Eric Wasson Burns
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Eric is the Founder and CEO of Thunderstone, a San Francisco-based climate technology company pioneering excavation-less in-situ leaching (ISL) to sustainably extract critical minerals like nickel and cobalt for the clean energy transition. Spun out from Deep Science Ventures (DSV), Thunderstone is backed by investors including Dangerous VC, Roadrunner VC, and Breakthrough Energy Fellows. Eric combines deep technical expertise with commercial acumen, holding a PhD in Inorganic Chemistry from ETH Zürich (Paul Scherrer Institute) and an MRes in Green Chemistry from Imperial College London.
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