Gemma Solomon

Gemma C. Solomon majored in Chemical Physics at the University of Western Australia before moving to the University of Sydney for her PhD in Chemistry with Prof. Jeffrey Reimers and Prof. Noel Hush. In 2006, she moved to Northwestern University, USA where she was a postdoctoral fellow with Prof. Mark Ratner until moving to the University of Copenhagen as an assistant professor in 2010 to start her independent career. She was  promoted to associate professor in 2012 and professor in 2018. She has received ERC Starting and Consolidator grants (in 2010 and 2019) and has been awarded the Torkil Holm Prize from the Danish Academy for Technical Sciences (2014) and the Silver Medal from The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters (2019). In 2020 she was elected as a member of The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters. In 2022 she will start in a new role as the Scientific Director for Algorithms and Applications for a new large quantum computing programme. She has authored over 90 peer-reviewed publications, is a Senior Editor for the Journal of Physical Chemistry A/B/C and the Deputy Editor for ACS Physical Chemistry Au.