Alison Marklein is an ecosystem biogeochemist with a focus on food security, climate resilience, and nutrient management who currently is Staff Scientist at the carbon sequestration startup Eion. She received her BA from Cornell University in 2008 and her PhD from UC Davis in 2014, and has since worked for UC Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley Lab, and UC Riverside. Specifically, her work aims are to reduce pollutants, including greenhouse gases, improve crop nutrition, capture carbon, and increase water use efficiency, with the overarching goal of improving socio-economic justice and equity. Alison is also an accomplished musician.
