Team ÆRTH
Adina Popescu
Founder / CEO
Adina has founded ÆRTH. She is a trained Philosopher & Technologist advising Apple, Conservation International, and Paramount Studios on VR/AR. She has provided privacy advice to the German Government, published on data privacy, and promoted decentralised digital frameworks globally.
Jürgen Valckenaere
Ocean Science
Lead
Jurgen is a Reef Systems & Coastal Environment Specialist. He is a PhD Candidate at the University of Western Australia. His research focuses on future-proofing temperate reef systems and coastal environments.
Graham Lee
Product Design/Solutions Architecture
Graham is a creative, data-oriented technologist. He holds a Bachelor's in Physics at UC San Diego. In his roles as a Lead Solutions Architect, Product Manager, and Data Scientist at companies like YouTube, QuinStreet, and System1, He has played an integral role in the development of backend algorithms and ML/AI systems that moved the bottom line significantly.
Dakin Parker
Finance
Dakin is a Chartered Accountant, registered with the South African Institute. In a career spanning 25 years and 3 continents, his focus has ranged from taking new ideas to post-revenue, building businesses from the ground up, expanding back-office capacity, and developing skills in people. He has 2 Masters degrees and is obsessed with balancing the motive of doing well (profit) with doing good (community).
Nick Morten Podratz
Engineering & Design Thinking
Nick, a technologist with a nature conservation background, developed DNA sequencing tech at the Robert Koch Institute and designed Super Bowl stage-wear. His education in IT-Systems Engineering and Design Thinking enriches his expertise.
Daniel Illner
AI & Data Science
Daniel, a Berlin-based engineer, holds a master's in Robotics, Cognition, Intelligence from Technical University Munich. His research spans Computation, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Neuroscience, Mind, and Philosophy as a former Harvard research fellow.
Pascal Gerstenlauer
Brand Consulting & Digital Services
Born in Germany, raised with urban arts, hip-hop and fashion, he spent 20+ years in Paris, building and distributing market leading urban streetwear brands.
Since 2012, Pascal provides digital and brand consulting services @ Mendesgroup Berlin, focussing on omni-channel strategies, SEO and conversion funnels.
ÆRTH Advisory Board
Dr. Newton H. Campbell Jr.
Remote Sensing – Director at AROSE space consortium
Newton is the Director of Space Programs at the Australian Space and Earth Consortium. He began his career supporting US DoD research programs, primarily within DARPA. After DoD, he served as an AI subject matter expert for the NASA Langley Research Center OCIO Data Science Team.
Jack Healey
Human Rights Frameworks
Jack Healey, known as "Mr. Human Rights", served as Director of Amnesty International for 12 years.
David Atkinson
Inventive Structure
David is Co-Founder at Holochain and has a long standing career in creating peer to peer data sharing incentive structures and privacy preserving mechanisms.
Thiago Ferrari
Our Partner for Coastal Observation Brazil
Executive Director of the Amigos da Jubarte Project. Environmentalist President of the O Canal - Institute for sustainable enterprises.
Brandon Levy
Our Partner at Sustainable Ocean Alliance (SOA)
Brandon, Chief Program Officer at Sustainable Ocean Alliance (SOA), is a community builder and systems thinker with a mission- driven approach, collaborating with top sustainable enterprises.
Dr. Tirso Gonzales
Our Partner in regard to indigenous Practises
Tirso, a Sociologist with a PhD from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and postdoctoral studies at UC Davis and UC Berkeley. Former Indigenous Studies professor at UBC-Okanagan.
Txai Macêdo
Amazonian indigenous leadership
An Indigenist since 1978 and a "sertanista" since 1986, he co-founded the People of the Forest Alliance with Chico Mendes and Ailton Krenak, advocating for Agroforestry.
ÆRTH Partners
