About CARML
To help accelerate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions mitigation at local to global scales, CARML is working to educate the next generation of climate leaders, and to foster both fundamental and applied research at the cutting edge of GHG accounting, reporting and management.
Improve understanding of the role that terrestrial ecosystems play in both contributing to and potentially mitigating GHG emissions to the atmosphere
Development of new methods, data products, and tools to support the quantification of GHG emissions throughout the entire value-chain of communities, organizations and corporation
Creation of novel education programs that foster student and public understanding of climate change and the importance of GHG mitigation and management
CARML was created to democratize climate action by increasing access to the tools and knowledge needed to track and reduce human-caused carbon emissions.
As the urgency for climate action intensifies, companies, investors and communities are rapidly working to demonstrate their commitment to, and progress towards, decarbonization. As a result, the demand for professionals skilled in carbon accounting and emission management is growing exponentially.
CARML's Mission:
CARML’s mission is to foster and accelerate climate action leadership. We blend rigorous training in the fundamentals of carbon accounting with a hands-on experiential learning environment. Students sharpen their professional skills while providing affordable carbon accounting services to the community. By combining experiential education, community engagement, and needs driven research, CARML is helping to cultivate the next generation of climate leaders.
Our Team
CARML was founded to foster public, private, and community partnerships in the area of GHG mitigation and management. The lab also serves as an experiential learning environment for students in order to train the next generation of climate professionals.
Dr. Debbie Huntzinger / Director and Co-Founder
Dr. Huntzinger is a Professor in the School of Earth and the Sustainability at Northern Arizona University. She is an engineer by training, with a bachelor’s, master’s, and Ph.D. in Geological Engineering. Throughout her career, her research has focused on improving the understanding of complex environmental systems and our ability to forecast their future variability. Her research focuses mainly on advancing understanding of land carbon cycle interactions and feedbacks with Earth’s climate system, and in improving greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting and tracking GHG flows throughout the supply chains of communities and organizations.
Dr. Huntzinger is also the creator and director of NAU’s Professional and Graduate GHG Accounting Certificate Programs.
Brandon McNamara / Associate Director and Co-Founder
Brandon came to NAU from a career in corporate greenhouse gas accounting, where he developed tools and techniques for accounting scope 3 GHG emissions. At NAU Brandon researches how interoperable systems of GHG accounting can mobilize increasing flows of capital into climate action and close the climate finance gap.
Amy Wolkowinsky / Lead Project Scientist
Amy is earth scientist by training with degrees in Environmental Science and Geology. She is a registered professional geologist (R.G.) with experience in oil and gas, environmental consulting, academia, and climate-tech startups. Her recent work has focused on developing innovative solutions to support climate action; from leveraging big data and supercomputing to quantify community-scale emissions, to using smart technology in support of residential clean cooling solutions, and ecoinformatics to develop new tools for forest carbon measurement.
Heather Aaron / Industry Advisor
Heather received her Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Science and Master of Science degree in Climate Science and Solutions from Northern Arizona University. She has 10+ years experience working in the areas of carbon accounting/management, energy and water optimization, target setting, emissions disclosure, and development of emission mitigation strategies. In her current role as a Global Business Solutions Director, she works to connect organizations with the technology and expertise needed to decarbonize their operations and portfolio. Heather also serves as an industry advisor for the Greenhouse Gas Accounting Certificate programs and is an instructor for the not-for-credit version of the this program geared towards working professionals.
Dr. Jeralyn Poe
Jeralyn Poe is postdoctoral researcher working to reduce land carbon model uncertainty in the Arctic using innovative model benchmarking approaches.