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Megan Phelan

Megan Phelan

Former Researcher

Megan is a former Researcher. She started her career in Equities Trading at Barclays before transitioning to Climate, in which she has worked both in Climate Philanthropy (Founders Pledge) and Climate VC Investing. She has a technical background with scientific expertise in Photovoltaics, Device Physics, and Materials Science. Megan holds a PhD in Materials Science from Caltech and a BS in Physics from Yale.

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