Dr. Donald Telesca received his Ph.D. from the University of Connecticut in condensed matter physics. He began working with the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) in 2011, at the Space Vehicles Directorate in Albuquerque, NM. His research there focused on the development of radiation hardened electronics for space applications. In 2013, he moved to the AFRL Information Directorate in Rome NY, where he used his background in device physics to develop cyber hardened systems from the hardware layer, up. This work was focused on the application of computational diversity to cyber security. In 2019, he became the Branch Chief of the High Performance Computing branch, where he led a team of 21 researchers investigating novel/alternative computing architectures. In 2021, he became the Branch Chief of the Quantum Information Sciences & Technology branch, where he currently oversees a diverse research portfolio focused on developing a deployable heterogeneous quantum enabled network for future AF applications.
Donald will be participating in the invitation only Co-Design for Quantum Technologies, Focus for National Security Session