Paris received his PhD in Geophysics from the MIT/WHOI Joint Program. He earned his BS from the University of South Carolina in Geophysics. He is a member of the Einstein Rock Mechanics Group at MIT, where his research is focused on conducting laboratory experiments to study the effects of high-voltage electricity on decreasing rock strength for applications in enhanced geothermal systems and unconventional reservoirs. He co-founded Eden in 2017 and leads the development of the company’s core electrical stimulation technology and go-to-market strategy.

His awards and accomplishments include the NSF GRFP, NSF I-CORPS–Entrepreneurial lead, Entrepreneur Magazine’s “Young Millionaires” 2020 edition, EY–Entrepreneur Access Network 2021, and Forbes 30 Under 30–Energy Honoree 2021. He has given talks at Babson and Brandeis Universities and numerous high schools in the Boston area about the role of renewable geothermal energy in meeting UN 2050 decarbonization goals.

Marybeth spent 6 years in the oil and gas industry at ExxonMobil as a production and development geoscientist. She specializes in well planning and optimization, risk and uncertainty management, subsurface characterization, quantitative geophysics, opportunity generation, and reservoir monitoring. In her previous roles she supported producing offshore oil fields in the Gulf of Mexico and the Liza, Guyana Development. She has experience processing seismic data, including borehole, surface, streamer, and ocean bottom node surveys. As a production geoscientist, she analyzed production data and well tests, assessed reserves, and planned infill wells. As a development geoscientist, she optimized and planned geo-steering operations for 40+ wells in the Liza Field. She earned her BS in Geophysics from the University of South Carolina.

She joined Eden in 2021, where she is working as the COO as well as the principal exploration geoscientist for geothermal development, supporting reservoir modeling efforts, and planning field operations for the company’s reservoir stimulation projects.

Rafael received his PhD from MIT in Geomechanics. He holds a BS and M.Eng. in Civil and Environmental Engineering, and a BS in Environmental Sciences from Alfonso X University (Spain). He also holds a MS in Geotechnical Engineering from University of Vermont. During his doctoral work, he studied different physical processes in stressed rough fractures, including rock deformation, fluid flow, and mass transport. He has extensive experience in digital fabrication, and in the development of new laboratory apparatus and experimental protocols. He joined Eden in 2022 and leads the R&D experimental program.

Paul Cole is Eden's Head of Subsurface Engineering, developing operational best practices, safety procedures, and stimulation design. Additionally, Paul leads the product development and commercialization function for Eden. He joined Eden in September 2022 after receiving his MBA from MIT's Sloan School of Management, where he focused on strategic planning, energy economics, and organizational culture. He also holds a BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Oklahoma.

Paul spent fifteen years working for SLB in numerous roles, including Field Engineer, District Technical Engineer, Field Service Manager, and Sales Engineer. His most recent role was OneStim Sales Manager–OKC and Midland. Paul brings extensive knowledge and experience in field operations, stimulation design, and business development spanning nearly every shale basin in the United States. Paul is excited to contribute his skills and abilities to deliver consistent, reliable energy while reducing carbon emissions as part of the energy transition.

Alexis Templeton received her PhD from Stanford University in Environmental Geochemistry, and a MS and AB in Earth Sciences from Dartmouth College.

During her career, Alexis has built field-based and laboratory-based research programs in Geochemistry and Geobiology at the University of Colorado, where she is a Professor in the Department of Geological Sciences. Her research utilizes spectroscopic, mineralogical, isotopic and environmental microbiology tools to characterize the chemical and biological states of systems undergoing active water/rock interaction, including the production of energy sources such as hydrogen and methane. Her research program has been supported by NASA, DOE, NSF, Packard Foundation, Simons Foundation, Advanced Industries Accelerator Program, and the Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment, to conduct investigations of the integrated geochemical, hydrological and biological processes occurring in subsurface hard-rock aquifers and hydrothermal systems. Her work has been recognized by awards from the Mineralogical Society of America, the Geological Society of America, the Advanced Photon Source, and the Geochemical Society.

Alexis joined Eden in 2023 as the Head of Geochemistry, to lead a team within Eden’s R&D program that optimizes the geochemical processes promoted by Eden’s electrical stimulation technology, including the production of geological hydrogen, extraction of critical metals and acceleration of mineral carbonation reactions

Spencer received his PhD from the Colorado School of Mines in Geochemistry. He holds a BS in Geophysics and a BS in ConstructionManagement with a Minor in Technical Sales from Louisiana State University. During his doctoral work, he researched how carbonate units modifymagmatic-hydrothermal fluids and mineral petrogenesis, high-precisiongeochronology of magmatic-hydrothermal mineralization, and mineral trace element geochemistry as provenance indicators of a magmatic-hydrothermal origin.

After receiving his PhD, he worked as a Lead Scientist for Booz Allen Hamilton, supporting industry and government programs related to carbon sequestration. He also worked as a Technological Systems Engineer andTechnical Assistance (SETA) for the Department of Energy's Advanced ResearchProjects Agency for Energy, supporting the development and management of government programs related to critical minerals, new mining technology, hydrogen, and advanced subsurface characterization techniques. He joined Eden in 2023 as the Head of Mining and Carbon Mineralization.

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Ms. Hambrock is Chief of Staff at Eden focusing on projects in commercialization, finance, operations, and strategy. Desi joined Eden to leverage her knowledge of scaling early-stage companies and energy transition financing.

Prior to Eden, Desi worked at Hitachi Ventures, the venture arm of the Japanese conglomerate Hitachi, where she dealt with early-stage investments in climate tech companies and has also co-founded a company called Spacept that supports large energy and infrastructure companies in mitigating risks from climate change. She additionally has worked in business development at Lenovo in Singapore in the high-performance computing division and has worked in operations and research for the U.S. Department of State in Germany. Desi completed her MSc. degree at Imperial College London in Climate Science and Finance. She holds a B.S. degree in Finance and International Business from the University of South Carolina Honors College.

Chunfang has done extensive research on fracture mechanics, reservoir flow and poro-elasticity, fault/seismic dynamics, and high-performance computing as a postdoc and research scientist at Stanford University and MIT before joining Eden. He also worked at Shell for 2 years as a reservoir engineering. He received his PhD in Mathematics from Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands. He holds a BS degree from Xi’an Jiaotong University, China, in nuclear engineering and a MS in applied mathematics.

At Eden, he leads the numerical modeling of electrical stimulation technology from the micro-pore to reservoir scale. Chunfang has worked on several projects sponsored by the Department of Energy, National Science Foundation (NSF), and many other institutes. He also works on an NSF project to investigate electrical current-induced fracturing.

Ali received his PhD from University of Minnesota in Civil Engineering. He also holds a BS in Mining Engineering from University of Tehran (Iran) and a MS in Mineral Engineering from New Mexico Tech. Ali has extensive experience in conventional and novel testing of geomaterials at different pressures and temperatures and over various time and length scales. He joined Eden in 2022 as a R&D laboratory engineer and is taking an active role in the development of new experimental apparatuses and testing protocols in experimental rock mechanics.

Chase received his PhD from Clarkson University in Chemical Engineering with a focus on High Voltage Electrical Discharge Plasmas. He holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and a M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Clarkson University. During his masters, he studied the various methods for high voltage generation, dielectric failure testing and surface modification. His PhD focused on the use of pulsed high voltage plasmas to remediate PFAS impacted water. As part of his PhD, he helped develop and deploy the first in field plasma-based water treatment system for the remediation of PFAS impacted ground water. After completing his PhD, Chase joined a startup company focused on the remediation of PFAS impacted water using high voltage electrical discharge plasmas. He managed a small team of engineers, technicians and interns through the development of new technologies and lead multiple successful field deployments as the technical and EHS lead.

Chase joined Eden in 2023 as a Senior High-Voltage Power Engineer. He brings experience in experimental design, high voltage product development, chemical reactor design, product design and scale up, and design for manufacturability and assembly. Chase joined Eden to apply his multidisciplinary expertise toward building a cleaner and more sustainable future.

Adrian has extensive research experience on mathematical modeling and numerical simulation of problems at the interface of geophysics and engineering. He has worked on a wide range of relevant problems, including multiphase flow in porous media, reactive transport, soil carbon cycle, hydraulic fracture, and thermo-fluid-coupled multiphase systems.

Before joining the Simulations & AI team at Eden as a Computational Geoscientist, Adrian worked as a Research Scientist in the Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering at Caltech, and as a Postdoctoral Researcher in the School of Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University. He holds a PhD in Civil Engineering from University of A Coruña (Spain) and an MS in Civil Engineering from Polytechnic University of Madrid (Spain).

Bailey graduated from Tufts University with a BS in Mechanical Engineering. At Tufts’ Bray PAL Labs & Shops, Bailey gained valuable industry experience in machining, mechanical design, and rapid prototyping, where he led student workshops for general fabrication techniques in addition to manual mill and lathe specific training sessions. In addition, he has extensive project experience in mechatronics and microcontroller projects, including creating an autonomous sticker placing robot as part of his senior design project.

Bailey spent the summer of 2022 working as the Crew Lead for the Northwest Youth Corps. He coordinated all logistical aspects of conservation work and guided groups of teenagers through an intensive summer camping season. Additionally, he has experience as a professional bike mechanic and is a certified Shimano road drivetrain technician. He is passionate about conservation work and creating technology for a more sustainable future for our planet.

Patrick graduated from Tufts University with a BS in Mechanical Engineering. Through coursework and personal projects, Patrick gained extensive experience with fabrication and mechanical design, as well as how to effectively combine the two.

At Eden, Patrick is a Mechanical Design Engineer who works on developing test apparatus to expand the R&D lab’s capabilities, and supporting field scale equipment development. Patrick specializes in machine design, hydraulic systems design, and High-Voltage systems.

Jacob graduated from Tufts University with a BS in Chemistry and Environmental Geology. Within the chemistry department, Jacob conducted analytical chemistry research with a focus on planetary chemical analysis and astrobiology. He gained valuable experience in sample preparation and method development as well as analytical characterization using chromatography and mass spectrometry. Previous projects include biomedical and clinical research at the University of Pennsylvania.

At Eden, Jacob is an R&D Geochemist Associate focusing on experimental preparation and characterization of fluids and gases following water-rock interaction. Jacob joined Eden to apply his background in analytical experimentation toward challenges in clean energy generation and geochemical reactions.

Jonas holds a PhD in Earth and Environmental Sciences from the University of Pennsylvania. He holds a BS in Geoscience and a BA in Planetary Science from Hobart and William Smith Colleges. His doctoral thesis focused on the geology of hard rock lithium deposits collecting samples in five different countries, the geochemistry of surface waters adjacent to these deposits, modeling of the water-rock interactions in these systems, and laboratory leaching experiments. During his PhD, he consulted for a Li-exploration project in Eastern Europe.

He joined Eden in 2024 as an Aqueous Geochemist, assisting Eden in pushing the boundaries of in-situ mining, hydrogen production, and carbon sequestration projects.