Professional Experience

• Senior Techno-Economic Analyst, Twelve
• Consultant, Expert Reviewer, and Cost Evaluation Guidelines Reviewer, XPRIZE Carbon Removal
• Techno-Economic and Life Cycle Assessment Mentor, AirMiners Launchpad and AirMiners Investor Academy
• Technical Operations/Economic Modeling Analyst, Heirloom
• Project Lead and Content Curator, AssessCCUS
• Techno-Economic Assessment Researcher, Global CO₂ Initiative
• Reviewer for Carbon Management Imperative, Activate
• Financial Planning & Analysis, DigitalGlobe

Education

• Master of Science, University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability
• Bachelor of Business Administration, University of Michigan Ross School of Business

Previous Technologies Assessed

• Electrochemical CO₂ reduction to CO and subsequent chemical and fuel synthesis via Fischer–Tropsch
• Production and use of novel amine-grafted silica gel sorbents for direct air capture (DAC)
• Passive DAC using chemical looping
• Novel electrochemical DAC systems
• Novel DAC design using acid–base reaction
• Novel bioelectrochemical methanogenesis system
• Ionomer and electrochemical catalyst synthesis
• Membrane electrode assembly (MEA) fabrication
• Electrochemical stack component production and assembly
• Novel water electrolysis system
• Direct ocean capture (DOC) system
• Novel plastic pelletization and pyrolysis process
• Algal biodiesel production
• Algal carbon removal pathway
• Production of bacterial nanocellulose
• Production of industrial chemicals and compostable polymers via fermentation
• Enhanced weathering via mine tailing carbonation
• Carbonated aggregate production
• Generalized Sabatier process producing low-carbon methane
• Biogenic CO production via the Boudouard reaction
• Carbonated engineered cementitious composite (ECC)
• Carbonated precast concrete production
• Production and use of natural fibers for fiber-reinforced composites
• Synthesis and use of hedgehog particle catalysts for photochemical reduction of CO₂

Publications

• Bryce, Faber, Rubin, & Corpora. (2023). Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification: Issue Brief
• Faber, Merchant, & McQueen. (2023). Why we’re in a business we wish didn’t need to exist. Cipher
• Faber. (2022). Rapidly reducing the costs of carbon removal
• Faber, Ruttinger, Langhorst, Strunge, Zimmermann, van der Hulst, Moni, Bensebaa, & Tao. (2022). Adapting Technology Learning Curves for Prospective Techno-Economic and Life Cycle Assessments of Emerging Carbon Capture and Utilization Pathways. Frontiers in Climate
• Kowalski, Faber, & Cave. (2023). PEM CO₂ electrolyzers from an industrial perspective. Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry
• Faber & Sick. (2022). Identifying and Mitigating Greenwashing of Carbon Utilization Products
• Langhorst et al. (2022). Techno-Economic Assessment & Life Cycle Assessment Guidelines for CO₂ Utilization (Version 2.0)
• McCarty & Faber. (2022). Estimating the environmental benefits of plant-based nudging. International Journal of Environmental Studies
• Faber, Mangin, Olfe-Kraütlein, & Schaidle. (2022). AssessCCUS: An Integrated Approach for Aggregating Resources to Enable Techno-Economic and Life Cycle Assessment of Carbon Management Technologies. Frontiers in Climate
• Faber, Mangin, & Sick. (2021). Life Cycle and Techno-Economic Assessment Templates for Emerging Carbon Management Technologies. Frontiers in Sustainability
• Faber, Kirwan, McCarty, & Porter. (2021). A Framework for Implementing Resilience Hubs in Ypsilanti, Michigan
• Faber. (2021). A framework to estimate emissions from virtual conferences. International Journal of Environmental Studies
• Zimmermann et al. (2020). Techno-Economic Assessment & Life Cycle Assessment Guidelines for CO₂ Utilization (Version 1.1)
• Sick et al. (2019). The need for and path to harmonized life cycle assessment and techno-economic assessment for carbon dioxide capture and utilization. Energy Technology