Celia Merzbacher

Connects quantum businesses, research organizations and public agencies through QED-C, bringing experience in technology policy and research partnerships to the practical development of the quantum industry.

Merzbacher represents the institutional work required to turn scientific capability into a functioning industry. SRI identifies her responsibility for building QED-C and managing the consortium. That role connects organizations whose needs span technology development, suppliers and deployment. Her earlier science-policy work provides relevant context: she oversaw coordination of the National Nanotechnology Initiative at the White House. Her inclusion recognizes ecosystem leadership, with no attribution of individual hardware inventions or standardized technical results.