ConvergX BIO Anna Leese

Anna has over 35 years of experimental physics research and development engineering in cryogenic and superconductor materials, devices and electromagnetic systems. She founded the Cryogenic Exploitation of Radio Frequency (CERF) Laboratory at Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific, creating a group of innovative scientists and engineers who publish and patent prolifically. Technical breakthroughs and technology transition into the Naval Fleet at CERF brought national attention at every level of the DoD. To continue to push technology in new ways, since retiring from Federal Service in 2022, she is serving as an Entrepreneur in Residence for the UC San Diego Office of Innovation and Commercialization and founded Quantum Vector Inc. She is a Board Member for Ambature, a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors and a Senior Member of the IEEE with 22 patents and 57 publications.  She serves her community as member of several technical committees and boards including the Superconductivity Global Alliance, the Applied Superconductivity Education Foundation and the National Academy of Inventors.