About this episode

Prineha Narang discusses quantum technology, its implications, and shares insights on her academic and professional journey.

Prineha Narang is one of the rising stars of science and the field of quantum technology. She earned her PhD in applied physics at Caltech, taught materials science at Harvard and now has her own lab at UCLA. The lab focuses on quantum materials, non-equilibrium dynamics, photonics, quantum information science and other easily digestible areas. Beyond her academic career, Narang is a science advisor to the government and a venture capitalist at DCVC . As you might imagine, we get into quantum computing and quantum technology in this episode. Quantum vs. AI, the US vs. China, when quantum tech will break encryption, quantum sensing and whether or not quantum technology actually has a bright future. The quantum sensing portion of the chat was all new to me and rather astonishing. Since Narang is also a competitive runner and mountaineer, we provide some top tips on gear because that is just the kind of all-purpose podcast that we deliver. And, if you can’t get enough quantum computing, come check out our video episode on PsiQuantum building the largest quantum machine in history. Enjoy! OUR SPONSORS SendCutSend You know who else makes stuff for America? That would be SendCutSend…

People in this episode

Host: Ashlee Vance

Guest: Prineha Narang

Topics covered

• quantum technology
• quantum computing
• science
• AI
• encryption
• quantum sensing
• sports

Keywords

• quantum technology
• quantum computing
• AI
• encryption
• quantum sensing
• photonic materials
• non-equilibrium dynamics

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Organizations: Caltech, Harvard, UCLA, DCVC

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