Prof. Dr. Irene D’Amico has been working on quantum technologies for the past 25 years. She is a Full Professor at the University of York (UK) and a Fellow of the Institute of Physics. She received her M.Sc. (Laurea) in Physics from Università degli Studi di Trieste (Italy, 1995) and her Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Missouri-Columbia (USA, 2000). D'Amico is the Lead of the Quantum Science and Technologies Discovery Research Theme of the School of Physics, Engineering and Technology and a Management Board Member of the York Center for Quantum Technologies of the University of York, UK.  She worked as Non-Executive Director for Scientific Experience for IOP Publishing (2011–2014), was the Vice-Chair of the European COST Action MP1403 ‘Nanoscale Quantum Optics’ (2015–2019) and one of the Elected Individual Member Delegate to the European Physical Society (EPS) (2017–2021). D’Amico has been an Editorial Board Member for the journals Materials (2015-2022) and an EPL (2021–2024). She is currently on the Editorial Advisory Board for the journal Advanced Quantum Technologies and a Member of the EDI group of the European Quantum Flagship.  D'Amico has co-authored over 150 scientific publications and delivered over 120 invited talks at conferences and institutions worldwide.