Roadrunner Venture Studios
Daniel Hooks is a seasoned scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory, having held the position since 2000. Currently, Daniel serves as a Scientist in Electrochemistry and Corrosion and has extensive experience in various leadership roles, including Team Leader, Program Manager, and Project Leader. In addition to a long career at Los Alamos, Daniel holds adjunct professorships at the University of Nevada Las Vegas and previously at Washington State University, contributing to the education of PhD students in Geoscience and Mechanical and Materials Engineering. Noteworthy past roles include Director of the Explosives Center and a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Bioscience Division. Daniel holds a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Minnesota and a B.S. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, further complemented by advisory roles at Roadrunner Venture Studios and Purdue University.
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Roadrunner Venture Studios
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Roadrunner Venture Studios is a company creation factory. We co-found breakthrough deep-tech ventures with the nation’s most brilliant scientists, engineers, and innovators in Energy, Space, Clean Tech, Advanced Materials and Manufacturing, Quantum, and High Performance Computing. Our team gets involved at the earliest possible moment — often when a company is just a whiteboard scribble, a concept modeled in wire-frame, or as founders are puzzling through how to design a pitch deck or process payroll — and rapidly accelerates product development, commercialization, and recruitment. We are the ultimate company “starter-kit,” equipping our portfolio companies with everything they need to go from the kernel of an idea to a venture-backed growth engine. Our promise is clear: our founders leave our studio with a company, a check, a customer, and a team.