EXPERIENCE

LI-COR Science & Strategy Fellowⓘ LI-COR Biosciences, Battery Ventures Group 2022-Present Provide scientific and strategic leadership and high-level guidance for the company's long-term planning and mid-term initiatives. Identify and assess the latest research and discoveries, outline relevant opportunities and risks, and initiate and implement appropriate programs, projects, and collaborations. Work closely with department directors, VPs, and C-suite to coordinate, validate, and guide efforts to translate the needs of the research community into new solutions and corporate strategy. Initiate and develop partner strategies and corporate initiatives, as well as novel ideas, techniques, and protocols for state-of-the-art science and technology. Lead and serve as a Principal Investigator for major projects. Founder & Principal Carbon Dew TM 2022-Present Lead and develop the organization jointly with a fellow founder Dr. Stefan Metzger. Carbon DewTM is an international entity with an overall vision of bringing together a broad range of stakeholders to jointly unlock solutions that will significantly enhance environmental quality, boost economic stability, and optimize the use of resources by promoting solutions, anchored in and guided by direct measurements of carbon, water, GHG, and heat exchange in and out of the air. NAI Senior Member National Academy of Inventors 2019-Present Elected Senior Member of the National Academy of Inventors for producing technologies that bring real impact on the welfare of society, and for success in patenting, licensing, and commercialization of such technologies. Recognized as one of 66 leaders in the field of environmental sciences and R&D who demonstrated dedication to improving society through invention and paved the way to future generations of innovators, and appointed to NAI Advisory Committee. NAI represents over 250 universities and institutes worldwide, including Harvard, Princeton and Yale Universities, MIT, Mayo Clinic, National Institutes of Health, Smithsonian Institution, etc. Global Fellow Robert B. Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute 2016-Present Complement the Robert B. Daugherty Water for Food Institute Leadership's expertise expanding the Institute's capacity to implement projects internationally. Provide substantial and significant contributions to the Institute's global research, scholarship, proposal development, engagement and education programs. Strategic Advisor & Consultant Water, Energy, Carbon 2014-Present Run a small business specializing in environmental and educational consulting services. Multiple client engagements, seamless project execution, and high client satisfaction. Strong business relationships, resulting in repeat business and referrals. Strict ROI prioritization, budgeting, planning, and carefully crafted agreements. Graduate Adjunct Professor, Bio-Atmospheric Interactions School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska-Lincoln 2008-Present Collaborate with universities and other research organizations on scientific strategies, funding proposals, research projects, academic services, development and testing new measurement methods and systems for measurements of gas exchange and environmental monitoring. Serve on graduate and supervisory committees, grant review boards, and other academic working groups. Owner & Photographer George Burba Photography Present Run a small family business of travel photography. Manage travel schedules, multiple large portfolios, photo production and business relationships working with 30+ photographic agencies, magazines and design firms. Selected among best American photographers for a contract with "America 24/7" project, aka "One Day in the Life of The United States". Photos appeared in over 160 premier international and national magazines, newspapers, and in over 120 books, including publications by National Geographic, Time, Nature, Science, Esquire, Actuelle, and multiple travel guides such as Frommer's, Fodor's, Forbes, Ulysses, Moon, etc. PAST Advisory Board Member CarbonSpace 2022-2025 Complement the CarbonSpace Leadership's expertise in expanding the capacity of their disruptive Artificial Intelligence and satellite-powered B2B SaaS Platform for Carbon and GHG emissions monitoring and verification. Contribute to the company's scientific and marketing roadmaps, and assist in the acquisition of strategic partners and key industry allies. Act as a mentor, providing strategic advice, most current knowledge, critical thinking, and analysis. LI-COR Science & Strategy Fellowⓘ LI-COR Biosciences 2019-2022 Provide scientific and strategic leadership for the company’s long-term planning and short-term initiatives. Identify and assess the latest research and discovery, outline relevant opportunities and risks, and initiate and implement appropriate programs, projects and collaborations. Work closely with directors of departments and group leads to coordinate, validate and guide the efforts to translate the needs of the research community into new solutions. Initiate and develop novel ideas, techniques and protocols for state-of-the-art science and technology, manage related experimental and theoretical studies, lead and serve as a Principal Investigator for major projects. LI-COR Science Fellowⓘ Research & Development, LI-COR Biosciences 2017-2019 Provide scientific leadership for long-term strategic planning and short-term tactical initiatives. Identify, initiate and implement relevant programs, projects and collaborations. Lead, and serve as a Principal Investigator on the development teams for major new products, applications and methods. Develop novel ideas, techniques and protocols for state-of-the-art science and technology, and manage related experiments and theoretical studies. Solve complex scientific and technical problems. Mentor other scientists and research groups. Principal Scientist & Technical Group Leader Advanced Research & Development, LI-COR Biosciences 2013-2017 Lead multi-disciplinary research teams of Ph.D. and M.S. level scientists, and provide organization and oversight of 260+ research projects and activities related to development of new technologies and methods for state-of-the-art measurement systems designed to study and monitor atmosphere-biosphere interactions, trace gas and energy exchange, and other environmental processes and parameters. Identify, initiate, and implement relevant projects and experiments, develop new methodologies, and conduct related theoretical studies. Founding member of the Strategic Exploration Team. Principal Scientist Advanced Research & Development, LI-COR Biosciences 2010-2013 Identify and develop new technologies and methods for state-of-the-art environmental measurements designed to study and monitor atmosphere-biosphere interactions, trace gas, energy and radiative exchange, and other environmental processes and parameters. Design relevant experiments, develop new methodologies, and conduct related theoretical studies. TEACHING 2010-Present: Continually updated and developed new curriculum and content, and taught multiple courses on the turbulence transport theory, environmental instrumentation, experiment design and applications as a part of LI-COR Biosciences Education Series. Developed classes on the physics and methodology behind open-path and closed-path CO2, H2O and CH4 ecosystem flux measurements, and taught as a part of Summer Course on Flux Observations and Advanced Modelling at the University of Colorado-Boulder, University of Nebraska Education Series, Western Sydney University, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, ICOS-NEON Joint Courses at Haute-Provence National Observatory, AsiaFlux Network, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Vienna, National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research in New Zealand, Northern Arizona University, University of California-Berkeley, Waikato University, and multiple other institutions. 2017-2021: Graduate Committee, School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Levi McPhillips, Ph.D. Program in Animal GHG Emissions. 2014-2015: Graduate Committee, School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Taylor Thomas, M.S. Program in Bio-Atmospheric Interactions. INVITED LECTURES, COURSES, WORKSHOPS [update due] 2018, June: Basic Theory of Eddy Covariance Method LI-COR Biosciences, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA 2018, June: Planning and Executing Eddy Covariance Experiment LI-COR Biosciences, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA 2018, June: Fundamental Design of Eddy Covariance Instrumentation LI-COR Biosciences, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA 2018, January: Eddy Covariance Method LI-COR Biosciences, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA 2018, January: Eddy Covariance Experiment Design LI-COR Biosciences, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA 2017, November (invited): Recent Hardware, Software and Web Tools for Running a Network of Flux Stations and Cross-Sharing the Data Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Richmond, Australia (planned) 2017, October (invited): Latest Advancements in Ecosystem Instrumentation: Combination of Hardware, Software and Web Tools for Running a Network of Flux Stations, Sharing Data Access, and Ground-Truthing Remote Sensing Data and Models Helmholtz GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany (planned) 2017, May: Eddy Covariance Experiment Design LI-COR Biosciences, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA 2017, May: General Theory of Eddy Covariance Method LI-COR Biosciences, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA 2016, November (invited): Latest Combination of Hardware, Software and Web Tools for Running a Network of Multiple EC Stations, Sharing Sites and Data Access Training Course on Eddy Covariance & GHG Flux Estimation, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, India 2016, November (invited): Fundamental Design of EC Instrumentation and Latest CO2 and H2O Flux Research Systems (Parts I & II) Training Course on Eddy Covariance & GHG Flux Estimation, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, India 2016, November (invited): Designing and Implementing Eddy Covariance Experiments in Various Applications (Parts I & II) Training Course on Eddy Covariance & GHG Flux Estimation, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, India 2016, November (invited): Major Assumptions and Requirements of EC Method Particularly Important for the Experiment Design (Parts I & II) Training Course on Eddy Covariance & GHG Flux Estimation, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, India 2016, August: Theoretical Framework of Eddy Covariance Methodology LI-COR Biosciences, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA 2016, August: Key Stages in Eddy Covariance Experimentation LI-COR Biosciences, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA 2016, January: Designing and Conducting Eddy Covariance Experiment LI-COR Biosciences, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA 2015, November: Eddy Flux Measurements: Applications & Experimental Design LI-COR Biosciences, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA 2015, August: Eddy Flux Measurements: Applications & Experimental Design LI-COR Biosciences, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA 2015, June: What Data Do We Want and What Flux Station Actually Does? ICOS-NEON Greenhouse Gas Training Workshop, Haute-Provence National Observatory, France 2015, June: Eddy Flux Measurements: Experiment Design - What Do We Actually Measure, Why and How? ICOS-NEON Greenhouse Gas Training Workshop, Haute-Provence National Observatory, France 2015, June: Eddy Flux Measurements: The Very Basic Theory ICOS-NEON Greenhouse Gas Training Workshop, Haute-Provence National Observatory, France 2015, May: Methane flux measurements from fully automated low-power eddy covariance stations MexFlux Session, Mexican Carbon Program, University of Tabasco, Villahermosa, Mexico 2015, January: Flux Tower Measurements LI-COR Biosciences, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA 2015, January: Eddy Covariance Method, Part II: Experiment Design LI-COR Biosciences, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA 2014, December: Eddy Covariance. Part I: Basic Theory AsiaFlux International Research Network Training Course, Cat Tien NP, Vietnam 2014, December: Eddy Covariance. Part II: Experiment Design AsiaFlux International Research Network Training Course, Cat Tien NP, Vietnam 2014, December: Eddy Covariance. Part III: Basic Instrument Design AsiaFlux International Research Network Training Course, Cat Tien NP, Vietnam 2014, December: Basics of Non-destructive Leaf Area Measurements AsiaFlux International Research Network Training Course, Cat Tien NP, Vietnam 2014, November (invited): Principles of Instrument Design for Eddy Covarince Method Microclimate Course NRES408/808, AGRO408/808, GEOG408/808, METR408/808. University of Nebraska, Lincoln, USA 2014, October: Direct Measurements of ET from Flux Towers Side Event, 2014 Global Water For Food Conference, Seattle, Washington, USA 2014, October (invited): Overview of Eddy Covariance Technique: Basics of Methodology, Applications and Workflow University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia 2014, October (invited): Ecosystem-level Measurements of Methane Flux: Remote, Low-power, Permanent, and Mobile University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia 2014, September (invited): Eddy Covariance Method: Concept of Flux Transport, Key Equations, Major Assumptions and Requirements OzFlux Australian National Ecosystem Research Network, Alice Springs, Australia 2014, September (invited): Designing and Implementing Eddy Covariance Experiments for Various Applications OzFlux Australian National Ecosystem Research Network, Alice Springs, Australia 2014, September (invited): Fundamental Design of Eddy Covariance Instrumentation OzFlux Australian National Ecosystem Research Network, Alice Springs, Australia 2014, August: Designing and Implementing Flux Experiments for Various Applications LI-COR Biosciences, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA 2014, August: Basics of Turbulent Transport Measurements LI-COR Biosciences, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA 2014, June: Eddy Covariance Method: Experiment Design and Implementation LI-COR Biosciences, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA 2014, June: Eddy Covariance Method: Theory LI-COR Biosciences, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA 2014, Spring Semester: NRES-896: Eddy Covariance Measurement Techniques and Bio-Physical Models applied to Evapotranspiration Research Graduate Independent Study University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, USA 2014, April (invited): Eddy Covariance Method: Experiment Design, Implementation and Applications University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria 2014, April (invited): Eddy Covariance Method: Principles and Key Elements of Instrument Design University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria 2014, April (invited): Eddy Covariance Method: Theory University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria 2014, February: Concept of Flux Transport, Key Equations, Major Assumptions and Requirements of Eddy Covariance Method National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research, Christchurch, New Zealand 2014, February: Designing and Implementing Eddy Covariance Experiments for Various Applications National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research, Christchurch, New Zealand 2014, February: Principles and Key Elements of Instrument Design for Eddy Covariance Measurements National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research, Christchurch, New Zealand 2014, January: Planning and Executing Eddy Covariance Experiment Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA 2014, January: Fundamental Design of Eddy Covariance Instrumentation Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA 2014, January: Basic Theory of Eddy Covariance Method Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA 2013, October: Eddy Covariance Method: Experiment Design, Implementation and Applications LI-COR Biosciences, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA 2013, September: Eddy Covariance Method: Experiment Design, Implementation and Applications LI-COR Biosciences, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA 2013, July (invited): Eddy Flux Instrumentation, Gas Analyzers: Key Elements of Design, Methodology and Alternatives University of Colorado - Boulder, Nederland, Colorado, USA 2013, May: Eddy Covariance Method: Experiment Design, Implementation and Applications LI-COR Biosciences, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA 2013, April (invited): Eddy Covariance Method: Experiment Design, Implementation and Applications University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria 2013, April (invited): Eddy Covariance Method: Principles and Key Elements of Instrument Design University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria 2013, April (invited): Eddy Covariance Method: Theory University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria 2013, March: Eddy Covariance Method: Experiment Design, Implementation and Applications LI-COR Biosciences, Lincoln, NE, USA 2012, December (invited): Eddy Covariance Method: Experiment Design, Implementation and Applications David Brower Center, University of California - Berkeley, California, USA 2012, December (invited): Eddy Covariance Method: Principles and Key Elements of Instrument Design David Brower Center, University of California - Berkeley, California, USA 2012, December (invited): Eddy Covariance Method: Theory David Brower Center, University of California - Berkeley, California, USA 2012, October: Eddy Covariance System Design and Planning LI-COR Biosciences, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA 2012, September: Eddy Covariance System Design and Planning LI-COR Biosciences, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA 2012, July (invited): Eddy Flux Instrumentation, Gas Analyzers: Key Elements of Design, Methodology and Alternatives University of Colorado - Boulder, Nederland, Colorado, USA 2012, April: Eddy Covariance Method: Experiment Design, Implementation and Applications University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria 2012, April: Eddy Covariance Method: Principles and Key Elements of Instrument Design University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria 2012, April: Eddy Covariance Method: Theory University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria 2012, March: Eddy Covariance Experiment Design, Implementation and Applications LI-COR Biosciences, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA 2012, February: Eddy Covariance Experiment Design, Implementation and Applications LI-COR Biosciences, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA 2011, November (invited): Eddy Covariance Method: Basics Of Methodology, Applications and Workflow Waikato University/Auckland University, Hamilton, New Zealand 2011, October: Eddy Covariance Experiment Design, Implementation and Applications LI-COR Biosciences, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA 2011, October (invited): Eddy Covariance Method: Basics Of Methodology, Applications and Workflow Landcare Research/University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand 2011, October: Eddy Covariance Method: Brief Overview of Principles and Resources Lauder Atmospheric Research Station, NIWA, Otago, New Zealand 2011, August: Eddy Covariance Experiment Design, Implementation and Applications LI-COR Biosciences, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA 2011, July (invited): Eddy Flux Instrumentation, Gas Analyzers: Key Elements of Design, Methodology and Alternatives University of Colorado - Boulder, Nederland, Colorado, USA 2011, May: Eddy Covariance Experiment Design, Implementation and Applications LI-COR Biosciences, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA 2011, March: Eddy Covariance Experiment Design and Applications LI-COR Biosciences, Lincoln, NE, USA 2011, February (invited): Measurements of CH4 and Other Fluxes Using Eddy Covariance Technique: Instrument & Methodology Perspectives of Open-path Low-power Design University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA 2011, February: Planning Eddy Covariance Experiment: Design and Implementation LI-COR Biosciences, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA 2011, January: Review of Tower Flux Methods LI-COR Biosciences, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA 2010, July (invited): Measurements of CH4 Fluxes Using Eddy Covariance Technique University of Colorado - Boulder, Nederland, Colorado, USA (taught over 100 courses, workshops, seminars and invited lectures, including those for EPA, Battelle, NEON, Princeton, AsiaFlux, BASC, etc.; additionally presented over 400 presentations and webinars )