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Laura Vaughan

Founder of Acorn Cryotech · Thiel Fellow 2017

Ottawa, Canada / Waterloo, Canada

Thiel Fellow 2017

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About

Laura Vaughan of Ottawa, Canada / Waterloo, Canada was named a Thiel Fellow in the class of 2017, the Thiel Foundation's program that pays young founders a two-year stipend to build instead of finishing a degree. The Foundation's announcement for that class records that they founded Acorn Cryotech.

Experience

  1. ML Alignment & Theory ScholarsResearch Directorcurrent2025 — presentBerkeley, California, United States
  2. ML Alignment & Theory ScholarsResearch Management Lead2022 — 2025Berkeley, California, United States
  3. sharky.fiSoftware Engineer2022
  4. Self-employedBiomedical Researcher2019 — 2022
  5. Stealth AI StartupLead Developer2021
  6. Self-employedBiomedical Researcher (On Grant)2021
  7. Self-employedLead Software Developer2021
  8. The Thiel FoundationThiel Fellow2017 — 2019
  9. Acorn BiolabsCofounder, CTO2015 — 2017
  10. Ontario Cancer InstituteBioinformatics Student2015 — 2016Toronto, ON
  11. designstorJunior Interactive Designer2015Toronto, ON
  12. BlackBerrySoftware Development Student, Radio2015Ottawa, ON

Skills & more

Easily AdaptableBack-End Web DevelopmentFront-End DevelopmentManagementUser Experience (UX)GitUX ResearchSQLSoftware ArchitectureGenerative AIEngineering ManagementFull-Stack Development
+8 moreProject EngineeringCoachingTeam ManagementResearch ManagementTechnological RecruitmentRenPyAdobe PhotoshopLiterature Reviews

Languages English · French

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Who is Laura Vaughan?
Laura Vaughan of Ottawa, Canada / Waterloo, Canada was named a Thiel Fellow in the class of 2017, the Thiel Foundation's program that pays young founders a two-year stipend to build instead of finishing a degree. The Foundation's announcement for that class records that they founded Acorn Cryotech.
Where did Laura Vaughan go to school?
Laura Vaughan studied at University of Waterloo (Partial Bachelor of Science (BSc), Physics, minoring in Biophysics and Computer Science); Algonquin (User Experience and Interface Design).

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