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Danielle Fong

lightcell energy, founder, inventor and ceo

San Francisco, California, United States · 1 connection

lightcell energy

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About

2021 -- (secret project --- now revealed:) lightcellenergy.com x.com/lightcellenergy) She was cofounder and chief science officer of LightSail Energy, a mentor for the Thiel 20 Under 20 fellowship, and an advisor to several startups in greentech and physical technologies. She entered Dalhousie University at 12 in physics and computer science, graduating at 17 with a university medal, and performed graduate work in nuclear fusion at the Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. She has been named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 as the 2012 standout in the Energy category (as well as making the 2013 list), was the youngest member of the 2012 MIT TR35, was a member of the inaugural "Founders 50" group, was named by Goldman Sachs as one of the world's top 100 builders and innovators, was one of 18 speakers selected to give a moonshot proposal at the 2013 Google Solve for X conference, and has twice spoken before the UN on entrepreneurship, energy technology and innovations. Her Regenerative Air Energy Storage tech was named among the 5 most disruptive techs of 2012 (with Gesture Based Interfaces, Self-driving Cars, Augmented Reality/Google Glass, and 5 billion people with internet access) She mentors an

Experience

Activate Fellowship, Lawrence Berkeley National LabActivate Basic company page — company details not listed yet
Jan 2015
Cofounder, Chief Science Officer, Chief StrategistLightSail Energy Basic company page — company details not listed yet
Jul 2009 to Dec 2019
Teaching Assistant Lab AssistantDalhousie University Basic company page — company details not listed yet
Sep 2003 to Apr 2004

Education

Princeton University
PhD Plasma Physics (on leave... permanently 😅)
2005 to 2007
University of California, Berkeley
Masters of using the library and not paying tuition... Efficient use of public assets.
2007 to 2019
Dalhousie University
B.Sc First Class Honors. Physics Computer Science
2000 to 2005