Avantika Singh

As part of the science and advisory team, Avantika works with clients to advise them on carbon reduction and removal strategies that span a range of technologies, including biofuels, direct air capture, bioenergy with carbon capture and storage, and carbon utilization, by performing due diligence (technical, commercial, sustainability, and operational) on these projects.

She has worked in the private sector, government, academia, and research since 2010, and leverages her professional experience in engineering and research to make actionable recommendations to drive climate action.

Prior to joining Carbon Direct, Avantika was a senior research engineer at the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL), with expertise in techno-economic, sustainability, and market analysis. She focused on biomass conversion technologies for biofuels, biochemicals, and bioplastics, including investigating pathways for recycling existing plastics. She has published peer-reviewed articles on techno-economic analysis and life cycle assessment on these topics. She was selected to join the Department of Energy’s (DOE) accelerator program, Energy I-Corps, as an entrepreneurial lead to explore the commercialization of cleantech (plastic recycling technology), do customer discovery, and build go-to-market strategies. She is an expert in bottoms up process modeling of current and new chemical processes, estimating costs, and de-risking projects.