Meredith Perry
| Meredith Perry | |
|---|---|
| Born | 5 August 1989 Princeton, New Jersey |
| 🎓 Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania |
| 💼 Occupation | CEO, Elemind Technologies, Inc. |
| Known for | Invention of ultrasonic wireless power |
| Board member of | Elemind Technologies, Inc., J. Craig Venter Institute |
| 👴 👵 Parent(s) | Arthur Perry, Bedonna Weiss Perry |
Meredith Perry is an American inventor, entrepreneur, and scientist, most well-known for the invention of uBeam, a wireless charging system based on ultrasound.[1][2]. Perry is currently the co-founder and CEO of Elemind[3], a company developing noninvasive neurotechnology [4] and also serves on the Board of the J. Craig Venter Institute alongside [Craig Venter] [5]
Biography
Career
Perry studied paleobiology and astrobiology at the University of Pennsylvania and conducted astrobiology research with the NASA Ames Research Center and the NASA Astrobiology Institute. She is a NASA Astrobiology Institute Research Scholarship Recipient and NASA Pennsylvania Space Grant Recipient. She co-authored two astrobiology research papers with Christopher McKay of NASA Ames Research Center.[6]
Perry won the University of Pennsylvania's Invention Competition,[7] "PennVention" in 2011 for her ultrasonic wireless power transmission system, which she named "uBeam". Perry founded uBeam in 2011 and raised $40M from Founders Fund, Andreessen Horowitz, Mark Cuban, Marissa Mayer and other prominent investors.[citation needed] She stepped down as CEO in 2018 after the company moved from trying to build its own products to licensing its technology for other companies to use.[8]
Perry announced through a tweet in 2019[9] that she is developing a new neurotechnology with Ed Boyden, and subsequently announced in 2020 a new company co-founded for this purpose, Elemind Technologies.[10]
Awards and recognition
Perry was recognized as one of Fast Company's "Most Creative People",[11] has been included in Fortune’s “40 Under 40” Mobilizers,[12] Forbes’ “30 Under 30”[13] and Vanity Fair’s “The New Establishment”.[14] Perry is the recipient of ELLE Magazine’s Genius Award.[15]
References
- ↑ "Wireless power transfer". Canadian Patents Database. Canadian Intellectual Property Office. Retrieved 2024-01-10. Patent status listed as "Dead Application" as of 2019-09-04.
- ↑ "She's an inventor. She's 25. And she wants to make true wireless charging a reality". Fortune.
- ↑ https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_ma/001437467
- ↑ www.elemindtech.com
- ↑ https://www.jcvi.org/about/meredith-perry
- ↑ Tanaka, Zuki; Perry, Meredith; Cooper, George; Tang, Suning; McKay, Christopher P.; Chen, Bin (August 1, 2012). "Near-Infrared (NIR) Raman Spectroscopy of Precambrian Carbonate Stromatolites with Post-Depositional Organic Inclusions". Applied Spectroscopy. 66 (8): 911–916. Bibcode:2012ApSpe..66..911T. doi:10.1366/11-06523. PMID 22800768. Unknown parameter
|s2cid=ignored (help) - ↑ "Team with wireless charger". www.bizjournals.com. 2011. Retrieved 2020-07-24.
- ↑ Constine, Josh (September 21, 2018). "UBeam's wireless power's CEO Meredith Perry steps aside amidst B2B pivot". Tech Crunch. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
- ↑ "Tweet". twitter.com. Retrieved 2020-07-24.
- ↑ "Elemind Technologies, Inc". linkedin.com. Retrieved 2021-09-19.
- ↑ "Meet Meredith Perry, one of Fast Company's 100 Most Creative People 2014". Fast Company.
- ↑ "More under 40s: Mobilizers". Fortune.
- ↑ Helman, Christopher. "Forbes 30 Under 30 In The Energy Sector". Forbes.
- ↑ Bilton, Nick (8 September 2015). "The New Establishment 2015". Vanity Fair.
- ↑ Plattner, Seth; Davis, Allison P.; Straut, Catherine; Moody, Elyse; Kapp, Diana; Harman, Justine (June 29, 2012). "Genius Awards 2012". ELLE.
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