Dr. José Ignacio Latorre is Co-Founder and Chief Science Officer at Qilimanjaro Quantum Tech, Spain's only full-stack quantum computing company, pioneering analog and digital quantum computers based on superconducting fluxonium qubits.

Dr. Latorre earned his PhD in Particle Physics from the University of Barcelona, was a Fulbright Fellow at MIT, and completed a postdoc at the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen before becoming Full Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Barcelona.

A prolific researcher with over 130 published scientific articles and 12 doctoral theses supervised, Dr. Latorre has also authored three books on quantum mechanics and AI ethics, reflecting his commitment to science communication and responsible innovation.

Beyond Qilimanjaro, he serves as Director of the Centre for Quantum Technologies at the National University of Singapore, Chief Researcher at the Quantum Research Centre of the Technology Innovation Institute in Abu Dhabi, and co-founded the NNPDF collaboration applying AI to CERN data analysis.

Qilimanjaro has deployed eight quantum systems across sectors including energy, telecom, logistics, and finance, secured a Series A first close of 19.6M EUR led by Indra Group, and integrated three systems into the Barcelona Supercomputing Center.