Dana Dal Bo
Founder at University of Southern California
Santa Monica, California, United States
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Top SchoolDana Dal Bo is a founder and researcher bridging blockchain, art, and academia with four years of focused industry experience and a PhD candidacy in New Media and Practice at USC. As the former University Relations Lead at the Solana Foundation and co-founder of Solana University, she builds university partnerships and developer-facing programs to accelerate practical adoption of Solana technologies. She pairs hands-on engineering—contributing front-end improvements to the popular solana-labs dapp-scaffold—with strategic roles launching DAIN and curating research-driven initiatives. Dana’s practice uniquely blends microgravity experimentation, fiber arts research, and AI/blockchain intersections, making her a sought-after speaker who translates speculative research into deployable platforms. Based in Santa Monica, she combines academic rigor with entrepreneurial drive to move bleeding-edge research into real-world decentralised systems.
4 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Media and Practice, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Media and Practice at University of Southern CaliforniaMaster of Fine Arts - MFA, Fibres and Material Practices, 4.1, Master of Fine Arts - MFA, Fibres and Material Practices, 4.1 at Concordia University
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Github Skills (11)
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ui-design10
react10
solana9
tailwindcss9
typescripts8
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Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
solana-labs/dapp-scaffold
Mar 2022 - Nov 2022
Scaffolding for a dapp built on Solana
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:5 reviews, 10 commits, 40 PRs in 8 months
Contributions summary:Dana primarily contributed to the front-end development of the dapp-scaffold project. Their work focused on implementing and updating UI components, including an AppBar and Footer, as well as modifying the home view. They incorporated the Solana logo and updated the command for initiating the dapp. These changes suggest a focus on improving the user interface and overall user experience.
reactsolanadappscaffoldingtypescript
solana-developers/solana-dapp-next
Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Contributions:22 commits, 8 PRs, 13 pushes in 10 months
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