Bio

Mena Issler is a Lecturer for Stanford's Management Science & Engineering program, teaching the class "Managing Innovation and Driving Adoption of Frontier Technologies". Mena also leads the Product team for Quantum Applications at IonQ. She serves as an Advisor for Silicon Catalyst, an incubator & accelerator focused on the Global Semiconductor Industry. Previously, Mena was an Associate Partner at McKinsey and an author of the McKinsey Technology Trends Outlook report. She received her PhD from ETH Zurich, focusing on quantum computing including decoherence mechanisms of qubits.

Academic Appointments

Professional Education

  • BSc and MSc, ETH Zurich, Physics (2010)
  • PhD, ETH Zurich, Physics (2015)

Contact

  • Academic
    issler@stanford.edu
    University - Other Teaching/Research Department: Management Science and Engineering Position: Lecturer

Additional Info

  • Mail Code: 4026

2025-26 Courses