Etosha R. Cave is an American mechanical engineer based in Berkeley, California. She is the co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Twelve, a startup that recycles carbon dioxide.
Etosha N. Cave | |
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 Cave at 2016 Women in Clean Energy Symposium at Stanford University | |
| Born | |
| Alma mater | Olin College Stanford University |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Twelve, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
Early life and education
editCave grew up in Houston, Texas, where she became interested in recycling oil and gas. During high school she joined the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE).[1] She studied at Olin College, and was in the first graduating year in 2006.[2][3] She held a NSBE Scholarship. After graduating, she worked at the McMurdo Station, where she serviced HVAC systems and built the laser diode for future NASA missions.[clarification needed] Eventually Cave returned to her studies, and started a doctoral program at Stanford University working under the supervision of Thomas F. Jaramillo.[4] During her PhD she worked on electrochemical approaches that could be used to convert carbon dioxide and water into useful plastics and household cleaners.[5] She built a gas analysis system that could determine the composition of electrochemical reactions in realtime and earned her PhD in 2015.
Research and career
editWhile at Stanford University, Cave co-founded Twelve, a startup that uses metal catalysts to recycle carbon dioxide.[6][7][8] At first, Twelve struggled to raise money from the venture capitalists in Silicon Valley.[9] Today Twelve is based at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and has secured several academic partnerships including funding from the National Science Foundation and I-Corps program.[9][10]
Cave ultimately hopes that they will be able to make diesel fuel from recycled carbon dioxide and water.[11][1][12] Cave discussed the idea at TEDx Stanford, where she explained the recycled carbon dioxide could reduce our carbon footprint as well as supporting future space travel.[13] Twelve was awarded the Forbes magazine Change the World Award and was selected for the Advanced Manufacturing Office Cyclotron Road program in 2016.[14][15][16] She was a finalist for the Carbon Xprize in 2018.[17]
Awards and honours
editHer awards and honours include;
- 2016 Echoing Green Fellow[18]
- 2017 7x7's Hot 20 Perennial Bay Area Innovators[10]
- 2017 Smithsonian Institution Innovators to Watch[19]
- 2018 Grist Top 508[20]
- 2018 Vanity Fair 26 Women of Color Diversifying Entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley, Media, and Beyond[21][22]
She has spoken at the Aspen Ideas Festival and been part of Science Foo Camp.[23] She is a member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.[24] Cave is a member of the advisory board of the Berkeley Startup Cluster.[25]
References
edit- ^ a b Stone, Zara. "Can California's Carbon Queen Recycle Pollution?". OZY. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
- ^ Olin College of Engineering (2018-04-19), Etosha Cave, retrieved 2019-07-16
- ^ "Designing with Purpose". Olin College of Engineering – Admissions Microsite. 2017-06-20. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
- ^ "Etosha Cave". Empower Innovation. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
- ^ "Watch: Etosha Cave speaks at TEDx Stanford". Cyclotron Road. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
- ^ "Opus 12". Elemental Excelerator. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
- ^ "About". Opus 12: A profitable solution to carbon emissions. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
- ^ "Student teams win grants to commercialize Stanford energy inventions". EurekAlert!. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
- ^ a b Satell, Greg (2018-04-05). "Why Some of the Most Groundbreaking Technologies Are a Bad Fit for the Silicon Valley Funding Model". Harvard Business Review. ISSN 0017-8012. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
- ^ a b "The Lens Crafter: Tabitha Soren". 7x7 Bay Area. 2017-11-13. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
- ^ University, © Stanford; Stanford; California 94305 (2017-08-14). "Etosha Cave". Stanford School of Engineering. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ National Science Foundation (2019-02-28), Turning CO2 Emissions into Fuel and More | Black History Today, retrieved 2019-07-16
- ^ TEDx Talks (2015-06-29), How Carbon Dioxide Could Shape the Future | Etosha Cave | TEDxStanford, retrieved 2019-07-16
- ^ Tindera, Michela. "Ashton Kutcher, Top VCs Pick Winners Of For-Profit Change The World Competition". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
- ^ "Cyclotron Road's Etosha Cave Recognized as one of Vanity Fair's 26 Women of Color Diversifying Entrepreneurship". Energy.gov. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
- ^ Markoff, John (2015-02-09). "An Incubator for Innovation". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
- ^ NRG Cosia Carbon XPRIZE (2018-11-07), Climate Changemakers: Opus12 - Etosha Cave, retrieved 2019-07-16
- ^ "Etosha Cave". www.echoinggreen.org. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
- ^ Rieland, Randy. "Eight Innovators to Watch in 2017". Smithsonian. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
- ^ "Meet the people fixing your world". Grist. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
- ^ "26 Women of Color Diversifying Entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley, Media, and Beyond". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
- ^ "Lab's Etosha Cave Featured in Vanity Fair Entrepreneurship Article". today.lbl.gov. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
- ^ "Etosha Cave | Aspen Ideas". Aspen Ideas Festival. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
- ^ "Etosha Cave". www.aiche.org. 2019-07-11. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
- ^ "Advisory Group". Berkeley Startup Cluster. 2014-11-06. Retrieved 2019-07-16.