Josh Izaac
josh
Xanadu
Josh is a theoretical physicist, software tinkerer, and occasional baker. At Xanadu, he contributes to the development and growth of Xanadu’s open-source quantum software products.
About
### Hello 👋
I'm a computational quantum physicist and former software developer, working to build accessible,
open-source quantum software at Xanadu.
### At a glance 👀
* I am leading product at Xanadu, and formally a software developer of PennyLane, a library for
  differentiable programming of quantum computers.
  
* I sit on the advisory board of the Unitary Fund, a non-profit working to create
  an accessible quantum technology ecosystem.
  
* I hold a PhD in quantum computation from the University of Western
  Australia.
  
* I used to moonlight as an illustrator but am now retired.
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