Director of Science
# Director of Science **Metalplant** · United States · `Remote` · `Full Time` 💼 **Уровень роли:** `Executive` 💰 **Компенсация:** `$100,000 – $120,000` 🕒 **Статус:** *Опубликовано: сегодня* · *Источник: Himalayas (JSON API)* --- ### Top Skills & Match 🎯 **Ключевой стек роли:** `[Chief-Scientific-Officer]` `[Science-Director]` `[Research-Director]` `[VP-of-Science]` `[Science-Lead]` `[Director-Of-Science]` `[Scientific-Director]` `[Director-of-Applied-Science]` `[Chief-Science-Officer]` --- ### About the Role Chief Scientific Officer (CSO) Location: Remote / US-Based (with travel to operations in Albania and conferences Reports To: Founders (CEO/COO) Direct Reports/Oversight: External Director of Ecology (Fractional), Project Managers, R&D Partners The Role We are seeking a Chief of Science to serve as the technical architect of our "farm-to-battery" value chain. You will be the strategic scientific leader overseeing four distinct technical pillars: Geochemistry (ERW), Plant Science (Agronomy/Genetics), Metallurgy, and Ecological Restoration. You will act as the primary bridge between our external partners (labs, universities, fractional directors) and the executive team, ensuring our science yields valid carbon credits, battery-grade nickel, and ecological co-benefits. Key Areas of Oversight & Responsibility 1. Enhanced Rock Weathering (ERW) & Carbon Science - Scientific Strategy: maximize weathering rates in coordination with Metalplant 's ERW partner who will be conducting MRV - Methodology Compliance: Manage the implementation of Metalplant 's CDR methodologies to ensure data from field trials meets buyers' standards and verification requirements 2. Plant Genetics & Agronomy - Genetics Program (ARPA-E): Oversee our ARPA-E (DOE) grant project and manage the partnership - Agronomic Optimization: Supervise field trials in Albania to optimize planting density and soil amendments. Ensure the balance between hyperaccumulator uptake, weathering and soil health is maintained 3. Process Metallurgy & Hydrometallurgy - Flow Sheet Development: Oversee the R&D partnership with US-based metallurgical labs - Commercial Scaling: Manage the technical transition from lab-scale extraction to a "Mini-Pilot" and eventual commercial processing, ensuring the final product meets the purity specifications of EV cathode manufacturers - Supply Chain Integration: Advise on the logistics of transporting reduced biomass ash from Albania to US processing facilities to ensure IRA (Inflation Reduction Act) compliance,. 4. Ecological Oversight (Managing the Fractional Director) - Direct Supervision: You will manage the Fractional Director of Ecology and Restoration , ensuring their work on Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA) and, - Environmental Safety: Accountability for the high-level interpretation of ecotoxicology data (Ni/Cr mobility) provided by the ecology team, monitoring of local watersheds - Restorative Strategy: Ensure the "End-of-Life" plans developed by the Ecology Director are scientifically sound, verifying that soil remediation targets permit the eventual return of land to food-crop agriculture Qualifications - Education: PhD in Geochemistry, Metallurgy, Plant Science, or a related interdisciplinary field. - Technical Breadth: The ability to "speak the language" of three distinct sciences: - Geochemistry: Understanding silicate weathering and enhanced rock weathering. - Agronomy/Plant Genetics: Understanding agronomy and breeding programs. - Metallurgy: Understanding hydrometallurgical acid leaching and precipitation. - Ecology: Understanding environmental systems, risk analysis, and restoration. - Leadership: Experience managing complex, multi-stakeholder projects (e.g., government grants, cross-border research partnerships) - Strategic Vision: Ability to translate complex technical data (XRDF, ICP-MS, RTM models) into strategic roadmaps for investors and commercial partners Why This Role? - Impact: You will lead the science behind the only technology capable of producing nickel that removes ~100 tonnes of CO2 per tonne of metal. - Resources: Work with secured non-dilutive funding (ARPA-E) and exclusive access to a billion-tonne+ olivine deposit. - Innovation: Manage cutting-edge initiatives to on-shore critical mineral production to the United States. Originally posted on Himalayas
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Наблюдалась 2026-10-01, впервые 2026-10-01, источник — Himalayas (JSON API).