Prof. Dr. Mateo Aboy is Director of Research in Technology & Law (Innovation, AI, Quantum Technologies & Law) at the University of Cambridge, UK. He is a member of the LML & CIPIL at Cambridge, as well as Inter-CeBIL (Copenhagen-Cambridge-Harvard International Collaborative Program in Bioscience Innovation & Law). He also serves as Fellow at the Stanford Center for Responsible Quantum Technology at Stanford University.

His multidisciplinary background includes a combination of engineering, law, regulatory science, and management experience. He holds degrees in electrical & computer engineering (BS, BSEE, MSECE, MPhil/DEA, PhD ECE), law (SJD/PhD/LLD), and international management (MBA), as well as professional registrations as a Professional Chartered Engineer (CEng, EU/ES COIT), Certified Licensing Professional (CLP), Bar Admission/licensed to practice in patent cases before the United States Patent Office (USPTO), Fellow of Information Privacy (IAPP Fellow, FIP), Certified Privacy Information Professional (CIPP/E), Certified Privacy Manager (CIPM), Lead Implementer of Information Security Management Systems-ISMS (ISO 27001), Lead Auditor of Medical Device Quality Management Systems (ISO 13485), Lead Implementer of Privacy Information Management Systems – PIMS (ISO 27701), and Certified Data Protection Officer (C-DPO).

He is the author of more than 150 scholarly articles published in leading scientific, engineering and legal journals, including Nature Biotechnology, IEEE Transactions of Biomedical Engineering, Medical and Biological Engineering & Computing, Medical Engineering & Physics, Journal of Law & the Biosciences, International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law (IIC), and Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice.

His professional experience includes work in various senior roles both in the private sector and academia. He has successfully prosecuted numerous cases before the USPTO, focusing primarily on AI/ML, medical device and computer-implemented inventions. He holds over 20 patents as an inventor and is the co-founder of APDM Wearable Technologies, Inc (acquired by ERT/Clario in June 2020).

Mateo has taught university courses in engineering (computational data science; scientific & engineering computation; digital signal processing; electronics; programming; research methods & innovation), law (IP law, patent law; data protection law, business law), and management (strategy, innovation, and entrepreneurship; engineering management). He has been an RQT Fellow since 2023.