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 with the Carbon Removal Standards Initiative (CRSI)
Designing and iterating upon the comprehensive Carbon Removal Reservoir and Flux Database for durable carbon dioxide removal (CDR) and storage
Cascade Climate
Guiding and conducting literature review and stakeholder engagement to develop core principles for trace metal contamination resulting from enhanced rock weathering (ERW) on agricultural fields
Previous Projects
Cascade Climate
Collaboratively designed and planned programs to operationalize and steward the Community Foundations and Best Practices Report for Enhanced Rock Weathering (ERW)
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