Klaus S. Lackner
Director/Board Member at Aircela Inc
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Dr. Lackner is Professor of Geophysics in the Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering at Columbia University and also works at Columbia University’s Earth Institute.
He was formerly with the Theoretical Division at Los Alamos National Laboratory, after postdoctoral positions at the California Institute of Technology and the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center.
He is a founder of the Zero Emission Coal Alliance, an industry-led effort to develop coal power with zero emissions in the atmosphere.
His recent work is on environmentally acceptable technologies for the use of fossil fuels and on innovative approaches to energy uses of the future.
Dr. Lackner received his Ph.D.
in theoretical particle physics, summa cum laude, from the University of Heidelberg, Germany in 1978.
He was awarded the Clemm-Haas Prize for outstanding Ph.D.
thesis.
His scientific career started in the phenomenology of weakly interacting particles.
Later searching for quarks, he and George Zweig developed the chemistry of atoms with fractional nuclear charge.
Over the years, he has published on the behavior of high explosives, novel approaches to inertial confinement fusion, and numerical algorithms.
His interest in self-replicating machine systems has been recognized by Discover Magazine as one of seven ideas that could change the world.
Klaus S. Lackner active positions
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Aircela Inc
Aircela Inc Electric UtilitiesUtilities Aircela Inc is a company that specializes in creating small-scale systems that produce carbon-neutral e-fuels from carbon dioxide in the air. The company is based in New York, NY. The company's focus is on providing air, water, and renewable electricity, with no other additives necessary. Aircela was founded by Mia Dahlgren, Eric Dahlgren, and Eva Tiffany Zlotnicka, with Eric Dahlgren serving as CEO since incorporation. | Director/Board Member | - |
Former positions of Klaus S. Lackner
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Kilimanjaro Energy, Inc.
Kilimanjaro Energy, Inc. Industrial MachineryProducer Manufacturing Kilimanjaro Energy, Inc. develops advanced technologies to capture atmospheric carbon-dioxides. The company was founded by William W. Gridley, Klaus S. Lackner, Allen B. Wright and Nathaniel Eames David in 2004 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Founder | - |
MissionPoint Partners LLC
MissionPoint Partners LLC Investment ManagersFinance MissionPoint Partners LLC (MissionPoint) is a private equity and venture capital firm founded in 2006 by Jesse Michael Fink, Mark Schwartz, and Mark J. Cirilli. The firm is headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut. | Private Equity Investor | - |
Training of Klaus S. Lackner
Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg | Doctorate Degree |
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MissionPoint Partners LLC
MissionPoint Partners LLC Investment ManagersFinance MissionPoint Partners LLC (MissionPoint) is a private equity and venture capital firm founded in 2006 by Jesse Michael Fink, Mark Schwartz, and Mark J. Cirilli. The firm is headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut. | Finance |
Kilimanjaro Energy, Inc.
Kilimanjaro Energy, Inc. Industrial MachineryProducer Manufacturing Kilimanjaro Energy, Inc. develops advanced technologies to capture atmospheric carbon-dioxides. The company was founded by William W. Gridley, Klaus S. Lackner, Allen B. Wright and Nathaniel Eames David in 2004 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Producer Manufacturing |
Aircela Inc
Aircela Inc Electric UtilitiesUtilities Aircela Inc is a company that specializes in creating small-scale systems that produce carbon-neutral e-fuels from carbon dioxide in the air. The company is based in New York, NY. The company's focus is on providing air, water, and renewable electricity, with no other additives necessary. Aircela was founded by Mia Dahlgren, Eric Dahlgren, and Eva Tiffany Zlotnicka, with Eric Dahlgren serving as CEO since incorporation. | Utilities |
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