Jon Vardner
Deep Tech Week · Speaker

Jon Vardner

Still Bright
CTO & Cofounder Still Bright, Still Bright
Advanced MaterialsClimate TechManufacturingAcademiaHeavy IndustryEnergy
01 About

Jon completed his Ph.D. in chemical engineering at Columbia University where he was an NSF Graduate Research Fellow. He continued his postdoctoral studies at Columbia to develop and co-invent Still Bright’s copper production process. In 2022, Jon was awarded an Activate fellowship to spin out the company and start building Still Bright.

DEEP TECH WEEK · SPEAKERS / JON VARDNER LAST INDEXED · MAY 15, 2026