Constanza M. Vidal Bustamante

Fellow, Technology and National Security Program

CNAS

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Constanza M. Vidal Bustamante, PhD, is a fellow with the Technology and National Security Program at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), where she leads the Center’s quantum policy research. Her work examines the intersection of quantum technologies with U.S. national and economic security, and currently focuses on the supply chains, manufacturing capacity, and deployment infrastructure needed to scale and sustain the United States’ quantum competitiveness.

Vidal Bustamante is also an adjunct professor at Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service. Prior to CNAS, she was a science and technology policy researcher at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, where she led research on semiconductor workforce development, digital technology governance, and the domestic and international dynamics shaping the United States’ strategy for technology leadership.

Vidal Bustamante’s analysis has been published and featured in Just Security, The Washington Examiner, Politico, Nature, and Inside Defense. She holds doctoral, master’s, and bachelor’s degrees from Harvard University.

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