Gabriel Chapin
About Gabriel Chapin
Gabe Chapin works in Carbon Project Operations, focusing on developing technology and building trust in the carbon market, particularly through community engagement and the use of remote sensing technology to enhance climate action.
Title: Carbon Project Operations
Gabe Chapin holds a position focused on Carbon Project Operations, where he works on various aspects crucial to the development and management of carbon projects. His role includes developing technology and fostering trust on the demand side of the carbon market. This involves community-level relationship building and ensuring social benefits for landowners.
Developing Technology for the Carbon Market
Gabe Chapin is heavily involved in utilizing remote sensing technology to scale climate action and enhance the carbon market. He engages in the preprocessing of optical and radar observations, and inter-sensor calibration to produce clean time series data. This data is crucial for quantifying changes in forest carbon, which is essential for the issuance of carbon credits.
Forest Carbon Projects Development
Gabe Chapin contributes to forest carbon projects under the new Verra ARR methodology. His work includes using spatial data combined with field inventory data and literature to derive robust estimates of credit yields for agroforestry, reforestation, and restoration projects. Additionally, he develops new growth models to estimate carbon accumulation under varying growth and planting conditions across different regions.
Community Relationship Building and Social Benefits
A significant part of Chapin's work focuses on building community-level relationships and delivering social benefits for landowners. This involves on-the-ground engagement and ensuring that the benefits of carbon projects are felt by local communities. This approach fosters trust and participation among stakeholders, which is essential for the success of carbon market initiatives.
Interdisciplinary Team Collaboration
Gabe Chapin works with a diverse interdisciplinary team that includes scientists, machine learning experts, and software engineers. His role involves sourcing necessary data to estimate natural risks and leakages in carbon projects. Collaboration with this team allows for the advancement of core remote sensing products, which are pivotal in the research and development of technologies used for carbon credit issuance.