Daphne de Jong | |
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Born | 1990 |
Nationality | Dutch |
Alma mater | Cranfield University (MSc), International Space University (MSc) |
Awards | Forbes 30 under 30 |
Daphne de Jong is an aerospace engineer and a trained commercial pilot.[1] In 2018, she was listed as Forbes 30 under 30 in consumer technology.[1] She worked on the first Amazon Prime Air[2] customer delivery in the United Kingdom.[3] She is a board director at United Nations Women in San Francisco.[citation needed]
De Jong graduated from Cranfield University with a MSc in aerospace engineering and from International Space University with a MSc in space technologies.[4]
Daphne de Jong worked for Waymo[5] and Rivian on advanced autonomous vehicles. Previously, she also worked for SpaceX. At Amazon Prime Air she contributed to deliver Amazon's packages to their customers by autonomous drones.[3][2][4] She also spent time at NASA Ames, focused on optimizing flight networks.[1][4]
De Jong has described her goal as the development of technologies that will transform people's lives,[6] a topic she discussed in her TED talk[7] and multiple interviews.[8][9][10]
In 2019, she climbed Mount Everest.[7][11][12][13]