Meet our team

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.

Eric Schroeder

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

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Richard Middleton

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

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Erin Middleton

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

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Juan Duque

Juan has extensive experience in operations research and exploratory data analysis, and leads the development teams for SCO2TPro and CostMAPPro.

Juan Duque

Research Scientist

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Jonathan Ogland-Hand

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

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Amy Jordan

Amy is a hydrologist with professional experience in astrophysical, planetary, and earth sciences with a focus on numerical modeling of complex systems.

Amy Jordan

Research Scientist

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Ben Adams

Ben is a mechanical engineer and full-stack software engineer.

Ben Adams

Research Engineer

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Bjorn Brooks

BJ has a background in paleobiology, biology, and geology with expertise in climate modeling, cloud computing, and ecological analysis.

Bjorn Brooks

Research Scientist

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Carl Talsma

Carl has a background in environmental engineering and hydrology, and works on projects related to CostMAP and SimCCS.

Carl Talsma

Research Scientist

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Christopher Upchurch

Chris is a geographer with a background in transportation, network analysis, and geographic information science.

Christopher Upchurch

Research Scientist

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Daniel Rodriguez

Daniel is an environmental scientist that investigates topics at the intersection of air quality, energy, and decarbonization technologies.

Daniel Rodriguez

Research Scientist

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David Jiawei Tu

David is a reservoir engineer focusing on numerical modeling and simulation of subsurface fluid transportation.

David Jiawei Tu

Research Scientist

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Jessi Eidbo

Jessi has a multidisciplinary background in environmental sciences, policy, management, and urban and regional planning.

Jessi Eidbo

Director of Engagement

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Jonathon Prehn

Jonathon is a computer scientist and GIS developer who focuses on GIS analysis, workflow automation, and visualization.

Jonathon Prehn

Research Scientist

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Kat Sale

Kat is a chemical engineer who focuses on life cycle analysis and techno-economic assessment.

Kat Sale

Research Engineer

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Kevin Ellett

Kevin is the Co-Founder of Carbon Solutions, and has a multidisciplinary background in geological science, hydrological science, and environmental engineering.

Kevin Ellett

Research Scientist

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Marcos Miranda

Marcos is an environmental engineer working on projects related to carbon capture and storage utilizing Carbon Solutions' full suite of software tools.

Marcos Miranda

Research Scientist

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Monica Hernandez-Lara

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

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Qasim Mehdi

Qasim has a background in public administration, environmental economics, policy, and data analysis.

Qasim Mehdi

Research Scientist

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Tracey Ziev

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

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Veronica Wilde

Veronica has a background in renewable energy and business administration with experience in higher education and the energy sector.

Veronica Wilde

Research Scientist

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Yunha Lee

Yunha is a computational scientist with experience in developing atmospheric models for air quality and climate applications, both physics and machine learning approaches.

Yunha Lee

Research Scientist

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Kelly Graham

Kelly has experience using global atmospheric chemistry models, along with satellite and in situ data, to understand carbon dioxide exchange in the Arctic Ocean.

Kelly Graham

Research Scientist

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Lydia Bailey

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

Research Scientist

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Caleb Geissler

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

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