Dr. Jeannette M. Garcia is a Manager and the Global Lead for Quantum Applications in Quantum Chemistry and Science at IBM Research. Her team's research focuses on computational science applications for quantum computing. Garcia received her PhD in Chemistry at Boston College. She joined IBM Research in 2012 as a postdoctoral researcher to work on high performance and recyclable materials. She became a Research Staff Member in 2013 and from 2017-2018, served as the Technical Advisor to Dr. Sophie Vandebroek, COO of IBM Research.
Garcia is one of MIT Tech Review’s 2015 35 Innovators Under 35, one of Business Insider’s 17 IBM Research Rock Stars, and the recipient of the Individual World Technology Award in Materials. In 2016, Garcia was named as one of Foreign Policy's Top 100 Global Thinkers. In 2017, she was the first recipient of the ACS POLY Division's Young Industrial Polymer Chemist Award and also selected as a YWCA Emerging Leader. She has authored over 36 papers, has over 80 patents granted or pending and is an IBM Master Inventor. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, CNN, Wall Street Journal, National Public Radio (NPR), and Scientific American.