Research Scientist in Enhanced Weathering
Silicate
Silicate is a terrestrial enhanced weathering company accelerating a natural geological process – the weathering of minerals – to durably sequester atmospheric carbon dioxide and amend soil pH in farmland. The company mills basic materials, applies them to farmland, and measures the carbon removal it enables, facilitating companies to achieve their net zero ambitions, and agribusinesses to reduce and remove greenhouse gas emissions in their value chain, while also helping farmers to increase productivity by optimising soil pH for crop growth. Silicate is part of the Breakthrough Energy Fellows programme, is an XPRIZE Carbon Removal Top 20 team, and is headquartered in Ireland with operations in Ireland and Illinois, US.
Homepage: https://www.silicatecarbon.com/
The Research Scientist will oversee the design and implementation of a large-scale enhanced weathering deployment and be responsible for the implementation of a carbon dioxide removal (CDR) monitoring programme. The Research Scientist will liaise with Silicate’s science team to operationalise a best practice monitoring reporting and verification (MRV) protocol for enhanced weathering and CDR quantification, including field sampling, data collection and analysis. They will also manage a small team of technical staff to achieve these goals. The position will be based in Silicate’s Dublin lab, and will require regular visits to local fields sites in the southeast of Ireland.
Reliable measurement of CDR through terrestrial enhanced weathering requires robust in-field monitoring and follow-up laboratory protocols. For larger scale deployments, monitoring must also strive to be representative of the entire deployment area. This position will focus on the implementation of MRV best practices to monitor carbon removal through enhanced weathering across a spatially extensive deployment.