Where does Dan Brunner work?

Dan Brunner is Advisor at Overture Climate.

Where did Dan Brunner go to school?

Dan Brunner studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD, Applied Plasma Physics); Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (BS, Engineering Physics).

Dan Brunner

Investor

Advisor at Overture Climate

Greater Boston

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592 people in our graph share verified history with Dan — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

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About

Advisor; co-founder and former CTO of Commonwealth Fusion Systems and Partner at Future Tech Partners.

Experience

Future Tech PartnersPartnercurrent2025 — present
Brunner FlooringCTO (Chief Tongue-and-Groove Officer)2025
Commonwealth Fusion SystemsCo-Founder and Chief Technology Officer2018 — 2024Cambridge, MA
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)Research Scientist2016 — 2018Cambridge, MA
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)Postdoc2014 — 2016Cambridge, MA
ASMLDesign Engineer2013 — 2014Veldhoven, Netherlands
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Plasma Science and Fusion CenterPhD Candidate2008 — 2013Cambridge, MA
UC San Diego - Nonneutral Plasma GroupResearcher2007La Jolla, CA
Northwestern University - Lauhon GroupResearcher2006Evanston, IL
Brunner FurnitureWarehouse Handyman2000 — 2004Hartford, WI

Skills & more

Nuclear Fusion2Fusion Energy2Due DiligenceHTS (High-Temperature Superconductors) / REBCOSuperconducting MagnetsTechnology StrategyEnergy TransitionRisk AnalysisSystems EngineeringUltra-High Vacuum (UHV)CryogenicsPlasma Physics4

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PhysicsSimulationsExperimentationData AnalysisNumerical AnalysisSignal ProcessingEngineeringHardwood FlooringElectrical EngineeringFishing

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Colleagues at Overture Climate

Allison Hinckley

Senior Principal at Overture Climate

Ben Rhodes

Advisor, Former Deputy National Security Advisor to President Barack Obama at Overture Climate

Brandon Hurlbut

Co-Founder at Overture Climate

Emma McDonagh

Partner & COO at Overture Climate

Gaurav Sant

Advisor, Director, UCLA Institute for Carbon Management at Overture Climate

Julius Genachowski

Venture Partner at Overture Climate

Karen Skelton

Advisor, Visiting Scholar At Stanford's Doerr School Of Sustainability; Former Senior Policy Advisor, US Department Of Energy at Overture Climate

Kate Brandt

Fund II Chair, Chief Sustainability Officer, Google at Overture Climate

Frequently asked questions

Who is Dan Brunner?: Advisor; co-founder and former CTO of Commonwealth Fusion Systems and Partner at Future Tech Partners.
Where does Dan Brunner work?: Dan Brunner is Advisor at Overture Climate.
Where did Dan Brunner go to school?: Dan Brunner studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD, Applied Plasma Physics); Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (BS, Engineering Physics).

Founder mafias

Massachusetts Institute of Technology mafia1,221

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Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology mafia22

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Andrew LeeBSFounded Tasklet +2 CJ PrzybylB.S.Founded Snapsheet +1 Kenneth Morand, Ph.D.B.S.Founded Neucore Bio Kenneth MorandB.S.Founded Neucore Bio Tyler JewellBachelor of Science (B.S.)Founded Codenvy Eric TaylorBachelor of ScienceFounded Baud

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Gaurav SantAdvisor, Director, UCLA Institute for Carbon ManagementFounded CarbonBuilt +2 Ray RothrockFund II ChairFounded RedSeal Kiran BhatrajuAdvisorFounded Arcadia Power

Same school

Also attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology2,000

Hemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General Catalyst Nat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDG Brad FeldCo-founder of Foundry and Techstars Matt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at Paradigm Delian AsparouhovPartner at Founders Fund and co-founder of Varda Drew HoustonCo-founder & CEO of Dropbox

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Also attended Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology39

Kenneth Morand, Ph.D.Life Sciences Partner at CincyTech Kenneth MorandLife Sciences Partner at CincyTech Jim HustonManaging Director at Portland Seed Fund Chrissy MeyerPartner at Root Ventures Manager, Llc Ryan RakestrawDirector, Temasek at The Yield Lab Asia Pacific Srikanth TirumalaVenture Advisor at Inflexor Ventures

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Shared employers

Also worked at Commonwealth Fusion Systems19

Kent MadsenFounding Managing Partner Emeritus & Venture Partner at EPIC VENTURES Randy GleinFounder and Managing Partner at DFJ Tim KrysiekManaging Partner at MassMutual Ventures Carly AndersonPrincipal at Prelude Ventures Hisham ElhaddadManaging Partner at HOF Capital Richard KandelPartner at HOF Capital

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Also worked at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)866

Aileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy Ventures Matt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at Paradigm Michael TruellCo-founder & CEO of Cursor Raquel UrtasunFounder & CEO of Waabi Colin WebbFounder & CEO of Avatar Robotics Abraham BachrachCo-founder & CTO of Skydio

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Also worked at ASML26

Himanshu GuptaCo-founder at WeRize at PICUS CAPITAL Erwin DassenVenture Partner at Frachtis Richard LiPresident at Legend Capital Jurgen van EckSenior Investment Manager at BOM Vincent KamphorstInvestment Director at Innovation Industries Robert NewmanAnalyst at Rhapsody Venture Partners

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Also worked at UC San Diego - Nonneutral Plasma Group157

Keerthi NalabotuInvestor at True Ventures Vignesh RavikumarInvestor at Sierra Ventures Anne GheriniChief Marketing Officer at Sierra Ventures Rachel Tsunemoto Hislop, PhDPrincipal, Director of Research at Two Bear Capital Maia HightowerInvestor at EPIC VENTURES Xuhui ShaoPartner at Foothill Ventures

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