Darío Gil — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Serves as Under Secretary for Science at the U.S. Department of Energy, overseeing the nation's largest federal sponsor of basic physical sciences research and all 17 National Laboratories.
Led IBM to be the first company to build programmable quantum computers and make them universally available through the cloud.
Elected to the National Academy of Engineering for contributions to artificial intelligence and quantum computing.
Force behind the creation of the International Science Reserve, the AI Alliance, the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab, and the COVID-19 High Performance Computing Consortium.
Served on the President’s Council of Science and Technology Advisors (PCAST) and the National Science Board (NSB), where he was the first industry member elected chairman in 30 years.
Holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT.

Biography

Dr. Darío Gil is the Under Secretary for Science at the U.S.

Department of Energy. In this role, he serves as the department’s principal advisor on science and technology. His office is responsible for overseeing the nation's largest federal sponsor of basic research in the physical sciences, supporting all 17 National Laboratories of the United States.