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October 28, 2024

Bridging Quantum Innovation and Investment: Joining Quantum Coast Capital as a Technical Advisor

I am excited to join Quantum Coast Capital as a Technical Advisor. I'll be guiding QCC on quantum tech investments and spotlighting high-potential startups. Together, we're pushing the boundaries of quantum innovation.

August 12, 2024

Guest on the QuSecure podcast with Rebecca Krauthamer about how Quantum Computing could disrupt Blockchain security

I had the opportunity to dive into a discussion with Rebecca Krauthamer, (Founder, Chief Product Officer) at QuSecure, on Last Week In Quantum where we explored the impact of quantum computing on blockchain security, talking about essential insights for CISOs on the brink of the quantum era, implications of quantum advancements on blockchain, and what it means for the future of digital security.

July 8, 2024

Guest on the QRL Podcast hosted by Konstantinos Karagiannis, Michael Strike, and Ryan Malinowski.

We tackled a variety of cutting-edge topics, including hashing and quantum data loading, scaling quantum computers, the quest for quantum supremacy, and the implications of NIST Standards and the Bitcoin Taproot upgrade.

June 26, 2024

Guest on The Quantum Era hosted by Sebastian Hassinger and Amazon Web Services (AWS)

In this episode, we dive deep into the fascinating world of quantum computing and the broader tech landscape and talk about my unique blend of experiences in startups, academia, and venture capital. Join us as we explore the intersections of technology, business, and education, and uncover the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead in the quantum era.

April 4, 2024

Invited Speaker at RPI's Quantum Day

Over the course of three days in April 2024, researchers, students, and industry experts from all over the world joined the greater RPI community for workshops and technical sessions. The event culminated on April 5 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony revealing the IBM Quantum System One, the first to be housed on a university campus.

March 10, 2024

Speaker at SXSW Panel "The Sixth Sense: Quantum Sensors" Presented by U.S. Army

Quantum sensors stand out as a technological revolution often overshadowed by the limelight of quantum computing. However, their implications span far and wide, impacting healthcare, climate change, defense, and other fields that affect our daily lives.

March 8, 2024

International Women's Day 2024 Interview in Inside Quantum Technology

In celebration of International Women’s Day, a time dedicated to honoring the achievements of women around the globe, we at Inside Quantum Technology are thrilled to present an exclusive Q&A article featuring Anastasia Marchenkova.

February 29, 2024

Panelist with Dr. John Martinis of Google Quantum for The AI Megatrend Insiders event hosted by Rampart VC

Discover advances poised to disrupt trillion-dollar industries. Panel discussion with John Martinis on quantum technology and AI.

February 22, 2024

Panelist and Moderator at Quantum Australia on "Quantum Blockchain and Security - Challenges and Opportunities for the Finance Sector"

How does quantum computing pose a threat to current cryptographic standards used in the finance sector and blockchain?

February 8, 2024

Panelist at Xanadu's QuHack "Employed / Unemployed: A Superposition"

The quantum computing industry is here to stay, but what do and what will careers look like? Anastasia Marchenkova, Roger Luo (University of Waterloo), Richard Givhan (Haiqu), and Jake Malliaros (CDL) discuss.

September 12, 2023

Speaker "Quantum Technology for Connecting Every Child to the Internet" at Giga Global Demo Day in Geneva

The future of Giga is not just about connecting one school to the internet. It’s about building an infrastructure for future technology, blockchain, quantum, and more.

August 21, 2023

Launched The Quantum State in collaboration with BTQ

BTQ Technologies Corp. (NEO: BTQ) (FSE: NG3) (OTCQX: BTQQF), a global quantum technology company focused on securing mission-critical networks, is thrilled to announce the launch of its brand-new podcast, "The Quantum State." Anastasia Marchenkova serves as the host of the series. Each episode features enlightening discussions with regular guest experts from the quantum technology community, shedding light on the mysteries and possibilities of this burgeoning field.

August 16, 2023

Interviewed by Inside Quantum Technology

Featured on Inside Quantum Technology blog for the Women in Quantum series.

August 14, 2023

Extraversion for Introverts is Live!

One day, a mentor told me "You have the IQ. If you get the EQ, you’re going to be unstoppable.” If I wanted to reach my goals, I had to learn how to communicate my vision. Over a decade, I honed my skills, and today, I launched everything I learned in this course and community! I build this course for introverts who want to overcome their public speaking fears, overcome imposter syndrome, and build a powerful and confident presence online and offline, so you can open doors to new opportunities.

April 26, 2023

Appointed Vice Chair of the IEEE Quantum Computing Nomenclature Working Group

IEEE P7130 will establish a general nomenclature for Quantum Computing to standardize communication with related hardware and software projects. IEEE P7130 will define terms related to the physics of quantum computing including quantum tunneling, super position, quantum entanglement, as well as other related terms and terminology that will be updated as technological advances are made.

April 19, 2023

Quantum Industry Panelist at University of Southern California's Quantum Computing Club

Spoke to Master's students at USC with fellow panelists from IBM, Google, QCWare, and USC about quantum computing careers and opportunities.

January 19, 2023

IEEE Quantum Podcast: Episode 16: A Conversation with Anastasia Marchenkova, Researcher at Bleximo and affiliate researcher at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

This episode features Anastasia Marchenkova, Researcher at Bleximo and affiliate researcher at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. Anastasia shares her unique insights into the quantum computing space as a researcher and influencer. She also discusses the promise quantum computing holds for benefiting humanity, and provides sound advice to young professionals who might be interested in pursuing quantum computing as a career track.

January 18, 2023

The Post-Quantum World Podcast: Application Specific Quantum Computing with Protiviti and host Konstantinos Karagiannis

Squeezing every bit of performance out of a NISQ-era quantum processor is usually handled in the software stack. But what if you could actually design QPUs for specific types of use cases? Anastasia Marchenkova is working on this approach at Bleximo and the result has been a remarkable boost to speed. Join host Konstantinos Karagiannis for a chat about the possibilities of these application-specific quantum computers, as well as the terrific awareness work Anastasia has been doing for years.

January 9, 2023

Guest on Futurati Podcast - Ep. 120: Quantum computing explained

We talk about the different approaches to quantum computing, what it means for encryption (and Bitcoin), and why it absolutely does not make faster-than-light communication possible. (I wanted to be very, very clear about that!)

December 8, 2022

Q2B Conference 2022: Moderator for Closing Keynote with Scott Aaronson

Join Scott Aaronson and Bleximo Researcher Anastasia Marchenkova at the closing keynote of the #Q2B Conference for a Fireside chat, reflecting on the year's accomplishments in the quantum computing space and discussions on the future of quantum hardware, error correction, and algorithms, and skepticism about quantum wormholes.

November 3, 2022

O’Reilly Security Superstream Speaker: Understanding Quantum Computing Encryption—Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Risks

Could a quantum computer destroy bitcoin? And if it could, when should we start worrying about it? Join Anastasia Marchenkova to explore Shor’s algorithm, the one weird trick to breaking RSA and ECC encryption, the specific risks blockchain and cryptocurrencies face from large-scale quantum computers, and the potential mitigation strategies you'll need in a postquantum world.

November 3, 2022

VC Lab Cohort 7 Graduation and Award

VC Lab is a virtual program that helps new managers to launch accelerators, pre-seed, seed or Series A venture capital firms globally. The goal of the program is to complete a close in six months or less. Ran by Adeo Ressi and Mike Suprovici.

October 24, 2022

Panelist at the qBraid QHacks: Application Specific Quantum Computing

Tune in to learn more about Bleximo, our application-specific approach, and the impact you can make by joining the QC industry.

May 19, 2022

Guest Host for The Quantum Insider

Host of QViews by Quantum Insider, a quantum tech industry publication. Together, we’ve partnered to present you with the top quantum technology news and opportunities across research and industry, all over the world.

November 3, 2021

Moderator at Insider Quantum Technology Conference Panel: Quantum Computing and Cryptocurrencies

Recently, Anastasia Marchenkova was a moderator at the Inside Quantum Technology panel in New York on Quantum Computing and cryptocurrencies. While there is no video of the event, the link is to YouTube video where I discuss my thoughts after the conference.

May 21, 2021

Speaker at RSA Conference 2021 - "Quantum Computing: One Weird Trick to Break RSA Encryption"

What are the security implications of a large, coherent, fault-tolerant quantum computer? Breaking RSA would take trillions of years with a classical computer. Shor’s Algorithm can do it in 100 seconds. This session will discuss the current status of quantum computers and the roadmap to 10 million qubits, Shor’s algorithm, risks to current encryption standards, and post-quantum and quantum cryptography.

April 21, 2021

3rd Party Subject Matter Expert for IonQ's SPAC Analyst Day

Created two videos that were presented to SEC Analysts on quantum physics and quantum computing hardware modalities.

September 29, 2020

Grace Hopper Panelist - “What you need to know about Quantum Computing for Scientists and Engineers" hosted by IBM Quantum

Answering questions about working in quantum computing industry, learning quantum computing skills, and where to get hands on experience.

June 23, 2020

QISE-NET Panel Speaker: Transitioning to Industry – Perspectives from Graduates

The Quantum Information Science and Engineering Network (QISE-NET), co-led by the University of Chicago and Harvard University, provides selected students with $10K per year for up to three years. I spoke with fellow panelists from Google, IBM, and HRL to the students in the program about the challenges of transitioning from academia to industry and experiences working in startups.

November 21, 2019

1st Place Winner at IBM's Qiskit Camp Asia 2019 for Designing a Pulse Programming Language

The project expanded Qiskit’s OpenPulse feature to IBM Q’s QASM simulator, OpenPulse, and new quantum chip backends. It enables users to calibrate qubits by modifying the microwave pulse sent to quantum hardware. We expanded this feature to simulators, took information from real chips and rewrote the lexer and parser to create a new coding language to allow for precise control of pulses for real hardware.

September 15, 2019

2nd Place Winner at IBM's Qiskit Camp Europe 2019 for Speeding Up Qiskit

The project expanded adding profiling infrastructure (time and size) to Qiskit Aqua to find slow code execution. The profilers are made available through the built-in logging infrastructure, and there are 4 levels of logging available.

January 15, 2019

Affiliate Researcher appointment at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

September 25, 2018

Bleximo raises $1.5M for its quantum computing accelerators

Bleximo announced a $1.5 million seed round led by Eniac Ventures. Other investors in this round include Boost VC, Creative Ventures, KEC Ventures and Gyan Kapur.

April 18, 2018

Bleximo graduates from Founder's Institute

Founder's Institute is a startup incubator to turn ideas into fundable startups, and startups into global businesses.

February 1, 2017

Bleximo is Founded

Bleximo is building full-stack superconducting application-specific quantum computers by co-designing algorithms and hardware to deliver practical solutions for high-impact problems.

February 1, 2015

Joined Rigetti Quantum Computing as Employee #4

October 4, 2014

Guest Speaker at DC I-Corps in Bethesda, Maryland: "Lean Business Canvas for Scientific Ventures"

DC I-Corps Node is one of NSF’s national nodes that help to expedite technology commercialization from regional universities, their affiliates, and federal labs, to enhance the creation of technology-based startups around the nation. The DC Node focuses on fostering and nurturing an innovation ecosystem in the nation’s capital, the nearby states of Maryland and Virginia, and the mid-Atlantic region.

December 9, 2013

Talk at University of Maryland on "Nanoscale magnetic sensing and quantum computing in Nitrogen-vacancy centers"

Presented at the University of Maryland on Nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers. These are defects in diamonds that are promising platforms for both nanoscale magnetic sensing. Their unique combination of magnetic sensitivity and long coherence times make them attractive for a variety of applications.

September 14, 2013

Courseshark/Jokudo acquired

September 1, 2013

Faculty’s Choice Full PhD Fellowship at University of Maryland

Fellowship award to one incoming PhD student per year.

March 6, 2013

Physical Review A Publication: “Light storage on the time scale of a minute” acknowledged for experimental assistance

We employ an ultracold atomic gas confined in a one-dimensional optical lattice for long-term light storage. The differential ac Stark shift of the ground-level microwave transition used for storage is reduced to a sub-Hz level by the application of a magic-valued magnetic field. The 1 / e lifetime for storage of coherent states of light is prolonged up to 16 s by a microwave dynamic decoupling protocol. Y. O. Dudin, L. Li, and A. Kuzmich

May 14, 2012

Joined the Flashpoint Startup Incubator

Flashpoint works closely with founders to enable them to think clearly about their businesses. Raised funding, found product market fit, and launched Jokudo through the Deliberate Innovation process.

March 14, 2012

Crashed the Georgia Tech servers and did not get expelled or suspended (unlike Zuckerberg)

Accidentally DDOS-ed the school servers one night with my friend and future co-founder. The Honor Board was NOT happy. One professor thought it was hilarious and offered us a spot in his startup incubator, Flashpoint, and a check for seed funding. Led to founding of CourseShark/Jokudo.

May 1, 2011

Georgia Tech President's Undergraduate Research Award (Summer 2011)

Awarded for research in the Dr. Kuzmich group for quantum telecommunications. President's Undergraduate Research Awards fund student salaries to conduct undergraduate research with Georgia Tech faculty and offset travel expenses for undergraduates to present their research at professional conferences.

May 1, 2011

NSF National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates Award (Summer 2011)

Awarded for research in the Dr. Kuzmich group for quantum telecommunications. NSF REUs are competitive summer research programs in the United States for undergraduates studying science, engineering, or mathematics. They fund student salaries to conduct undergraduate research with Georgia Tech faculty.

March 12, 2011

Invited Speaker at ACC Meeting of the Minds 2011 on "Long-Lived Neutral Atom Quantum Memories"

The ACC Meeting of the Minds is an annual research conference celebrating undergraduate research and creative inquiry. 5 undergrads from each ACC school are chosen to represent the school. Pr

September 26, 2010

Nature Physics Publication: “Quantum memory with telecom wavelength conversion” acknowledged for experimental assistance

We observe quantum memory lifetimes in excess of 0.1 s by laser compensation of the lattice light shifts that limited the previous generation of atomic memory to 7 ms. A. G. Radnaev, Y. O. Dudin, R. Zhao, H. H. Jen, S. D. Jenkins, A. Kuzmich & T. A. B. Kennedy.

August 17, 2010

Thomas T. Flagler Jr. College of Sciences Scholarship

Awarded to one upperclassman at the Georgia Institute of Technology College of Sciences with exemplary research experience

May 24, 2010

Publication of “Parameters Controlling Coating of Metal Microneedles”

First International Conference on Microneedles, May 2010, Atlanta, GA. “Parameters Controlling Coating of Metal Microneedles”, V. Zarnitsyn, C. Grajczak , A. Marchenkova, and M. R. Prausnitz.

May 1, 2010

Georgia Tech President's Undergraduate Research Award (Summer 2010)

Awarded for research in the Dr. Kuzmich group for quantum telecommunications. President's Undergraduate Research Awards fund student salaries to conduct undergraduate research with Georgia Tech faculty and offset travel expenses for undergraduates to present their research at professional conferences.

May 1, 2010

NSF National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates Award (Summer 2010)

Awarded for research in the Dr. Kuzmich group for quantum telecommunications. NSF REUs are competitive summer research programs in the United States for undergraduates studying science, engineering, or mathematics. They fund student salaries to conduct undergraduate research with Georgia Tech faculty.

May 15, 2008

Got bored of high school, graduated early

Decided I didn't want to do more high school. Got accepted to the Georgia Institute of Technology as a 11th grader through regular admissions. Everyone was confused but all I needed was to double up on Lit and History that year, submitted documents to the state and got the diploma.

June 15, 2007

National Merit Commended Scholar

Top 2% of all PSAT scores

June 1, 2007

Governor's Honors Program Scholar in Technology and Mathematics

The Governor’s Honors Program (GHP) is a residential summer program for top 0.5% of high school sophomores and juniors in Georgia. Major: Technology. Minor: Mathematics.