A carbon removal project needs the chemistry to hold up, the creativity to find the right pathway, partners from worlds that don't usually talk to each other, and someone who can explain the whole thing to the people deciding whether it lives. That combination is rare. It's what I bring.
"Nadia's deep enthusiasm for the ECIi mission led her to become genuinely expert in the field. She has a rare ability to translate highly technical aspects of DAC technology into concepts that resonate with business leaders, journalists, and end users alike." Matt Atwood · Founder & CEO, Aircapture Inc. · Board Member, ECIi
Identification and development of CO₂ utilization pathways: creative pathway design, technical feasibility assessment, co-benefit evaluation, and carbon and methane accounting. With EquiCool I designed the pathway, took it to field test, and farmers reported product saved that would otherwise have spoiled.
Evaluating projects from the inside, not from the PDD. Site-level assessment of whether a project does what its documents say: technical assumptions, partner capacity, local infrastructure, and the conditions that decide whether it survives its first year. A decade of work alongside DAC researchers, including the CTO of Global Thermostat, and a background in laboratory chemistry, so the assessment reaches where a system is likely to underperform, not just how it is designed to work.
The institutional half of project development: partner sourcing, local infrastructure and stakeholder navigation, community and county groundwork, and field test execution. Storage-ecosystem readiness and early market formation are what gate a new geography long before the technology does. Proven in East Africa.
Taking a technology out of controlled conditions and building the system it needs to survive: supply chain, power, partners, and the operating structure that keeps it running. None of EquiCool's partners were on my payroll. What survives contact with the field is rarely what the feasibility study predicted.
Open to program and project leadership roles in carbon removal: at companies, funders, or anyone building something real. Let's talk.