This week we welcome CREW Carbon Founder and CEO Joachim Katchinoff and Processing Engineering Lead Kevin Vu to discuss how the company is moving carbon from the fast to slow cycle using enhanced weathering in engineered systems for permanent, low-cost, and measurable carbon dioxide removal. CREW has been selected as one of Frontier Climate's early carbon removal pre-purchase companies and has received grant support from the Carbon to Sea Initiative.

ABOUT OUR GUESTS

Joachim Katchinoff co-founded CREW Carbon in 2022. Prior to CREW, Joachim worked for seven years as a geochemist investigating fundamental questions about the carbon cycle, weathering dynamics, and biogeochemical cycles. Joachim holds a Ph.D. from Yale University in Earth and Planetary Sciences (2022) and a Bachelor of Science in Geology from The College of William & Mary.

Kevin Vu is a process engineer specializing in water and wastewater treatment. He has years of experience in R&D engineering, pilot deployments, practical design of municipal and industrial treatment systems, and modeling of biological process units and sewage networks. Kevin holds a B.E. in Civil Engineering and a M.S. in Environmental Science and Engineering from Caltech, where he conducted applied research on electrochemical processes for decentralized water treatment funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

SESSION LINKS

- CREW Carbon Website: https://www.crewcarbon.com/

- Joachim's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joachim-katchinoff-89838934/

- CREW Carbon's Frontier application – https://github.com/frontierclimate/carbon-removal-source-materials/blob/main/Project%20Applications/2022%20Fall/%5BCREW%5D%20Frontier%20Carbon%20Removal%20Purchase%20Application.pdf

Carbon To Sea grant w/ Ebb Carbon https://carbontosea.org/grantees/