Comfort Mintah

Comfort is a highly accomplished mathematician and quantum computing expert currently serving as a lecturer at the Centre of Education in Mathematics and Computing (CEMC) at the University of Waterloo, Canada. In addition to her teaching responsibilities, she is also a Co-Director of the Auckland workshop and Co-Director of the Helping Teacher Teach Mathematics Conference (HTTMC), which is specifically aimed at supporting Pan-African Teachers. Comfort is deeply committed to promoting the role of women in mathematics and science. She is involved in several programs designed to encourage young women to pursue careers in these fields, including the Girls in Mathematical Science program (GMSP) and the Masters of Mathematical Science for Teachers (MMST) Program at the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) in Ghana.

Comfort has achieved several notable firsts in her career. She was the first female graduate of the University of Ghana to specialize in Mathematical Physics in its 65 years of existence. She is also among the first Ghanaian women working in the field of quantum computing. Comfort holds a Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Guelph, Canada, as well as an MSc in Mathematical Sciences from the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS), South Africa, and an MSc in Applied Mathematics from the University of Guelph. She earned her BSc in Mathematics from the University of Ghana.

During her academic career, Comfort has been involved in several research projects, including the Quantum Leap Africa program, where she was one of the first visiting Ph.D. student interns while working on the Mathematical Foundations of Quantum Technologies project of Prof. David Kribs (University of Guelph), jointly funded by Mitacs and AIMS-Canada. Her research interests include Quantum Local Operations and Classical Communication (LOCC), Quantum Error Correction, Operator Algebra, Operator Theory, and Matrix Theory. Comfort is a leading voice in the field of quantum computing and a respected mentor and role model for young women pursuing careers in science and mathematics.