Our Team
We have experts from leading institutions worldwide working together to ensure the mission's success.
We are grateful to the supporters who made this project possible.
- Arnold Ventures
- The Audacious Project
- Ballmer Group
- D N Batten Foundation
- The Benificus Foundation
- Bezos Earth Fund
- Christina and Jeffrey Bird
- Builders Vision
- Catena Foundation
- The Ting Tsung and Wei Fong Chao Foundation
- The Children's Investment Fund Foundation
- J and Suzanne Crandall
- Rachel Crane
- John S. Curry
- Aart de Geus and Esther John
- Duff & Phelps Charitable Foundation
- Tony Fadell
- Global Methane Hub
- Bev Grant
- Heising-Simons Family Fund
- Barbara and Amos Hostetter
- King Philanthropies
- The Lemelson Foundation
- Patrick J. McGovern Foundation
- Julie and Ian McGuire
- The Cynthia & George Mitchell Foundation
- New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment
- Charles M. Nunzio
- Bill and Susan Oberndorf Foundation
- Pat and Patti O'Donnell
- Signe Ostby and Scott Cook
- The Parke Family
- Quadrivium Foundation
- Robertson Foundation
- Ted and Linda Schlein
- Skoll Foundation
- Skyline Foundation
- Three Cairns Group
- Three Graces Foundation
- Valhalla Foundation
- Andrew W. Verhalen
- Sue Wagner and Neal Leonard
- Zegar Family Foundation
- Anonymous Donors
Meet the team
Dr. Beata Bukosa's work on MethaneSAT includes developing the emission estimation models for agricultural diffuse sources, part of the New Zealand agricultural research programme.
Dr. Alex Geddes is a remote sensing scientist whose career has spanned atmospheric aerosols, trace gases, and cloud and radiation processes. Dr. Geddes plays a lead role in the agricultural component of the MethaneSAT and MethaneAIR, while also playing a central role in the newly funded FarmAI project, which leverages AI and Earth observation for farm-scale agricultural greenhouse gas monitoring. Recently appointed Remote Sensing Sector Lead, he is working to develop and support remote sensing capability across Earth Science NZ, bridging scientific innovation with national-scale applications.
Dr. Sara Mikaloff-Fletcher’s research focuses on using greenhouse gas observations from ground-based stations, aircraft, ships and satellites to quantify greenhouse gas emissions. She’s interested in quantifying greenhouse gas emissions and carbon uptake by the land biosphere at urban, regional, and national scale to support climate mitigation and policy. She is the Chief Scientist of the Changing Atmosphere Programme at Earth Science NZ. In addition, she is the Science Leader for New Zealand's MethaneSAT Science Programme, a multi-institutional research programme focused on mapping agricultural emissions around the world from satellite data.