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.

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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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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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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Decoration 1

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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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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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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Decoration 2

Kat Sale

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

Kat Sale

Principal Life Cycle Assessment Engineer

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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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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

Lead Subsurface 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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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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