Position Description:

Help our team scale novel and neglected solutions to climate change.

The Carbon Containment Lab (CC Lab) is hiring Interns for Summer 2025 to contribute to the Lab’s mission of developing innovative carbon reduction and containment approaches. Interns will support a range of different programs and projects aiming to advance the implementation of natural and engineered climate solutions. Interns will be expected to work 40 hours per week at a pay rate of $20/hr.

Start and end dates are subject to change and may be flexible depending on the Intern’s needs and/or their assigned project. We will be reviewing applications on a rolling basis. We value diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility, and belonging in our workplace and encourage students from underrepresented backgrounds to apply.

Responsibilities may include:

• Designing and executing research or project planning and implementation work relevant to the CC Lab’s projects.
• Collaborating with stakeholders, investors, policymakers, and decision-makers to understand their objectives and challenges in implementing carbon containment initiatives. 
• Interviewing subject matter experts and practitioners.
• Finding and processing existing datasets to extract and analyze relevant data with a variety of methods including statistical and spatial analysis. 
• Generating primary data where none exists through, for example, online research, interviews, surveys, lab bench trials, and field site data gathering. 
• Conducting quality assurance checks and due diligence. 
• Organizing files, contacts, research, data, and other relevant information for projects following CC Lab protocols and systems. 
• Preparing and presenting research outputs in various formats including briefs, reports, and presentations. 
• Keeping track of action items and next steps to advance projects. 
• Participating in CC Lab team meetings, brainstorming sessions, project planning processes, fieldwork, and administrative tasks as needed.
• For certain projects: assisting with laboratory research and experiments.

Possible research areas include:

• Existing and emerging negative emissions technologies.
• Legal, political, and regulatory issues associated with negative emissions technologies or their environmental and socio-economic impacts.
• CC Lab systems of interest: geologic carbon storage, industrial point source carbon capture, direct air carbon capture, enhanced mineral weathering, carbon sourcing and delivery, biomass carbon removal and storage, forest management and wildfire risk mitigation, bioenergy systems, and short-lived climate pollutants.
• High-Global Warming Potential gas destruction or abatement.
• Carbon markets and carbon finance.
• New projects in the CC Lab's pipeline.

Required qualifications:

• Desire to tackle the challenge of climate change with innovative and interdisciplinary approaches.
• Demonstrated interest in areas including climate change mitigation and adaptation, carbon removal/reduction, environmental policy/science, and clean energy and technology.
• Flexible, creative thinker able to investigate, interpret, and communicate data, science, and trends across several fields related to the CC Lab’s work.
• Proactive self-starter, resourceful, detail-oriented, with the ability to multi-task, learn quickly, stay organized, and work in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent interpersonal and teamwork skills, as well as written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills, demonstrated through a record of coursework and professional experience. Experience in finding and analyzing qualitative and quantitative data with a range of methods.
• Experience in conducting far-ranging research and academic literature reviews.
• Familiarity with Google Suite, MS Office Suite, Dropbox, and Zoom, and willingness to learn statistical and geospatial analysis software.

Preferred experience:

• Experience working with carbon capture, utilization, and storage technologies, environmental policy/science research, or environmental engineering projects.
• Coursework in economics, mathematics, Earth sciences, geology/geophysics, chemistry, physics, statistics and data science, computer science, materials science, environmental/mechanical/chemical/systems engineering, environmental management, environmental policy, environmental justice, social impact assessment, communications, and legal fields.   
• Familiarity with spatial analysis tools (such as QGIS, ArcGIS, or Google Earth Engine), data processing/statistical analysis tools (such as R, Python, or STATA), or data visualization tools.
• Experience conducting life cycle assessments, techno-economic assessments, or environmental impact studies.
• Experience in entrepreneurship, consulting, or working on multiple projects simultaneously.
• Experience in crafting communications materials in nonprofit or corporate settings.
• For certain projects: Masters/MBA or PhD students in Economics at the School of Management or the School of the Environment.
• For certain projects: Masters or PhD students in chemistry, environmental or chemical engineering, Earth sciences.
• For certain projects: experience conducting laboratory experiments and/or fieldwork.

How to Apply:

• Interested candidates should complete the application form linked on our website (https://carboncontainmentlab.org/jobs/2025-summer-intern), as well as email a resume, cover letter, and transcript (can be unofficial) to internhiring@cclab.org with the subject line "Intern(Summer 2025)" (completing both the form and email are required to successfully apply). 
• Current undergraduates are welcome to apply.
• Application Deadline: February 9 at 11:59 pm
• Interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis throughout January and February, with final notification made in late February/early March. 
• Internship Start Date: June 9 (flexible)

About the CC Lab: 

At the Carbon Containment Lab, we develop and support emergent climate solutions by applying scientific, entrepreneurial, and investment expertise. We approach the race against climate change as both a sprint and a marathon. Our sprint involves immediate work on the mitigation of short-lived climate pollutants, and our marathon focuses on building the long-term capacity for the removal and storage of carbon dioxide. In both cases, we focus on areas where we can be most helpful in moving great ideas into scaled implementation. We accomplish this in a number of ways including building partnerships and coalitions, developing scientific trials and tools, and, importantly, building trust and confidence in high-quality climate solutions.