Ivana(she/they)

Quantum physicist, technology development specialist, and science communicator with expertise in science policy and project management, and a background in space science and music.

I'm based at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, where I work on getting cool research from labs out into the world.

You can see some of my projects on my website or say hi on fedi. I welcome discussions on beetles, T5 geocaching, and responsible innovation policy.

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At Xanadu/PennyLane:

I spent a few years working at Xanadu, where I wore many proverbial hats. You may have seen me taking part in the organization of coding events and hackathons, holding outreach talks and workshops, making contributions to the PennyLane codebase, coauthoring some of the PennyLane Codebook, publishing blog posts and managing the PennyLane Discord server.

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(Last updated in January 2025.)