Meet The Team

Jessi Eidbo
Research Scientist and Planning Specialist
Jessi Eidbo is a research scientist and planning specialist with professional experience in environmental and land use planning, data analytics, and geographic information systems (GIS). Her work experience has focused on deployment and research for decarbonization technologies and renewable energy system development. She has provided technical and analytical leadership on projects ranging from carbon capture and sequestration to alternative fuels and transportation electrification, to local community climate action and advancing environmental justice. She has also overseen numerous stakeholder engagement and facilitation processes on many topics related to energy and climate.
Before joining Carbon Solutions, Jessi worked as a Senior Climate Change Data Analyst with a local government, and prior to that as a Senior Research Analyst with the Great Plains Institute. Jessi holds a B.Sc. in Environmental Sciences, Policy, and Planning with a minor in Mandarin Chinese, as well as a Masters in Urban and Regional Planning with a minor in GIS from the Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota. As of June 2021, Jessi is an AICP-certified planning professional through the American Planning Association (APA).