Luigi Iapichino holds the position of Lead of the User Enablement and Applications group, in the Quantum Computing and Technologies department at LRZ, and in this role he is shaping LRZ's service portfolio and training program in the field of QC. He is co-founder of the Bavarian Quantum Computing eXchange (BQCX). Among his research interests are quantum computing simulations on high-end HPC systems and HPCQC applications. He completed in 2005 his PhD in physics at the Technical University of Munich, working at the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics. At LRZ he was team lead of the Application Lab for Astro and Plasma Physics (AstroLab).