Danielle Fong
Danielle Fong
Danielle Fong | |
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| Born | October 30, 1987 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Residence | Berkeley, California, U.S. |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Alma mater | Dalhousie University Princeton University |
| Occupation | Co-founder and Chief Scientist of LightSail Energy |
| Website | www.daniellefong.com [10] |
Danielle Fong (born October 30, 1987)[1] is a Canadian entrepreneur and the co-founder and Chief Scientist of LightSail Energy.
Danielle Fong | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 30, 1987 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Residence | Berkeley, California, U.S. |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Alma mater | Dalhousie University Princeton University |
| Occupation | Co-founder and Chief Scientist of LightSail Energy |
| Website | www.daniellefong.com [10] |
Education
Fong was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and was raised in the Dartmouth community there.[2] At age 12, she dropped out of junior high school, and enrolled in Dalhousie University, where she got her Bachelor of Science in Physics and Computer Science in 2005 at age 17.[3][4] She joined the Plasma Physics program at Princeton University as a Ph.D candidate, but later dropped out.[5]
LightSail Energy
In 2009 at Berkeley, California, Fong co-founded LightSail Energy with entrepreneur Stephen Crane and Edwin P. Berlin, Jr.[3] LightSail Energy is developing a form of compressed air energy storage, which they term regenerative air energy storage (RAES). The company was initially backed by Khosla Ventures.[3]
Recognition
She is a regular guest contributor to the Women 2.0 blog and was a featured speaker at the Women 2.0 PITCH Conference & Competition in 2012.[9]