Steven Rayan is a Professor and NSERC, NFRF, and CFI-supported researcher in the Department of Mathematics & Statistics at the University of Saskatchewan, which is located on Treaty 6 Territory and the Homeland of the Métis. He is a faculty member of both the College of Arts & Science and the College of Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies. He is the lead for the University’s Signature Area of Research in Quantum Innovation and the Director of the Centre for Quantum Topology and Its Applications (quanTA). He is also the University’s Director of Interdisciplinary Programming.