Danielle Fong

Cofounder LightSail Energy

Born and raised in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Fong dropped out of junior high school at age 12 to attend Dalhousie University. She graduated from Dalhousie in 2005 at 17 with first clas ...read more

Born and raised in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Fong dropped out of junior high school at age 12 to attend Dalhousie University. She graduated from Dalhousie in 2005 at 17 with first class honors in computer science and physics, after which she entered the Plasma Physics Department at Princeton University as a Ph.D. student, but later dropped out.

Upon taking leave from Princeton, Danielle co-founded LightSail Energy, where she serves as Chief Scientist. LightSail is developing inexpensive, grid-scale, efficient energy storage systems — the missing link in the plan to make the world's electrical grid green.

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Amory Lovins, Physicist & Environmental Scientist, and Danielle Fong, Cofounder LightSail Energy (EG9)

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Our team has been working hard behind the scenes to bring you a superb program for EG2020. However, in light of growing and legitimate concerns regarding the rapid spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) which have gutted international events of all sizes, we have made the difficult decision to put EG on hiatus until it is once again deemed safe.


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