Noah McQueen - PhD

Research topics:
Hydrogen Production & Storage
Carbon Capture, Utilization, & Storage
Mineral Carbonization
Ammonia Production
Trace Metal Capture
Life Cycle Analysis
Techno-economic Assessment

Noah McQueen - PhD

Research topics:
Hydrogen Production & Storage
Carbon Capture, Utilization, & Storage
Mineral Carbonization
Ammonia Production
Trace Metal Capture
Life Cycle Analysis
Techno-economic Assessment

Bio

Noah McQueen (they/them, he/him) is a Ph.D. Candidate in Chemical Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania and holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines. Noah’s research surrounds carbon capture and removal, with a focus on carbon mineralization technologies and direct air capture systems. This includes the use of both techno-economic analyses and life cycle assessments to evaluate the technical and economic feasibility of carbon removal systems. In addition to being a PhD student at UPenn, Noah is also co-founder and head of research at Heirloom Carbon Technologies, which is focused on deploying a mineralization-based direct air capture process on the industrial scale. Noah is also a science advisor for Carbon Direct, which provides both scientific advisory services and investments in carbon removal and utilization.

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Publications

  1. N. McQueen, K. Vaz Gomes, C. McCormick, K. Blumanthal, M. Pisciotta, and J.Wilcox, “A Review of Direct Air Capture (DAC): Scaling Up Commercial Technologies and Innovating for the Future,” Progress in Energy (2021).
  2. N. McQueen, M. Desmond, P. Psarras, R. Socolow, and J. Wilcox, “Natural Gas versus Electricity for Solvent-Based Direct Air Capture,” Frontiers in Climate | Negative Emissions Technologies, 2021.
  3. N. McQueen, B. Kolosz, and C. McCormick, “Analysis and Quantifications of Negative Emissions,” CDR Primer, edited by J. Wilcox, B.  Kolosz, J. Freeman, 2021. 
  4. N. McQueen and J. Wilcox, “The Building Blocks of CDR Systems: Direct Air Capture,” CDR Primer, edited. By J. Wilcox, B. Kolosz, J. Freeman, 2021. 
  5. K. Lebling, N. McQueen, M. Pisciotta, and J. Wilcox (2021) Direct Air Capture: Resource Considerations and Costs for Carbon Removal, World Resources Institute. Available Online: https://www.wri.org/insights/direct-air-capture-resource-considerations-and-costs-carbon-removal.
  6. N. McQueen (2021) How Oil and Gas Companies Can Fight Climate Change, Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the University of Pennsylvania. Available Online: https://kleinmanenergy.upenn.edu/news-insights/how-oil-and-gas-companies-can-fight-climate-change/ 
  7. N. McQueen, P. B. Kelemen, G. Dipple, P. Renforth, and J. Wilcox, “Ambient weathering of magnesium oxide for CO2 Removal from Air,” Nature Communications, 2020. 
  8. N. McQueen et al., “Cost Analysis of Direct Air Capture and Sequestration Coupled to Low-Carbon Thermal Energy in the United States,” Environ. Sci. Technol., 2020. 
  9. N. McQueen, C. M. Woodall, P. Psarras, and J. Wilcox, “Chapter 11. CCS in the Iron and Steel Industry,” in Carbon Capture and Storage, Niall MacDowell, Ed. 2019, pp. 353–391.
  10. C. Woodall, N. McQueen, and J. Wilcox, “Carbon mineralization using plagioclase feldspar-rick mine tailings: characterization and cation extraction,” SSRN. 2021. 
  11. P. B. Kelemen, N. McQueen, J. Wilcox, P. Renforth, G. Dipple, and A. Paukert Vankeuren, “Engineered Carbon Mineralization in Ultramafic Rocks for CO2 Removal from Air with Permanent Solid Storage,” J. Chem. Geol., 2020.
  12. H. Pilorgé, N. McQueen et al., “Cost Analysis of Carbon Capture and Storage of Process Emissions from the US Industrial Sector,” Environ. Sci. Technol., 2020. 
  13. P. Psarras, J. He, H. Pilorgé, N. McQueen et al., “Cost Analysis of Carbon Capture and Storage from U.S. Natural Gas-Fired Power Plants,”  Environ. Sci. Technol., 2020. 
  14. S. E. Baker, et al. (Author 22 of 24), “Getting to Neutral: Options for Negative Emissions in California” (2020). 
  15. C. Woodall, N. McQueen, H. Pilorgé, and J. Wilcox, “Utilization of Mineral Carbonation Products: Current State and Potential,” Greenh. Gas Sci. Technol., 2019.

Other Media: 

  1. E. Belmont, J. Freeman, N. McQueen, P. Psarras, T.  Rinberg and A. Stone (2021) Energy Policy Now Podcast: A Primer on Carbon Dioxide Removal, Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the University of Pennsylvania. Available Online: https://kleinmanenergy.upenn.edu/podcast/a-primer-on-carbon-dioxide-removal/ 
  2. S. Samala and N. McQueen (2021) Startup Series: Heirloom, My Climate Journey Podcast. Available Online: https://www.myclimatejourney.co/ctss-episodes
  3. H. Pilorgé, N. McQueen, P. Psarras, C. M. Woodall, J. Wilcox (presenting author) (2020) DAC paired with industrial waste heat as a path towards carbon neutrality for the U.S. industrial sector. Talk, Applied Energy Symposium MIT A+B. Available Online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbLvouX20Ow