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Jungsang Kim

Co-founder and CTO of IonQ and Pierre R. Lamond Distinguished Professor of ECE and Physics at Duke University, specializing in quantum information science and trapped-ion quantum computing. He co-founded IonQ with Chris Monroe in 2015 and the company went public in 2021 as the first pure-play public quantum computing company.

At Duke he directs research on scalable ion-trap quantum processors, integrated photonics for ion control, and quantum networking. He was awarded South Korea's prestigious Changjo (Creation) Award in 2026 for his contributions to engineering and quantum technology.

South Korean / American · 1 current role

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    Co-Founder & CTO

    IonQ (NYSE: IONQ) is a [trapped-ion quantum computing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trapped_ion_quantum_computer) company headquartered in College Park, Maryla

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  • IonQ Co-Founder & CTOsince 2015-01-01SEC-verified

Sources (4)

  1. Executive management page · https://investors.ionq.com/governance/executive-management/default.aspx
  2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IonQ
  3. https://ece.duke.edu/people/jungsang-kim/
  4. https://dukechronicle.com/article/duke-university-jungsang-kim-changjo-award-south-korea-top-honor-engineering-quantum-computing-20260526

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