Activate welcomes CU Boulder-based fellows to Cohort 2025
Activate announced the next cohort of 47 scientists and engineers who are joining the Activate Fellowship. The 39 companies of Cohort 2025 are developing technologies across 14 industries and represent 29 cities and nine states in the U.S., spanning Activate’s four hub communities—Berkeley, Boston, Houston and New York—as well as Activate Anywhere, the remote-based community that includes fellows across the U.S.
Three CU Boulder-based innovators have joined Cohort 2025.
Elliot Strand is the co-founder and CEO of PAGE Technologies, a CU Boulder startup building an affordable digital platform with printed, multi-signal sensors and advanced analytics to help agricultural operations optimize water and fertilizer use. Strand earned his BS from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he worked on several climate resilience-focused projects, and completed his PhD in materials science and engineering at CU Boulder, earning MDPI’s journal, Sensors, Best PhD Thesis Award in 2023.
Payton Goodrich is the co-founder and CTO of PAGE Technologies. Goodrich has had a lifelong interest in environmental conservation and enjoys technical challenges related to green technology development. Goodrich completed his BS. at Iowa State University and a MS and PhD in mechanical engineering at UC Berkeley.
Nadia Jorgenson is the co-founder and CTO of CU Boulder startup OsmoPure Technologies (recently part of CU Boulder's Lab Venture Challenge and Ascent Deep Tech Accelerator), which develops pressure-driven distillation membranes for spaceflight, ultrapure water, and wastewater reuse applications. Raised in the Middle East and North Africa, Jorgenson’s passion for water reuse began early. She earned her PhD in environmental engineering at the CU Boulder, where she researched advanced treatment systems and contaminant control for potable reuse. She specializes in the development and integration of next-generation water treatment technologies.
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