Antaeres Antoniuk-Pablant, PhD

Dr. Antoniuk-Pablant received her PhD in Organic Chemistry from Arizona State University where she studied specialized organic dyes with respect to solar energy harvesting. She completed her postdoctoral studies at Stanford University, where she researched converting CO2 into useful chemicals or fuels by integrating electrochemical CO2 reduction with microbial metabolism. She has had a focus on using her deep scientific background to help scale early stage technologies where she has worked as an expert reviewer for the DOE BETO, a consultant for Emerging Futures, and serves as an editorial board member for the Cambridge Carbon Technologies Journal. In her current role at Carbon Direct she has combined her expertise to evaluate various carbon removal technologies such as OAE, DOC, biotic mCDR, CO2 fermentation, CO2U through photocatalytic, thermocatalytic, and electrocatalytic methods, direct air capture, and biomass burial.

She is particularly passionate about technologies that combine natural processes with engineered solutions to achieve net-zero goals. She works closely with Carbon Direct’s environmental and climate justice team to develop best practices in carbon removal projects, and currently leads the development of mCDR services at CD.