Pranav Gokhale, who attained his PhD from UChicago CS in 2020, was named one of the Crain’s Chicago Business “40 Under 40” class for 2022. Gokhale was selected for his work on software for quantum computing and his startup Super.tech, which he cofounded with his advisor, Seymour Goodman Professor Fred Chong.

The accompanying article talks to Gokhale about how he became interested in quantum computing, how answering questions on Quora helped his career, and where he goes for pizza in Hyde Park.

Read the rest of the feature at Crain’s Chicago Business, and learn about research by Gokhale at the University of Chicago that received awards from IBM Q and HPCA.

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