Staff | Global CO2 Initiative

Volker Sick

Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, Mechanical Engineering DTE Energy Professor of Advanced Energy Research; Director, Global CO₂ Initiative

Volker leads day-to-day Global CO₂ Initiative operations, forges organizational partnerships, and brings together the initiative’s research teams. Sick brings years of experience as a leading scientist and administrator.

Aryandokht Azari

Research Fellow, Global CO₂ Initiative

Aryandokht researches life cycle assessment of carbon capture and utilization technologies.

Lynn Cook

Administrative Assistant, Global CO₂ Initiative

Lynn is the administrative assistant to the Global CO₂ Initiative team, working closely with all members of the team.

Grant Faber

Techno-Economic Assessment Researcher, University of Michigan

Grant works on conducting techno-economic assessments of carbon utilization technologies.

Susan Fancy

Program Manager for Research and Commercialization, Global CO₂ Initiative

Susan specializes in managing projects and processes at the intersection of energy and climate.

Kristienne Kattapong

Communication Specialist, Global CO₂ Initiative

Kristi serves as a communications bridge, helping forge connections from the Global CO2 Initiative to academia, research, industry and the world beyond.

Christophe Mangin

Program Manager for Business Development, Global CO₂ Initiative

Globally leads the Technical Economic Analysis (TEA) and Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) activities within the Global CO₂ Initiative.

Alexander Rees

Research Assistant, Global CO₂ Initiative

Alex researches, evaluates, and promotes policies and legislation that encourage a carbon utilization-based approach to addressing the climate crisis.