Kathrin Spendier

Kathrin Spendier is a physicist working across academia, industry, and the quantum technology ecosystem. She is currently Senior Lead of Platform Ecosystem Strategy at Quantinuum, where she leads platform ecosystem efforts, including Q-Net, the company’s global user and developer network. She previously served as Technical Prize Director for the XPRIZE Quantum Applications competition with Google Quantum AI and GESDA, and before that as Quantum Computing Technology Evangelist at Quantinuum. Earlier in her career, she was an Associate Professor of Physics and Director of Research Programs at the University of Colorado.