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Madeline Bartels is a recent Yale College graduate interested in developing geochemical solutions to the climate crisis.  Her work experience falls across multiple carbon dioxide removal sectors, and she is interested in various forms of climate change solutions including carbon capture, geoengineering, and renewable energy.  At Yale, Madeline researched the carbon mineralization potential of basalt, wollastonite, and steel slag for enhanced mineral weathering projects in agricultural settings.  As a summer Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship intern at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, she developed methods for the monitoring, reporting, and verification of geologic carbon mineralization in basalt.  Her other research avenues include stratospheric aerosol injection and marine cloud brightening for solar radiation management.  Madeline intends to pursue research related to peridotite carbon mineralization as a graduate student at the University of Calgary.

• Carbon mineralization (enhanced mineral weathering, geologic carbon storage)
• Geoengineering (climate tipping points, marine cloud brightening, stratospheric aerosol injection)
• Renewable energy (hydropower)
• Chemical analysis (acid digest methods, mass spectrometry, thermogravimetric analysis, total organic/inorganic carbon)
• Geospatial analysis, ENVI software
• Mineralogical analysis (scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction)
• Scientific writing

• Yale University, Bachelor of Science, 2019–2023
  • Major in Earth and planetary science, minor in energy studies
• University of Calgary, incoming 2024 graduate student
  • Pursuing a PhD in geoscience

2024

• Bartels, M. F., Q. R. S. Miller, R. Cao, N. Lahiri, J. E. Holliman, Jr., C. H. Stanfield, and H. T. Schaef. 2024. “Parts-Per-Million Carbonate Mineral Quantification with Thermogravimetric Analysis-Mass Spectrometry.” Analytical Chemistry. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.3c03936

2022

• Bartels, M. F. and M. L. Oristaglio. 2022. “Kazakhstan’s 2030 Energy Transition: Kaya Analysis of Nationally Determined Contribution.” Yale Undergraduate Research Journal.

Upcoming

• Smith, W., M. F. Bartels, J. G. Boers, and C. Rice. 2024. “On Thin Ice: Solar Geoengineering to Manage Tipping Element Risks in the Cryosphere by 2040.” ESS Open Archive preprint.
• Morfin, A. R., C. H. Stanfield, M. A. Murchland, M. F. Bartels, A. B. Nagurney, Q. R. S. Miller, and H. T. Schaef 2024. “Structure-Composition Relationships for Mg-Ni and Mg-Fe Olivine.”