Bernd Gotsmann

Bernd Gotsmann is a Principal Research Scientist at IBM Research.

Currently, his research is focused on topological semimetals for applications in information technology and the limits of thermal transport with experiments in the Noisefree labs.

He is manager of the Physics and Science of Information group in the Science of Quantum and Information Technology department at IBM Research – Zurich. The group works on a range of research topics, including atom and molecule manipulation, chemical computing, neuromorphic devices, cryogenic electronics, flow chemistry reactors, SET sensors, thermal nanoscience and topological materials for information technology.

Bernd Gotsmann studied Physics at the University of Muenster, Germany, and the University of York, UK. After receiving his PhD he joined IBM in 2001 as a postdoctoral fellow and became a Research Staff Member in 2006. Since then he has worked on a range of topics including thermoelectricity, tribology, molecular electronics and nanomechanics.

He was member at the Swiss National Research Council for more than 8 years until 2025, and served as president of division 2 of the Swiss National Science Foundation. His tasks included panel member and panel chair in project funding, R’EQUIP, and FLARE, president of the steering committees of the Swiss Quantum Initiative and MARVIS, and steering committee member of BRIDGE.