Nathan Walworth, PhD

Nathan Walworth, PhD, is an entrepreneurial climate scientist and futurist with diverse expertise and roles. He is the Co-founder and CEO of Scape, a company developing coastal reactors that dissolve natural carbon-removing minerals in seawater to sequester CO2.5 Walworth holds an adjunct professor position at the University of Southern California, specializing in marine microbial evolution and biogeochemistry.1

His work spans multiple areas, including:

1. Carbon removal: As Vice President of Science Strategy at Project Vesta, he focuses on scaling nature-based strategies for gigaton carbon removal using oceans.2

2. Biotechnology: He serves as an Adjunct Scientist at the J. Craig Venter Institute, working on genetic regulation of microbes for medical and environmental research.2

3. Future technologies: Walworth co-founded the NEXUS Futurism Group, which convenes leaders to guide ethical advancement in emerging technologies.23

4. Education: He is a Lecturer in the Department of Regenerative Studies at Cal Poly Pomona.4

5. Cultural trends: Walworth is on the Advisory Board for sparks & honey, an AI-driven culture prediction company.26

Academically, Walworth holds a PhD in Microbiology and Biogeochemistry from the University of Southern California, an M.Sc. in Molecular Ecology from Lund University in Sweden, and a B.Sc. in Marine Biology and Microbiology from the University of California, Santa Cruz.2