Michelle Simmons

Michelle Simmons is the founder and CEO of Silicon Quantum Computing (SQC), a leader in the global race to deliver a universal, fault-tolerant quantum computer. She is credited with creating the field of atomic electronics, pioneering new technologies to build computing devices in silicon at the atomic (0.13nm) scale. A fellow of Royal Society and the American Academy of Arts and Science, Michelle was awarded the Prime Minister's Prize for Science in 2023 and was the 2018 Australian of the Year.