DeLaine Mayer ’12
Director of External Affairs — Nebula Energy, Adjunct Faculty — New York University New York UniversityBiography
DeLaine Mayer is a business development leader and circular economy expert working at the intersection of emerging technology and social impact. She is passionate about the research and deployment of advanced technologies that can address the climate crisis on Earth while enabling sustainable, long-term human development off-Earth.
Today, DeLaine is focused on the global deployment of low-carbon and net-zero energy solutions as a founding member and Director of External Affairs at Nebula Energy. She’ll be teaching a graduate course on astropolitics at NYU this spring.
She earned her M.S. with distinction from New York University in May 2018, studying Global Affairs with a specialization in Energy and Environmental Policy. She completed her M.S. in Space Resources in May 2023, researching astropolitics, technology management, and resource utilization in space at Colorado School of Mines.
DeLaine would be interested in working with students studying Environmental studies, STEM, and political science with the following:
- Speaking with a student virtually or on the phone
- Presenting to a student organization
- Conducting a virtual webinar
- Mentoring a student
- Assisting OWU Alumni (recent Alumni, or Alumni in transition)
She is comfortable speaking on topics such as sustainability, climate change and climate solutions, space technology, and start ups. As a student, DeLaine was involved in Greek Life and the Peace and Justice House, and had a self-designed major in Peace, Justice, and Conflict Resolutions.