During his Ph.D. studies, Rasmus Berg Jensen researched the use of quantum computers within quantum chemistry. The fundamental rules a quantum computer obeys greatly resembles the physical rules of molecules. Therefore, quantum computers promise to greatly expand what theoretical chemistry can achieve relevant to both chemical and pharmacological industry.

The outcome of this research is an improved understanding of the requirements quantum chemistry poses on the quantum computer – at what size and scale can a quantum computer begin to fulfil its promises?

The PhD study was completed at the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Aarhus University.

This summary was prepared by the PhD student.

Time: Tuesday 17 June 2025 at 1.00 PM.
Place: Building 1514, room 213, Auditorium I, Department of Chemistry, Langelandsgade 140, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus C.
Title of PhD thesis: Quantum Chemistry on Quantum Computers
Contact information: Rasmus Berg Jensen, email: rbj@chem.au.dk
Members of the assessment committee:
David Tew, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Stephan P. A. Sauer, Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Henrik Stapelfeldt, Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Denmark (Chair)
Main supervisor: Ove Christiansen, Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Denmark
Co-supervisor: Nikolaj Thomas Zinner, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, Denmark
Language: The PhD dissertation will be defended in English

The defence is public.
The PhD thesis is available for reading at the Graduate School of Natural Sciences/GSNS, Ny Munkegade 120, building 1521, 8000 Aarhus C