Our team has backgrounds in geoscience, engineering, geology, computer science, policy analysis, geography, economics and more. With 15 PhDs throughout our 30+ staff members, we have a depth of industry and research experience.
Richard is the Co-Founder of Carbon Solutions, and has extensive experience in energy and infrastructure modeling and climate impacts on natural and engineered systems.
Richard Middleton
CEO & Co-Founder of Carbon Solutions
Erin has a background in geology, geography, demography, education, and evaluation, and works on projects that integrate qualitative and quantitative data analysis.
Erin Middleton
President
Jonathan has a multidisciplinary background in engineering and environmental science with expertise in process-level modeling, techno-economic analysis, and energy systems analysis.
Jonathan Ogland-Hand
Director of Carbon Removal
Tracey has a background in mechanical engineering and public policy, and provides technoeconomic analysis, policy analysis, quality assurance, project management for a range of projects.
Tracey Ziev
Director of Project Engineering
Decoration 1
Eric has a background in economics and finance with extensive experience in accounting, human resources, office technology, compliance, management & leadership in for-profit and non-profit organizations.
Eric Schroeder
Director of Finance and Administration
Juan has extensive experience in operations research and exploratory data analysis, and leads the development teams for SCO2TPro and CostMAPPro.
Juan Duque
Research Scientist
Chris is a geographer with a background in transportation, network analysis, and geographic information science.
Christopher Upchurch
Research Scientist
Decoration 2
Kat is a chemical engineer who focuses on life cycle analysis and techno-economic assessment.
Kat Sale
Principal Life Cycle Assessment Engineer
Monica has a background in business administration, project management, and strategic planning. She supports business operations at Carbon Solutions and is a financial manager for many federal projects.
Monica Hernandez-Lara
Director of Business Management
Lydia is a research scientist and geologist specializing in subsurface fluid flow, energy storage, and CO2 sequestration. She has additional expertise in geochemistry, geochronology, and hydrogeology.
Lydia Bailey
Lead Subsurface Scientist
Caleb has experience in optimization of renewable energy systems, with a current focus on bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) optimization from the biorefinery levels to BECCS usage on a national scale.
Caleb Geissler
Research Engineer
Daniel is an environmental scientist that investigates topics at the intersection of air quality, energy, and decarbonization technologies.