About the Flagstaff Gravity Lab

Founded in 2024, Flagstaff Gravity Lab is a nonprofit, grassroots innovation hub designed to bring people together—scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs, students, and creatives—around shared ideas, meaningful challenges, and big opportunities.

Each month, we host a “Collider” — a casual, high-energy gathering where local innovators present what they’re building, working on, or dreaming about. Attendees come to pitch, listen, mingle, and meet future collaborators.

Our programming is anchored around three pillars of local and regional strength: Environmental & Climate Tech, Aerospace & Astronomy, and Life Sciences & Health Tech.

We’re launching our first flagship hackathon to bring people together for rapid problem-solving around community- and industry-driven challenges. Stay tuned.

Flagstaff is home to world-class researchers, thriving startups, government agencies, and outdoor-minded creatives — but until now, there hasn’t been a central place for all that energy to collide.

We believe the future of innovation in Northern Arizona isn’t just about labs or funding. It’s about relationships – the connections that lead to unexpected partnerships, novel ideas, and real economic progress.

  • Startup founders & aspiring entrepreneurs
  • Scientists, engineers & university researchers
  • Students & recent grads
  • Designers, developers & creatives
  • Economic developers & city leaders
  • Investors, mentors & ecosystem builders
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Our Team

Ghonhee Lee

Director, Co-Founder

CEO & Founder, Katalyst Space Technollogies

Nathan Friedman

Director, Co-Founder

CEO & Founder, HemaSense; CEO, Morphologic

Amy Wolkowinsky

Board Member

Associate Director, Ecosystem Science & Innovation Lab, NAU

David Johns, J.D.

Board Member

Partner, Aspey, Watkins & Diesel, PLLP

Ali Applin

Board Member

Director, Community Relations, NAU

Alexander Shenkin, Ph.D.

Board Member

Assistant Research Professor, NAU; CEO, SelvaFlux; CEO, Autonomous Ecology; CEO, Floe

Whitney Slightham

Board Member

CEO & Founder, Mesa Marketing; CEO & Co-Founder, Ateleva

Caleb Cordasco

Board Member

Project Manager, Babbitt Ranches