ClimeFi announces Scientific Advisory Board

Pairing in-house ClimeFi expertise with precision analysis

Published on

June 2, 2025

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ClimeFi is pleased to introduce its Scientific Advisory Board – an independent body of world renowned carbon dioxide removal (CDR) experts, providing rigour to our analytical approach.

For every rating and due diligence, our Scientific Experts act as an external, independent expert reviewer to complement our analysis.

Boasting more than a cumulative century worth of CDR experience and some of the original trailblazers of durable CDR, the ClimeFi Scientific Experts help us to ensure that our buyers have access to the most robust analysis on the market.

We place a strong emphasis on specialised, in-depth expertise; in this way, we are able to hand-pick which Scientific Expert is best suited to review each project, contingent on their experience. In-house ClimeFi expertise is coupled with precision analysis, specific to unique risk areas of CDR – from biomass, to lifecycle assessment (LCA), to governance and more.

Discover more about each of the members of the ClimeFi Scientific Advisory Board below:

Meet the Experts

Expert	Expertise	About
Steve Smith, PhD University of Oxford	Governance, Policy, Biomass, Cross-Functional	Steve is the Arnell Associate Professor of Greenhouse Gas Removal at the Smith School, University of Oxford. His career includes work in policy and in science communication, and has published around 60 academic papers on a wide range of climate topics.
Stephanie Arcusa, PhD Arizona State University	Policy, MRV, Cross-Functional	Stephanie is an Earth and climate scientist at Arizona State University, focused on carbon accounting, risk, and policy.
Grant Faber Offstream	Biomass, DACCS, MRV, Policy, LCA	Grant is an expert in lifecycle and techno-economic assessment of CDR technologies, with work experience at organisations including the U.S. Department of Energy, Offstream, the Global CO₂ Initiative, Twelve, Heirloom, and Carbon-Based Consulting.
Klaus Lackner, PhD Arizona State University	DACCS, Deployment, Cross-Functional	Klaus was the first to propose artificial carbon dioxide capture from air for carbon management. His research spans direct air capture (DACCS), carbon sequestration, environmental policy, and scalable energy and infrastructure systems with a focus on automation, mass manufacturing, and closing the carbon cycle. He works as a professor at Arizona State University.
Josh Burke, FRSA London School of Economics	Deployment, MRV, Governance, Cross-Functional	Josh is a climate and energy policy expert specialising in compliance markets and CDR. He advises governments, corporates, and organisations including the World Bank and OECD, and has held roles at DESNZ, the Grantham Institute, and the Institute for Responsible Carbon Removal.
Mike Matson, PhD BCG	CCUS, Deployment, Energy, DACC	Mike is a Partner and Associate Director at BCG where he advises on carbon capture, utilisation, and storage (CCUS) strategies to accelerate the energy transition. With a PhD in Chemistry and a background as a licensed petroleum engineer and former professor, he brings deep technical and practical expertise to projects spanning CCUS, geothermal, and critical mineral extraction.
Fabiano Ximenes, PhD NSW Dept. of Primary Industries	MRV, Biomass	Fabiano works with the Forest carbon and biomass groups within the New South Wales Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development. His work ranges across a number of areas, including carbon balance assessments, biomass quantification, and potential uses and carbon methodological developments.
Robert Brown, PhD Iowa State University	Biomass, Energy, TEA	Robert is a leading expert in thermochemical technologies for converting biomass into renewable fuels, power, chemicals, and materials. His recent work focuses on upcycling waste plastics and advancing CDR strategies.
Robert Page, PhD Arizona State University	MRV, Policy, Biomass, Deployment, Cross-Functional	Robert has led the design and construction of power plants, start ups, and technology projects, applying his hand-on in the field approach to his leadership. Robert is currently focused on a variety of design aspects for the development of CO2 capture, certification, and analysis.
Habib Azarabadi, PhD BCG	DACCS, Deployment	Habib is a climate tech expert with a PhD in carbon management, specialising in decarbonisation, CDR, and CCUS. He blends technical analysis with market insight to inform commercialisation and investment decisions across the energy ecosystem.
David Harning, PhD University of Colorado Boulder	Ocean, ERW, BiCRS	David studies Earth’s climate history to understand how the Arctic will change in a warmer, wetter, human-dominated world. He uses natural ‘experiments’ to improve climate model predictions and identify future solutions to climate change.
Cara Maesano, PhD Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI)	Geochemistry, Industrial CDR, MRV	Cara is an interdisciplinary scientist with expertise in cosmology, particle physics, environmental epidemiology, and exposure science. At RMI’s CDR Initiative, she leads work evaluating carbon removal processes and identifying opportunities for scale within the broader industrial landscape.
Siyu Feng, PhD University of Oxford	Innovation Incentives, Policy, Deployment	Siyu is a Post-Doctoral Research Associate at the Smith School, University of Oxford. Siyu is an applied environmental and energy economist with a focus on innovation and technological change.
Joseph Stemmler, PhD University of Oxford	Policy, Cross-Functional	Joseph is a Post-Doctoral Research Associate at the Smith School, University of Oxford. An environmental economist, his research focuses on carbon policy, operating at the intersection of microeconomic theory and environmental economics.

To learn more about our analytical process and where our Scientific Experts fit in, please read our Ratings Methodology.

ClimeFi announces Scientific Advisory Board

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