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Kateryna Bondar
Biography
Kateryna Bondar is part of the Innovation Department at Openchip & Software Technologies, where she leads Openchip Academy, an initiative dedicated to strengthening collaboration between industry and academia. Through the Academy, she drives programs including internships, Master’s theses, seminars, microcredentials, and paper spotlights to reinforce Europe’s talent pipeline in semiconductors, HPC, and AI. Alongside this educational mission, she also leads Openchip’s innovation activities and strategic partnerships.
Before joining Openchip, she worked at INBRAIN Neuroelectronics, managing international MedTech projects at the intersection of neuroscience, bioelectronics, and AI. She secured more than €25M in competitive EU and national funding and €15M in equity, coordinating projects under the EIC Pathfinder, Transition, and Accelerator schemes, as well as initiatives such as the Graphene Flagship.
Earlier, she directed innovation programs at Inspiralia, supporting deep-tech start-ups and SMEs in the semiconductor, microelectronics, and AI-enabled systems sectors. Across these roles, she has consistently bridged the gap between research, development, and commercialization, enabling disruptive technologies to scale from lab to market.
She has also contributed to academia as a professor and researcher at the International University of La Rioja, ESIC Business & Marketing School, and the University of Liverpool, teaching innovation, entrepreneurship, and technology management.
She holds a BSc and MSc in Computer Science from the National Aviation University, a BSc in International Economics from Kyiv National Economics University, an MSc in Business Studies from the University of Amsterdam, and a PhD in Aerospace Engineering from the University of the Bundeswehr Munich.
Before joining Openchip, she worked at INBRAIN Neuroelectronics, managing international MedTech projects at the intersection of neuroscience, bioelectronics, and AI. She secured more than €25M in competitive EU and national funding and €15M in equity, coordinating projects under the EIC Pathfinder, Transition, and Accelerator schemes, as well as initiatives such as the Graphene Flagship.
Earlier, she directed innovation programs at Inspiralia, supporting deep-tech start-ups and SMEs in the semiconductor, microelectronics, and AI-enabled systems sectors. Across these roles, she has consistently bridged the gap between research, development, and commercialization, enabling disruptive technologies to scale from lab to market.
She has also contributed to academia as a professor and researcher at the International University of La Rioja, ESIC Business & Marketing School, and the University of Liverpool, teaching innovation, entrepreneurship, and technology management.
She holds a BSc and MSc in Computer Science from the National Aviation University, a BSc in International Economics from Kyiv National Economics University, an MSc in Business Studies from the University of Amsterdam, and a PhD in Aerospace Engineering from the University of the Bundeswehr Munich.
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