Summary
Rick Berg is a geoscience data science leader focused on climate solutions, currently Head of MRV and Data Science at Banyu Carbon, where he helps design methods for sustainable marine carbon dioxide removal. He holds a Ph.D. in Oceanography (Sediment Geochemistry) from the University of Washington and has more than a decade of geoscience R&D experience, including marine carbon cycling and reactive-transport modeling. He has steered carbon credit methodologies and MRV programs across leading climate organizations, serving as Director of Methodology at Nori, leading the framework for time equivalency in crediting projects of various durabilities, and contributing to the Global Heat Reduction Registry. His earlier work at The Climate Corporation drove data-centric ML for precision agriculture and scalable weather-data solutions. Based in Seattle, his GitHub portfolio features sediment geochemistry models and other data-science oriented side projects, reflecting a rare blend of rigorous earth science and production-grade analytics.
10 years of coding experience