We’re on a mission to scale up carbon dioxide removal and provide the nickel required to support society’s clean energy transition.
Metalplant was founded in order to help the world scale to gigatonnes per year of carbon dioxide removal at low prices, while simultaneously providing the valuable and necessary metals for the green energy transition.
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ERIC MATZNER
Co-founder, CEO
Eric is an entrepreneur perpetually inspired by prolonging life on Earth. He is experienced in developing novel, scalable and permanent carbon dioxide removal technologies with ultramafic minerals. He was an Expert Reviewer of the IPCC AR6:Mitigations of Climate Change and previously pioneered coastal enhanced rock weathering with Project Vesta.
![Laura Wasserson](https://metalplant.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/CleanShot-2024-03-25-at-11.10.31@2x.png)
![Laura Wasserson](https://metalplant.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/CleanShot-2024-03-25-at-11.10.31@2x.png)
![Laura Wasserson](https://metalplant.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/CleanShot-2024-03-25-at-11.10.31@2x.png)
LAURA WASSERSON
Co-founder, COO
Laura is an operations executive, strategy synergist and systems thinker. She is an expert in building and scaling international supply chains, industrial scale manufacturing and factory development. She scaled her previous venture to $180M in revenue and is passionate about building a regenerative and sustainable future.
![Sam Muja](https://metalplant.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/CleanShot-2024-03-25-at-11.11.24@2x.png)
![Sam Muja](https://metalplant.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/CleanShot-2024-03-25-at-11.11.24@2x.png)
![Sam Muja](https://metalplant.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/CleanShot-2024-03-25-at-11.11.24@2x.png)
SAHIT MUJA
Co-founder, Director of Mining & Farming Logistics
Sahit is an expert in mining and logistics, having operated substantial chrome mine reserves and through his holdings controls minerals with gigatonnes of CDR potential. With familial roots in the main region Metalplant operates today. He is the largest employer in the region and built a school for the local community.
Science Partners
Enhanced Rock Weathering
We’ve partnered with the leading academic organizations in enhanced rock weathering and statistical design to follow rigorous scientific methods to ensure measurable, reportable, and verifiable carbon dioxide removal.
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University of Sheffield
Sheffield, United Kingdom
The University of Sheffield is a world leader in enhanced rock weathering. We’ve been working with Mike Kelland to use Leverhulme’s advanced model to validate field-based measurements and quantify weathering rates over time.
![Mike Kelland](https://metalplant.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/CleanShot-2024-03-25-at-11.19.38@2x.png)
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![Mike Kelland](https://metalplant.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/CleanShot-2024-03-25-at-11.19.38@2x.png)
Mike Kelland
PhD & Post-Doc, School of Biosciences
Mike has a background in the physical and earth sciences, with an emphasis on evaluating the relative merits of geoengineering proposals.
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Rothamsted Research
Harpenden, United Kingdom
Rothamsted Research is a world-leading non-profit research centre that focuses on strategic agricultural science to the benefit of farmers and society worldwide. They are home to the “oldest, continuous agronomic experiment in the world.” We’ve been working with Steve to design statistically robust agricultural experiments.
![Steve McGrath](https://metalplant.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/CleanShot-2024-03-25-at-11.20.04@2x.png)
![Steve McGrath](https://metalplant.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/CleanShot-2024-03-25-at-11.20.04@2x.png)
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Steve Mcgrath
Soil and Plant Scientist, Sustainable Soil and Crops
Steve’s research interests are in increasing understanding of the factors affecting the bio-availability, ecotoxicology and mobility of nutrients and toxins in soil-crop systems.
Phytomining
We’ve partnered with world-leading experts in phytomining and agricultural to help us maximize our plant growth and the amount of nickel we recover.
![Aida Bani](https://metalplant.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/CleanShot-2024-03-25-at-11.12.38@2x.png)
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Aida Bani
Professor at Agricultural University of Tirana
Aida is a globally-recognized expert in phytomining, hyperaccumulator biomass farming, optimizing growth, and increasing nickel uptake.
Farming Team
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Our team consists of experienced farmers, some of whom previously had to move abroad to seek employment as the region we operate in has very few agricultural-related jobs. Our employees make high wages for the region and are able to stay and work within their community. This dedicated team has proven to be cohesive and successful at managing and scaling the farm.
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ERIC MATZNER
Co-founder, CEO
Eric is an entrepreneur perpetually inspired by prolonging life on Earth. He is experienced in developing novel, scalable and permanent carbon dioxide removal technologies with ultramafic minerals. He was an Expert Reviewer of the IPCC AR6:Mitigations of Climate Change and previously pioneered coastal enhanced rock weathering with Project Vesta.
![Laura Wasserson](https://metalplant.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/CleanShot-2024-03-25-at-11.10.31@2x.png)
![Laura Wasserson](https://metalplant.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/CleanShot-2024-03-25-at-11.10.31@2x.png)
![Laura Wasserson](https://metalplant.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/CleanShot-2024-03-25-at-11.10.31@2x.png)
LAURA WASSERSON
Co-founder, COO
Laura is an operations executive, strategy synergist and systems thinker. She is an expert in building and scaling international supply chains, industrial scale manufacturing and factory development. She scaled her previous venture to $180M in revenue and is passionate about building a regenerative and sustainable future.
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![Sam Muja](https://metalplant.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/CleanShot-2024-03-25-at-11.11.24@2x.png)
![Sam Muja](https://metalplant.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/CleanShot-2024-03-25-at-11.11.24@2x.png)
![Sam Muja](https://metalplant.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/CleanShot-2024-03-25-at-11.11.24@2x.png)
SAHIT MUJA
Co-founder, Director of Mining & Farming Logistics
Sahit is an expert in mining and logistics, having operated substantial chrome mine reserves and through his holdings controls minerals with gigatonnes of CDR potential. With familial roots in the main region Metalplant operates today. He is the largest employer in the region and built a school for the local community.
SCIENCE PARTNERS
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UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD
The Sheffield group is a world leader in ERW. In partnership with the University, we’ve been using an advanced version of a peer-reviewed, 1-dimensional reactive transport model (1D-RTM) to validate field-based measurements and quantify weathering rates over time.
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LEVERHULME CENTER FOR CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION
The Leverhulme Center for Climate Change Mitigation brings together researchers from a wide range of backgrounds to explore the potential of using enhanced rock weathering on croplands to remove CO2 from the atmosphere.
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ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH
Rothamsted Research is a world-leading non-profit research centre that focuses on strategic agricultural science to the benefit of farmers and society worldwide. They are home to the “oldest, continuous agronomic experiment in the world.”
![David Beerling](https://metalplant.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/CleanShot-2024-03-25-at-11.18.56@2x.png)
![David Beerling](https://metalplant.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/CleanShot-2024-03-25-at-11.18.56@2x.png)
PROF DAVID J BEERLING
Sorby Professor of Natural Sciences
Internationally renowned expert on enhanced rock weathering and co-evolution of plants
![Mike Kelland](https://metalplant.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/CleanShot-2024-03-25-at-11.19.38@2x.png)
![Mike Kelland](https://metalplant.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/CleanShot-2024-03-25-at-11.19.38@2x.png)
![Mike Kelland](https://metalplant.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/CleanShot-2024-03-25-at-11.19.38@2x.png)
MIKE KELLAND
PhD & Post-Doc, School of Biosciences
Physical and earth sciences, evaluation of geoengineering proposals.
![Steve McGrath](https://metalplant.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/CleanShot-2024-03-25-at-11.20.04@2x.png)
![Steve McGrath](https://metalplant.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/CleanShot-2024-03-25-at-11.20.04@2x.png)
![Steve McGrath](https://metalplant.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/CleanShot-2024-03-25-at-11.20.04@2x.png)
STEVE MCGRATH
Soil and Plant Scientist, Sustainable Soil and Crops
Biogeochemist with experience operating in both ERW & hyperaccumulator trials.
CORE TEAM
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Daniel Rodelli
Geochemist
Geoscientist with multi-year experience in rock and soil analysis, both in academia and for ERW companies.
![Spencer Jentzsch](https://metalplant.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/CleanShot-2024-03-25-at-11.12.10@2x.png)
![Spencer Jentzsch](https://metalplant.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/CleanShot-2024-03-25-at-11.12.10@2x.png)
Spencer Jentzsch
Chief of Staff
Spencer is a strategy and operations generalist with 7+ years of
executive-level operations experience in startups leading fully remote
teams.