Kouhei Nakaji is a postdoctoral researcher in the Matter Lab of Professor Alan Aspuru-Guzik, affiliated with the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) as a cross-border postdoc. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Elementary Particle Physics Theory from the University of Tokyo, and his Ph.D. in near-term quantum algorithms from Keio Quantum Computing Center. His research interests include quantum algorithms, quantum chemistry, and machine learning.