This Is CDR Ep91: RMI's Applied Innovation Roadmap for CDR
OpenAir is excited to present This Is CDR, an online event series that explores the wide range of carbon dioxide removal (CDR) solutions currently being researched, developed, and deployed, and discusses them in the context of policies OpenAir seeks to formulate and advance at every level of government in the U.S., as well as in national and subnational jurisdictions globally.
This week we are pleased to welcome Rudy Kahsar and Gloria See to present and discuss RMI's November 2023 Applied Innovation Roadmap (AIR) for CDR that a provides comprehensive, objective, and action-oriented perspective on how to best advance the technical readiness of 32 carbon dioxide removal (CDR) approaches this decade.
About Rudy:
Dr. Rudy Kahsar is a Manager on RMI’s Climate-Aligned Industries CDR team. Prior to joining RMI, Rudy led the Renewable and Sustainable Energy Track in the Masters of Environment program at CU Boulder where he taught classes in energy policy, energy systems and technologies, data science and visualization in energy, the energy water nexus, and international energy and sustainability. Before that, he served as an American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Policy Fellow in the US Department of Energy in Washington, D.C., first in the Office of International Climate and Clean Energy and then in the Advanced Manufacturing Office on the Strategic Analysis Team. He has also worked in energy consulting, focusing on measurement and verification, energy efficiency, and renewables integration for the oil and gas and electricity sectors.
Rudy’s Ph.D. focused on heterogenous catalysis with applications in bio based fuels and chemicals.
About Gloria:
Dr. Gloria See is a Senior Associate on RMI's Climate-Aligned Industries Team, working on CDR pathways with a focus on biogenic approaches. Gloria is an electrical engineer and has worked on hardware and model development for precision agriculture, photovoltaic devices, environmental monitoring in museums, and wearable sensors. She also has experience in business development, academic research, entrepreneurship, and sustainable product development, including field research in India and Tanzania. Gloria earned a PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and a MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Massachusetts Lowell.'