Nima Leclerc

Principal Investigator, Adaptive Quantum Sensing Program The MITRE Corp

Nima Leclerc is Principal Investigator of the Adaptive Quantum Sensing Program at MITRE Corporation, where he leads development of quantum sensing technologies in partnership with NVIDIA. His research develops AI-driven frameworks that predict and optimize quantum sensor performance, reducing development cycles from years to months. Nima's work centers on GPU-accelerated digital twins for quantum systems, leveraging Lindblad master equation simulations and AI-aided adaptive control to enable real-time optimization of quantum sensors. His expertise spans NV-center magnetometry, silicon spin qubits, quantum sensing architectures, GPU-accelerated simulation, AI-aided quantum control, and materials discovery. His research has been published in Physical Review, IEEE, and other leading venues. Beyond his research, he delivers impact by advising senior government officials on quantum technology strategy and its practical deployment at scale. Nima holds a B.S. in Materials Science from Cornell University and did M.S./Ph.D. work in Electrical Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania, specializing in silicon spin qubits. He was a Perry World House Graduate Fellow at Penn and was a recipient of the prestigious Penn Dean's Fellowship. Prior to joining MITRE, he worked at PsiQuantum, Kepler Computing, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, and Caltech. He founded the Penn Quantum Engineering Graduate Association and has briefed Congressional committees on post-quantum cryptography standards at Springer Nature's Science on the Hill, informing federal quantum R&D strategy. Nima has delivered invited talks at NVIDIA GTC and The Economist.