About

Liz is co-founder and CEO of Deep Fission, and a serial entrepreneur in the nuclear and environmental sectors. Before joining Deep Fission, she was Chief Executive at Deep Isolation, a pioneering nuclear waste startup, where she continues to serve as Board Chair. During her time at Deep Isolation, she redefined the way the world thinks about nuclear waste disposal, led the successful demonstration of the borehole technology now central to Deep Fission, and forged key partnerships across governments and the private sector.

Muller is also the co-author of two patents and was named a Clean Energy Rising Star by Business Insider in 2020. In addition to her professional accomplishments, she is an author, inventor, dance instructor, and mother of two based in the Bay Area.

She holds a Bachelor of Mathematics from UC San Diego and an MBA from ESCP Business School in Paris.

Rich is co-founder and CTO of Deep Fission, and co-founder of Deep Isolation, a nuclear waste disposal company. He is also a Professor Emeritus of Physics at the University of California, Berkeley. A prolific inventor with over 80 issued patents, Dr. Muller has authored more than 100 peer-reviewed scientific articles, including key work on the safety of deeply buried nuclear waste.

His groundbreaking research has earned him numerous awards, including the MacArthur “Genius” Prize, the National Science Foundation’s Alan T. Waterman Award, and the Breakthrough Prize. He is also a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In addition to his research, Dr. Muller has received multiple teaching awards and written ten books, including Physics for Future Presidents and Energy for Future Presidents. He was recognized as one of Time’s “People Who Mattered” in 2011.

Dr. Muller holds a B.A. in Physics from Columbia University and a Ph.D. in Physics from UC Berkeley. He also served as a national security advisor to the U.S. government for over three decades.

Mal serves as the COO of Deep Fission, bringing a wealth of leadership experience and expertise in the nuclear industry. He honed his skills at West Point, where he studied Physics and Nuclear Engineering, and further developed them during his service as a Captain in the U.S. Army Infantry and Special Forces.

After earning an MBA from Harvard Business School, Thompson spent over a decade in finance, working as an investment banker, investor, and executive. Prior to joining Deep Fission, he served as CFO and later CEO of a growth-stage technology company in the Bay Area. He also advises a local food science company and is a board member of the West Point Alumni Association of the Bay Area.

Thompson lives in Mill Valley with his wife Kathryn and their three children. Together, they split their support between Bay Area and New England sports teams.

Bryan has held power trading roles at Black Hills Power, Tenaska, and Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS).  At UAMPS, he was promoted to Chief Operating Officer and headed up strategic growth, transmission, and new developments, including the power marketing strategy for UAMPS’ 600 MW Small Modular Nuclear Reactor to be developed at the Idaho National Lab. After UAMPS, Black co-founded and was the CEO of Nodal Power, a landfill gas to energy development company. 

He holds an undergraduate degree from Brigham Young University and a master’s degree from Tulane University.

Ingrid leads Deep Fission’s licensing and regulatory department, maintaining the company’s compliance and reporting responsibilities to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. She has been working in nuclear power since 2007. Nordby has made significant contributions to new nuclear development programs at CH2M Hill, X-Energy, and GE Vernova and on-site at operating plants for Xcel Energy and Duke Energy. Nuclear licensing provides her the balance of many interests: engineering, regulation, project management, and the environment. 

Nordby received undergraduate degrees in music from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and in civil engineering from the University of Minnesota. She holds a professional engineering license in the state of North Carolina, where she resides with her cat.

Supna Zaidi brings over two decades of experience in law, policy, risk management, and consulting across both the private and nonprofit sectors. Supna holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Theory and History from the University of California, San Diego, and a J.D. from New York Law School.