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Meet Karin Lion, Chief Growth & Partnerships Officer
Karin Lion reflects on her path to impact, from the DoD, to NGOs, to an MBA, and looks ahead to a bright future at Activate.
Lessons on Breaking Into the Microelectronics Ecosystem
Join us October 6th for a rare opportunity to connect directly with and learn from three engineers who are embedded in the burgeoning microelectronics innovation ecosystem.
‘I’m Just Excited to Keep Going’—Cohort 2018 Fellows on Paths to Impact
Three Cohort 2018 fellows reflect on the past two years and their paths to impact.
Cohort 2018: A Brief Impact Report
We are happy to share some of the accomplishments of these 13 scientists and engineers over the course of two intense years.
Introducing Cohort 2020
Meet these 28 explorers, propelled to turn their research, across a range of science and engineering disciplines, into products that meet both market and societal needs.
In Memoriam: Adrian Albert
We are mourning the tragic death of Adrian Albert, 35, a visionary scientist and engineer, and emergent entrepreneur.
COVID-19 Response Projects and Proposals
We are keeping a running list of COVID-19 response projects and proposals from fellows and our close network. By bringing together additional partners or collaborators, we hope to help give them traction. Please take a look and share!
Building Up Activate Boston: Meet the Team
We are thrilled to bring our entrepreneurial fellowship program to a city so rich in smart, driven scientists and engineers—and we’re equally excited to introduce you to two of them: Activate Boston’s managing director Aimee Rose and fellowship manager Lakshana Huddar.
Introducing Activate: Expanding Cyclotron Road’s model
Activate, an independent non-profit, is scaling the Cyclotron Road fellowship model to support a greater number of innovators around the world, starting with a new fellowship site for entrepreneurial scientists and engineers in Boston, MA supported by local experts and research partners and hosted by MIT Lincoln Laboratory.
Changes at Cyclotron Road
“Cyclotron Road’s approach—embedding promising entrepreneurial scientists in a community of world-class researchers and instrumentation—has proven to be a winning model for catalyzing science and technology startups,” said Berkeley Lab director Mike Witherell.