Professor Klaus Lackner, Columbia University, Earth Institute

Klaus Lackner is a professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering at Columbia University and co-founder of Global Research Technologies in Tucson, AZ. Lackner pioneered the concept of carbon dioxide air capture as a means for climate change mitigation, i.e. abating emissions of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. His current work includes the use of tracers in geological carbon storage, power plant modeling, carbon capture membranes for use at high temperatures,...
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Klaus Lackner is a professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering at Columbia University and co-founder of Global Research Technologies in Tucson, AZ. Lackner pioneered the concept of carbon dioxide air capture as a means for climate change mitigation, i.e. abating emissions of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. His current work includes the use of tracers in geological carbon storage, power plant modeling, carbon capture membranes for use at high temperatures, gravitational carbon storage, advanced fossil fuel technologies, scaling and automation, among others.[1] Lackner is currently the director of the Lenfest Center for Sustainable Energy at the Earth Institute. (Wikipedia)
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