Maëva Ghonda

Maëva Ghonda is the Global Quantum Computing Intellectual Property (IP) Expert who also specializes in Corporate Strategy and Intelligence. Maëva solidified her expertise in assessing Quantum Technology IP — e.g. Quantum Computing Patents — for investment theses while working as a Scholar for the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI), a U.S. government institution supported by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a vital part of the U.S. Department of Commerce.

Maëva Ghonda is the scientist born in the magnetic capital city of Kinshasa that is nestled in the great Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). As a research scientist, her work is centered on technological innovations — i.e. Quantum Computing, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning — to tackle Climate Change. She is the chair of the Quantum AI Institute, the editor-in-chief of the IEEE Quantum Computing Newsletter and the host of the Quantum AI Institute Podcast, where she regularly interviews the chief executives shaping the future of Quantum Computing.

Maëva Ghonda is also the founder and the chair of the flagship Quantum Computing Education Certificate Program for Workforce Development that is sponsored by IEEE, the world’s largest technical professional society with more than 400,000 members in more than 160 countries.