Dr. Nicholas Guise is a Principal Research Scientist and Associate Chief of the Quantum Systems Division at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI). He has led research programs in secure quantum communications, scalable quantum computing with microfabricated ion traps, and molecular information storage. He currently serves as principal investigator for the Scalable Molecular Archival Software and Hardware (SMASH) program, an interdisciplinary IARPA-funded effort to develop technologies for large-scale DNA data read/write operations. The SMASH team, including partners from the biotech industry, is currently producing nanofabricated “DNA microchips” for massively parallel synthesis of DNA, combining new techniques from synthetic biology with the proven manufacturability and scalability of CMOS control electronics.