OUR TEAM
We are geologists, metallurgists, and stimulation experts.
We have decades of experience in hydrothermal systems and subsurface permeability.
Our Key Insight:
The same principals used to engineer geothermal reservoirs can be used to engineer a reservoir for mineral extraction.
Our Team
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Founder and CEO of Skouria LLC. He is a licensed Professional Geologist with a background in geology and petroleum engineering. He has 15 years of experience in the geothermal industry, and considerable knowledge regarding drilling, stimulations, and reservoir management.
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Larissa is a chemical engineer who has worked on a variety of projects including most recently at first mode, a mining technology start-up. She has over 10 years of experience in industry and is heading up lixiviant development. She will be responsible for reactive transport modeling and lixiviant development.
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Jaeheon is an associate professor at the Colorado School of Mines where he teaches hydrometallurgy. He has worked as a metallurgical and process engineer for Newmont Mining Corporation and Barrick Gold Corporation and has seen a variety of hydrometallurgical techniques used in production.
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Jill has experience as a program leader at Lawerence Livermore National Labs and venture partner at Vulcan Capital as well as being on the board of many startups. She has deep ties to the geothermal industry and the venture world, both of which will provide invaluable for Skouria as it grows. Jill also provides unique insight into strategy as someone who has helped many deep-tech startups grow, scale, and succeed.
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Federico has a background in petroleum engineering and geoscience. He has worked in the field in various capacities for Schlumberger and CrudeChem and has invaluable experience characterizing the subsurface and implementing chemical treatments. He will be helping Skouria plan chemical treatments and other operations. Once in the field, he will help oversee the execution of the plan.
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John has a background in process engineering and was the chief operating officer and director of innovation at Oat Foundry where he worked on providing unique engineering solutions to a variety of clients. His skill set will be used to help plan and implement control and monitoring systems both in the lab and in the field. This work will be key to collecting data necessary to tune the lixiviant system and improve the efficacy of stimulation.
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Bruce most recently worked with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory as a researcher. He has a background in rock mechanics and fracture flow and is currently focused on stimulation design and fracture characterization tools.
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Nicholas is a former geochemist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. He was a developer for ToughReact, a fully coupled reactive transport modeling software, and now contributes to Lixiviant modeling and reactive transport modeling.