collaborating with many different researchers in academia, national laboratories, government agencies, and industry.