Team
Our Founders
Sean McCauley, Ph.D.
Co-Founder & Business Lead
Sean has a Ph.D. in geochemistry from U.C. Berkeley on chemical weathering, but has spent most of his career in business with stops at McKinsey, DemandTec, Target, Schwab, and most recently TPG Capital. In addition, he recently co-founded and successfully exited a medical business.
Dan Maxbauer, Ph.D.
Co-Founder & Science Lead
Dan is an Assistant Professor at Carleton College, with academic research focused on enhanced rock weathering in agriculture and past work in paleoclimate. Dan has prior experience conducting technical reviews for some leading carbon market entities including Verra, Frontier, and XPRIZE.
Dan is an Assistant Professor at Carleton College, with academic research focused on enhanced rock weathering in agriculture and past work in paleoclimate. Dan has prior experience conducting technical reviews for some leading carbon market entities including Verra, Frontier, and XPRIZE.
In another life, Dan thinks he could have been an Olympic race walker.
Co-Founder & Science Lead
Dan Maxbauer, Ph.D.
Our Founders
Haley holds a BA in Geology from Carleton College and a PhD in Earth and Planetary Sciences from Harvard University. She has extensive experience with stable isotope geochemistry, carbonate geochemistry, and field work.
When she is not thinking about CDR, Haley is outside hiking, biking, skiing, or playing ultimate frisbee.
Senior Scientist
Haley Olson, Ph.D.
Sean has a Ph.D. in geochemistry from U.C. Berkeley in chemical weathering but has spent most of his career in business with stops at McKinsey, DemandTec, Target, Schwab, and most recently TPG Capital. In addition, he recently co-founded and successfully exited a medical business.
Sean has restored much of his farm land to native prairie.
Co-Founder & Business Lead
Sean McCauley, Ph.D.
Sonia has an undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering from Imperial College, a PhD in Chemical and Biological Engineering from Princeton and did a post-doc stint in Materials Science at Rutgers. Previous to joining Alkali Earth, she was an R&D Scientist at Saint-Gobain's transversal R&D center in Paris, France.
Sonia loves the ocean: swimming, sailing, diving, you name it!
Senior Scientist
Sonia Naidu, Ph.D.
Matt holds a BA in Geology & Geophysics from University of Wisconsin-Madison and an MS in Geology from Virginia Tech. He has geoscience experience in the energy industry. He also has experience in data science-led SaaS product management, sales, and marketing.
Matt is a hobby endurance athlete and thinks ultramarathons are fun.
Director of Business Development
Matt Francsis
Gracelyn holds a Bachelor's of Science in Environmental Geosciences, from the University of Minnesota. As Junior Scientist, she conducts many of our laboratory and field experiments.
Gracelyn has a pet hedgehog named Wilbur!