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Jane Zelikova, PhD

Science Advisor

Soil Carbon + Biodiversity

Letty Brown, PhD

Science Advisor

Forest Management + Biodiversity

Matthew D. Potts

Matthew D. Potts, PhD

Chief Science Officer

Forest Management + Biodiversity

Sarah Federman, PhD

Director of Landscape Decarbonization

Soil Carbon + Forest Management

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Jane Zelikova, PhD

Science Advisor

Soil Carbon + Biodiversity + Climate Justice

Dr. Jane Zelikova is a Carbon Direct science advisor, contributing her expertise in soil science, ecology, and environmental justice.

Dr. Zelikova works with other members of the science and broader Carbon Direct team to review the scientific merits of carbon removal projects, to develop our climate justice initiative, and to broadly support all our work streams.

Background & Bio

Dr. Zelikova received her PhD from the University of Colorado and has worked across academia, government, and non-profit organizations to address climate change, from fundamental science to application and the development of climate solutions.

Dr. Zelikova is also the founder of 500 Women Scientists, a global non-profit organization working to make science open, inclusive, and accessible. In addition, she is a filmmaker and founder of Hey Girl Productions as well as a contributor to the climate anthology “All We Can Save.”

Education

B.S.

University of Georgia

PhD

University of Colorado

Awards

Grist Fixer 2017, 2018

Grist 50

Bitch Media Bitch 50, 2018

Bitch Media

TED speaker, 2021

TED Talks

Letty Brown, PhD

Science Advisor

Forest Management + Biodiversity

Dr. Letty Brown is a Science Advisor for forest management.

Background & Bio

Dr. Brown is a forest scientist with formal training in ecology, carbon measurement, reforestation, conservation planning, and nature-based solutions to climate change. She has worked on land-based carbon projects for approximately 9 years in the forests of Cambodia, Indonesia, Kenya, Brazil, Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Peru, and the US. Dr. Brown holds a Ph.D. from the Environmental Science, Policy, and Management (ESPM) Department at UC Berkeley and conducted post-doctoral work in Brazil. Dr. Brown currently teaches at UC Berkeley. She is also a Fulbright Scholar.

Dr. Brown currently works on the land-based sequestration projects seeking credit for emission reductions and removals, in California and abroad, through reforestation, avoided deforestation and forest degradation, improved land management, and climate-smart agriculture.

Education

PhD, Environmental Science, Policy, and Management

UC Berkeley

MS, Environmental Science, Policy, and Management

UC Berkeley

BS, Biology

UC San Diego

Awards

Fulbright Scholar

Fulbright Program

Matthew D. Potts

Matthew D. Potts, PhD

Chief Science Officer

Forest Management + Biodiversity

Dr. Matthew Potts leads Carbon Direct’s international science team in their work on decarbonizing the global economy.

Specifically, Dr. Potts helps clients assess high quality carbon removal from managed landscapes and works to ensure climate actions are just and equitable. He also works closely with Carbon Direct’s technology team to integrate science, software and product.

Background & Bio

Dr. Potts draws on his interdisciplinary background with formal training in mathematics, ecology, and economics to inform his work in nature and community based climate solutions.

Dr. Potts has over two decades of experience in resource management issues in low- and middle-income countries. Though currently on leave from UC Berkeley, this expertise supports his work as the S.J. Hall Professor in Forest Economics at the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, & Management and as the Associate Director for Sustainable Development, Blum Center for Developing Economies, where he leads an interdisciplinary lab that focuses on the co-production by human and natural systems of ecosystem services and natural pathways for carbon sequestration.

Dr. Potts recently served as a coordinating lead author on the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Land Degradation and Restoration Assessment.

Education

Ph.D. Applied Mathematics 2001

Harvard University

A.M. Applied Mathematics 1999

Harvard University

B.S. Mathematics 1996

University of Michigan

Awards

NRT-AI: Digital Transformation of Development (DToD), $3,000,000 (2021-2026)

US National Science Foundation

INCLUDES Alliance: Broadening Career Pathways in Food, Energy, and Water Systems with and within Native American Communities (Native FEWS Alliance), $7,071,915 (2021-2026)

US National Science Foundation

Coordinating Lead Author, Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, Land Degradation and Restoration Assessment (2015-2018)

Publications and Features

fog on a forest hillside

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May 22, 2023

How Carbon Direct is working toward universal carbon removal standards

Matthew D. Potts

Matthew D. Potts, PhD

Forest Management

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Apr 27, 2023

New Research Exposes Issues in Improved Forest Management Offset Protocols

Matthew D. Potts

Matthew D. Potts, PhD

Forest Management

High-quality carbon offsets preserve tropical rainforests.

blog

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Jan 19, 2023

Guardian reporting details significant risks with avoided deforestation offsets

Matthew D. Potts

Matthew D. Potts, PhD

Forest Management

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Nov 14, 2022

Potts’ Picks - recently published academic papers curated by Carbon Direct's Chief Science Officer, Dr. Matthew Potts

Matthew D. Potts

Matthew D. Potts, PhD

Forest Management

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Aug 11, 2022

Modeling carbon storage in single-species forests

Matthew D. Potts

Matthew D. Potts, PhD

Forest Management

Jacob Bukoski, PhD

Forest Management

blog

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May 16, 2022

Carbon Direct and Microsoft Release 2022 Update to the Criteria for High-Quality Carbon Dioxide Removal

Matthew D. Potts

Matthew D. Potts, PhD

Forest Management

Sarah Federman, PhD

Director of Landscape Decarbonization

Soil Carbon + Forest Management + Biodiversity

Dr. Sarah Federman has cross-sector expertise in analytics, sustainability, and landscape resiliency.

She has a track record of building analytical approaches to understanding complex systems that drive equitable and climate-smart solutions to challenges facing humans and the environment.

Background & Bio

Combining passion with a deep technical knowledge of the patterns and processes underlying ecological dynamics, Dr. Federman contributed to Federal R&D Policy for landscape resiliency, agricultural innovation, and the circular carbon economy as a AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow with the USDA’s Office of the Chief Scientist. Subsequently, in private industry she led, developed, and implemented data-driven continuous improvement frameworks for sustainability strategy to enable responsible vertical scaling for Plenty, an indoor agricultural technology startup.

As a consultant, Dr. Federman developed educational materials for massive open online courses on plant biology for the Oak Spring Garden Foundation. She has additionally consulted for the Natural Resources Defense Council in Beijing on Sino-African illicit wildlife trafficking and Earth Justice on chemical pesticide use in New York State. Dr. Federman holds a Ph.D. from Yale University’s Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, a M.S. in forest science from the Yale School of the Environment, and a B.A. in Biology from Barnard College. Her graduate studies were supported by the National Science Foundation’s Graduate Student Research Fellowship Program. She has managed multilateral teams and collaborations in Peru, Madagascar, and Trinidad and Tobago.

Education

Ph.D.

Yale University’s Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

M.S. in Forest Science

Yale School of the Environment

B.A. in Biology

Barnard College

Publications and Features

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May 9, 2023

The role of carbon removal in local government

Sarah Federman, PhD

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