Bringing fusion to the near future.
Avalanche is a Seattle-based start-up developing enormously energy-dense compact fusion machines for clean power generation.
Our small design allows us to iterate designs in days, build tons of hardware onsite, and apply game-changing fusion energy to applications from lunar surface power to transportation to the deep sea.
Meet the Team
Meet the growing crew of engineers, physicists, and scientists with start-up experience in reusable rockets, hypersonic wind tunnel testing, particle accelerators, and more, working to bring fusion back from the future.
Robin Langtry
Co-Founder, CEO
Brian Riordan
Co-Founder, COO
Kate Kelly
Chief of Staff
Michael Prato
Director of Strategy
Park Cover
Program Manager
Celena Michaud
Electrical Engineer
Andrew Cole
Anthony Stephenson
Arseniy Beltyukov
Electrical Engineer
Augustus Helson
Charles Miller
Mechanical Engineer
Christine Reilly
Fusion Space Systems Engineer
Daniel Merthe
R&D Scientist
Daniel Velazquez
Physicist
Erik McKee
Electrical Engineer and Plasma Physicist
George Latchford
Test Engineer
Hawkins DeFrance
Director of Regulatory Affairs
Ho san Ko
Johan Carlsson
Julia Spector
Justin Bawinkel
Loc Tran
Matthew Affolter
Research Scientist
Moein Borghei
High Voltage Scientist
Patrick Gavin
Electrical and Instrumentation Engineer
Robert "Ert" McMullen
Mechanical Engineer
Samantha Valenteen
Physicist
Scott Schipmann
Mechanical Engineer
Sergey Tsurkan
Research Scientist
Shadrach Hepner
Plasma Physicist
Tigana Lê
Business Administrator
Vladlen Podolsky
Plasma Physicist
Join our Team
Join our team of elite physicists, scientists, and engineers and help make compact fusion machines a reality.
- Competitive salaries
- Flexible schedules
- Paid time off
- Team off-sites
- Excellent health benefits
- Stock options