Clea Kolster

Partner and Head of Science

2021 - Current

Director of Science

2020

Climate Tech Founding Fellow

2021 - 2021

Fellow

2020 - 2020

Consultant

2018 - 2020

Managed and led technical analysis for multiple cross-functional projects at a time in resource planning, climate policy design, asset valuation and economy-wide decarbonization pathways for state agencies, utilities, asset owners and NGOs.

Data Analyst

2018 - 2018

Developed economic, environmental and health impact assessments for PayGo Energy's clean cooking solution; conducted customer behaviour analysis using data analytics.

Ph.D. Researcher

2014 - 2018

Developed novel techno-economic and process models, frameworks, tools and solutions for evaluating and reducing the cost and uncertainty of carbon capture and storage (CCS), a key technology for climate change mitigation, directed at private sector investors and policymakers.

Summer Associate

2017 - 2017

Led capacity expansion modeling for a Fortune 200 company to evaluate the potential of a $240M Utah-based compressed air energy storage project; updated Hawaii's resource planning modelling which ultimately led to more stringent clean energy targets.

Private Equity Summer Analyst

2017 - 2017

Conducted an in-depth market analysis of existing venture capital investments in Africa, identified a gap in the market which led to the opening of a $168M Pan African venture fund: the “Cathay Africinvest Innovation” Fund.

Researcher

2016 - 2017

Developed an open-source iterative investment model (MIICE) that assesses the economic role of using carbon dioxide for enhanced oil recovery in enabling large-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) deployment. Was part of the Brandt group on Environmental Assessment and Optimization in Stanford's Energy Resources Engineering Department.

Research Analyst

2013 - 2013

Developed a system used to quantify Ozone Depleting Substances in a hazardous waste stream going into a large national High-Incineration plant in order to meet international compliance on CFCs. Set out the plant’s necessary qualitative and quantitative investments, amounting to over £50,000.