Dr. Florian Neukart is the director of Volkswagen Group Advanced Technologies and an assistant professor for quantum computing at Leiden University. Before his current post, he was a principal scientist at the Volkswagen Group of America, and the CTO of Volkswagen Group’s Data:Lab in Munich. He made various contributions to the fields of mathematics and computer science, specifically in optimization, quantum computing, and bio-inspired algorithms. Florian holds a Ph.D. in quantum computing and artificial intelligence from the University of Brasov, as well as degrees in information technology and computer science.