Danielle Fong
lightcell energy, founder, inventor and ceo
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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
Jan 2015
Jul 2009 to Dec 2019
Jan 2012 to Feb 2016
Aug 2005 to Aug 2007
Jun 2003 to Jun 2005
Sep 2003 to Apr 2004
May 2002 to Aug 2002
Education
PhD Plasma Physics (on leave... permanently 😅)
2005 to 2007
Masters of using the library and not paying tuition... Efficient use of public assets.
2007 to 2019
B.Sc First Class Honors. Physics Computer Science
2000 to 2005