My name is Dr. Pascal Halffmann, I am the research coordinator for quantum computing at the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Mathematics ITWM in Kaiserslautern, Germany. I am a mathematician, holding a PhD in multiobjective optimization, where I have a long record of publications in this field. Since five years ago, my research shifted towards quantum computing, in particular its application to optimization problems. Here, I focus on the development of quantum optimization algorithms and the application thereof to use cases in finance and the energy industry. I have worked with both gate-based quantum computers and quantum annealers. My current research focus is on building state-of-the-art quantum-classical hybrid quantum algorithms that exploit the advantages of noth worlds. Specifically, I aim to apply these algorithms to application-oriented optimization problems with uncertain data (robust optimization) or multiple objectives (multiobjective optimization). I am a member of the Germany operations research society and the IBM working group on quantum optimization.