Dr Harriet van der Vliet - Head of Strategic R&D Markets
Title: Advanced plasma materials processing techniques for quantum device fabrication
Time: 16:45 – 17:05 CEST, 25 June 2025
Venue: Hall A1: World of Quantum – Am Messeturm, 81829 München.
Harriet is the Head of Strategic R&D Markets at Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology, having recently moved from Oxford Instruments NanoScience where she was the Product Segment Manager for Quantum Technologies from October 2020 to January 2025. Prior to this, Harriet was a quantum engineer in the New Product team for over 3 years. Harriet received her PhD in quantum physics, specialising in current sensing noise thermometry and ultralow temperature engineering, from Royal Holloway, University of London’s Quantum Fluids and Solids group, The London Low Temperature Laboratory in 2017. Today, Harriet ensures that R&D, one of the company's key segments, remains consistently and actively involved in the growth of next-generation technology. Alongside her role at Oxford Instruments, Harriet is an elected member of the steering committee for UK Quantum, the voice of the quantum industry in the UK, the deputy chair of the Institute of Engineering Quantum Engineering Technical Network and sits on the Institute of Physics quantum Business, Innovation and Growth group, qBIG.