Claire Nelson, PhD
Science Advisor
Carbon Mineralization + Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement (OAE)
Meet our world-class science team
Our scientists will guide your organization to achieve its climate goals with the right carbon management program.
Dr. Nelson is a geochemist with expertise in basalt chemical weathering, aqueous geochemistry, and secondary mineral formation. Her current interests include geologic carbon storage, specifically in-situ mineralization in mafic rock formations, as well as coastal and terrestrial enhanced weathering.
Currently, Dr. Nelson holds a position as a Postdoctoral Research Scientist at Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory where she uses reactive transport modeling to optimize large-scale injections of CO2 into basaltic reservoirs.
Education
PhD., Earth and Planetary Sciences
Northwestern University
M.S., Earth and Planetary Sciences
Northwestern University
B.S., Geology
Union College
Dr. Dave Lee is a Science Advisor for nature-based solutions.
Dr. Lee provides technical advice on emerging bio-based carbon removal technologies, either for potential investment opportunities or as sources of carbon offsets.
Background & Bio
Dr. Lee is a plant molecular biologist, and has been working with the U.S. Department of Energy’s ARPA-E to develop novel technologies in the agricultural and biotechnology fields. These include technologies ranging from enhanced bioenergy crops to sensors and models to accurately quantify GHG fluxes in agricultural environments.
Dr. Lee has experience with agricultural systems in both terrestrial and marine environments, which range from traditional row crops such as corn to macroalgae. He is currently investigating synthetic biology and other interdisciplinary approaches to terrestrial carbon biosequestration (carbon farming).
Education
PhD
UC San Diego
BS
Harvey Mudd College
David Ho, PhD
Science Advisor
Blue Carbon + Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement (OAE)
Dr. David Ho is a Science Advisor for blue carbon.
Background & Bio
David Ho is a Professor of Oceanography in the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, and an Adjunct Senior Research Scientist at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University.
He is a geochemist whose research focuses on air-sea gas exchange in coastal and open oceans environments, the carbon cycle in mangrove and coral reef ecosystems, and the use of tracers to study transport processes in aquatic systems.
Dr. Ho currently serves on the Ocean Carbon & Biogeochemistry Project’s Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction Committee, and is a member of Ocean Visions’ Expert Team on the Safe Elevation of Alkalinity for the Mitigation of Acidification Through Electrochemistry (SEA MATE) project.