Melissa Ball is a venture capital investor at Energy Impact Partners who uniquely combines a PhD in chemistry, Princeton Presidential postdoc experience pioneering transparent building-integrated photovoltaics, and Goldman Sachs finance background to run technical diligence for deep-decarbonization startups. She co-authored 16 peer-reviewed papers on solar technology and contributed to the initial science and patents behind Andluca Technologies' transparent UV-harvesting coatings before becoming an investor, giving her rare hands-on experience with the full journey from lab research through spinout commercialization. Melissa Ball is a venture capital investor at Energy Impact Partners who uniquely combines a PhD in chemistry, Princeton Presidential postdoc experience pioneering transparent building-integrated photovoltaics, and Goldman Sachs finance background to run technical diligence for deep-decarbonization startups. She co-authored 16 peer-reviewed papers on solar technology and contributed to the initial science and patents behind Andluca Technologies' transparent UV-harvesting coatings before becoming an investor, giving her rare hands-on experience with the full journey from lab research through spinout commercialization.