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About Prineha Narang
Quantum technologies are about to shift the paradigm of the entire computing world. Few people are better placed to explain what that means for business than Prineha Narang. "Quantum will have a big role in bringing about the future of computing, networking, and sensing. I think we've only scratched the surface, and there's still so much to do," she says. "Even companies that are traditionally viewed as risk-averse will say they have a team looking at quantum technologies. Organizations need to disrupt or be disrupted."
Narang works at all levels of the quantum technology stack, from hardware and circuit optimization to algorithms, and she pairs that research with unusual practitioner credentials. She has helped build and expand advanced materials and quantum technology programs at IBM, Applied Materials and Northrop Grumman Corporation, as well as at government agencies. As a Moore Inventor Fellow, she developed an award-winning quantum sensing approach that could speed the accurate identification of environmental toxins. MIT Technology Review named her a Top Innovator, and Forbes put her on its 2017 "30 Under 30" list for her work in atom-by-atom engineering.
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As quantum technology moves rapidly towards commercialization, understanding the landscape is crucial for future-first investors, businesses and organizations around the world. Pioneering quantum scientist and U.S. science envoy Prineha Narang, Ph.D., demystifies the complex quantum ecosystem, guiding stakeholders through the intricacies of investing and collaborating in this nascent field. Leveraging her extensive experience navigating policy and industrial landscapes, Narang discusses key considerations for foreign firms aiming to introduce technologies to the United States, highlighting opportunities and potential policy barriers. For U.S. companies, she outlines how to leverage government initiatives and private investments to help see around policy corners and gain a competitive edge. Narang’s expert analysis includes an overview of emerging public companies and investment trends, giving audiences a greater understanding of the impact quantum advancements will have on global tech strategies.
From the most modern startups to the largest institutions, companies and governments are beginning to invest in quantum technology, and according to UCLA professor Prineha Narang, CEOs and CTOs need to see that this deep tech can’t be ignored. Principal investigator at UCLA’s Narang Lab, Narang’s expert guidance is essential to organizations seeking to implement and scale quantum networks and hybrid classical/quantum systems, wield entanglement as a resource, and prepare for a “post-cryptography world” where current security practices may not apply. Narang’s realistic, grounded and highly informed perspective of where deep tech is now, where it will be in five to ten years and its potential capabilities empowers organizations to evaluate and make educated decisions about the cutting-edge devices in use today and predict timelines for ones on the horizon. Noteworthy in her ability to make quantum technology accessible to people with any level of scientific background, Narang helps organizations catch the quantum tech wave so they don’t get left behind.
Imagine using teleportation to send information across distances. This might sound impossible, but it’s all in a day’s work for Prineha Narang. Investing in deep technology is imperative to making the extraordinary a reality, emphasizes Narang, the principal investigator at UCLA’s Narang Lab. Her contagious passion helps individuals from science and non-science backgrounds alike see how their work can be a part of bringing about the future, spurring new vision and innovation. An MIT Tech Review Top Innovator, Narang’s exciting cross-disciplinary work explores the hardware, circuit optimization and algorithms that are enabling the leap to a quantum-now world. Welcoming, accessible and mentor-like, she walks leaders and teams through demonstrations of how quantum networks, repeaters and sensors function, then explains applicability and use cases for how these tools will change our lives. Bringing a highly informed perspective of where deep tech is now and where it will be in five to ten years, Narang’s forward-thinking approach instills imagination and urgency in teams that want to get ahead of the quantum curve.
Articles by Prineha Narang
US quantum computing needs a national buyer
July 2026America’s Technologists Face a Defining National Security Moment
June 2026How the quantum race will be won on the factory floor
May 2026A new pinnacle in fault tolerant quantum computing
February 2026IEEEBuilding a Quantum Engineering Undergraduate Program
2022APSCavity Magnon-Polaritons in Cuprate Parent Compounds
2022Journal of Physical ChemistryChemical Reactions in Imperfect Cavities: Enhancement, Suppression, and Resonance
2022APSGiant Effective Magnetic Fields From Optically Driven Chiral Phonons In 4f Paramagnets
2022ACS NanoSensing the Local Magnetic Environment through Optically Active Defects in a Layered Magnetic Semiconductor
2022NatureShining Light On The Microscopic Resonant Mechanism Responsible For Cavity-Mediated Chemical Reactivity
2022PRX QuantumDevelopment of Quantum Interconnects (QuICs) for Next-Generation Information Technologies
2021Prineha in the Media
Prineha Narang leads team advancing AI-Driven approaches to quantum science
Quantum Motion Secures $160M to Advance Silicon CMOS Quantum Systems
Reimagining STEM Doctoral Training
Quantum Leadership: America’s Next Moonshot Moment
The Genesis Mission and Quantum Technologies
DARPA’s QBI Cuts Through the Quantum Hype
Igniting the American Quantum Economy
Not Your Ordinary Professor: Dr. Prineha Narang
America’s Quantum Manufacturing Moment
Laying the Foundation for America’s Space Future
Denmark’s Quantum Playbook
“It Can Be A Long Road and That’s Okay” – Prineha Narang on Going the Distance in Science
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