Bio

Dr. Sarah Saltzer is the Managing Director of the Stanford Center for Carbon Storage and is leading the effort to launch a new Carbon Management Initiative at Stanford. She was also recently named to the Biden-Harris Administration’s Carbon Dioxide Capture, Utilization and Sequestration (CCUS) Non-Federal Lands Task Force.

Sarah spent 25 years in the oil and gas industry where she held a series of scientific, managerial, and executive roles. She has a diversity of experience in positions of increasing responsibility, including geology research and teaching, petroleum engineering, leading exploration teams, competitor analysis and business planning and strategy. Dr. Saltzer holds a M.S. and B.S. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. from Stanford University.

The Stanford Center for Carbon Storage uses a multidisciplinary approach to address critical questions related to flow physics, monitoring, geochemistry, and simulation of the transport and fate of CO2 stored in geologic media.

Sarah also leads the new Stanford Carbon Initiative with the mission of creating a community of Stanford faculty and industry partners with interest in carbon management to address climate change.

Current Role at Stanford

Managing Director Stanford Center for Carbon Storage
Managing Director Stanford Carbon Initiative

Education & Certifications

  • MS & BS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Geology (1986)
  • PhD, Stanford University, Geology (1992)

Contact

Additional Info

  • Mail Code: 2220

All Publications

  • Pathways to zero emissions in California's heavy-duty transportation sector ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH: INFRASTRUCTURE AND SUSTAINABILITY Hennessy, E. M., Singh, M., Saltzer, S., Azevedo, I. L. 2024; 4 (3)

    View details for DOI 10.1088/2634-4505/ad54ed

    View details for Web of Science ID 001264295000001

  • Assessment of hydrogen storage potential in depleted gas fields and power-to-hydrogen conversion efficiency: A northern California case study INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY Okoroafor, E. R., Nazari, N., Kim, T. W., Watkins, H. Y., Saltzer, S. D., Kovscek, A. R. 2024; 71: 982-998

    View details for DOI 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2024.05.239

    View details for Web of Science ID 001245954300001

  • Criteria and workflow for selecting saline formations for carbon storage INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GREENHOUSE GAS CONTROL Callas, C., Davis, J., Saltzer, S. D., Hashemi, S. S., Wen, G., Gold, P. O., Zoback, M. D., Benson, S. M., Kovscek, A. R. 2024; 135

    View details for DOI 10.1016/j.ijggc.2024.104138

    View details for Web of Science ID 001296471500001

  • A Methodology for Fueling Mobility Markets with Hydrogen from Natural Gas plus Carbon Capture and Sequestration INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GREENHOUSE GAS CONTROL Okoroafor, E. R., Bracci, J., Boness, N. L., Saltzer, S. D., Shrimali, G., Hennessy, E. M., Kim, T., Seamon, A., Benson, S. M., Zoback, M. D., Kovscek, A. R. 2024; 133

    View details for DOI 10.1016/j.ijggc.2024.104095

    View details for Web of Science ID 001188214200001

  • Intercomparison of numerical simulation models for hydrogen storage in porous media using different codes ENERGY CONVERSION AND MANAGEMENT Okoroafor, E., Sampaio, L., Gasanzade, F., Claro, Y., Zhou, J. D., Saltzer, S. D., Bauer, S., Kovscek, A. R. 2023; 292

    View details for DOI 10.1016/j.enconman.2023.117409

    View details for Web of Science ID 001054997100001

  • Criteria and workflow for selecting depleted hydrocarbon reservoirs for carbon storage APPLIED ENERGY Callas, C., Saltzer, S. D., Davis, J., Hashemi, S. S., Kovscek, A. R., Okoroafor, E. R., Wen, G., Zoback, M. D., Benson, S. M. 2022; 324

    View details for DOI 10.1016/j.apenergy.2022.119668

    View details for Web of Science ID 000841967400010

  • Toward underground hydrogen storage in porous media: Reservoir engineering insights INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY Okoroafor, E., Saltzer, S. D., Kovscek, A. R. 2022; 47 (79): 33781-33802

    View details for DOI 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2022.07.239

    View details for Web of Science ID 000865018500004

  • Assessment of oil and gas fields in California as potential CO2 storage sites International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control Kim, T., Callas, C., Saltzer, S. D., Kovscek, A. R. 2022; 114 (103579)