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SMD Quantum Technology Day 2025

The NASA Science Mission Directorate (SMD) sponsored a Quantum Technology Day to share information about SMD’s quantum technology efforts and quantum efforts other organizations are undertaking that may be relevant to NASA.

Location

NASA Headquarters, Washington DC

date

July 9, 2025

Agenda and Presentations

Wednesday, July 9, 2025

0930: Quantum Technology in SMD

Overview: SMD Chief Technologist—Dr. Carolyn Mercer (SMD Chief Technologist)
Biological and Physical Sciences Division Cold Atom Lab—Dr. Jason Williams (Cold Atom Lab Project Scientist, NASA JPL)
Quantum technology for Earth Science—Bob Connerton (Earth Science Division)
Quantum Gravity Gradiometer Pathfinder (QGGPf) Overview—Brian Muirhead (NASA JPL)
Astrophysics Quantum Applied Technologies—Dr. Mario Perez (Astrophysics Division)
Quantum Technology in the Planetary Science Division—Dr. Erica Montbach (Planetary Sciences Division)

1030: Quantum Inspired Telescope Imaging—Dr. Michael Nayak (DARPA)

1300: Quantum Technology in Space—Prof. Robert Malaney (U. South Wales, Australia)

1430: Quantum Information Processing for SMD—Dr. Eleanor Rieffel and Dr. Lucas Bradywood (NASA Ames)