Ongoing Industry Experience

I have applied my paleoclimate-derived long-term perspective alongside my geochemistry and carbon cycle expertise to the carbon dioxide removal (CDR) sector since the rapid acceleration of this field in 2022. Through my work at Isometric, I contributed to developing rigorous protocols for direct air capture (DAC), enhanced rock weathering (ERW), and ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE). Here, I also worked to build consensus and address gaps in this growing industry around best practices and standards, and this is where I currently find myself. Currently, I am an independent consultant working mostly with emerging nonprofit organizations. I have particular expertise in the science and market around “open system” pathways such as OAE and ERW which seek to accelerate natural planetary processes to draw down atmospheric carbon dioxide.

Current Projects

Carbon Removal Standards Initiative (CRSI)

• Building the comprehensive carbon dioxide removal (CDR) quantification resources database

• Designing and iterating upon the CDR Reservoir and Flux Framework for durable CDR and storage

Previous Projects

Cascade Climate

• Development of the Enhanced Rock Weathering - Metal Accumulation Calculator (ERW-MAC)

• Collaboratively designed and planned programs to operationalize and steward the Foundations for Carbon Dioxide Removal Quantification in Enhanced Rock Weathering Deployments

Oceanid Climate and Carbon Solutions

• Provide oceanographic expertise to marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR) clients

• Design an enhanced rock weathering (ERW) monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) plan for an international environmental firm