Empowering Nature’s Solutions
Empowering Nature’s Solutions
Sustainable and Scalable
Climate change is the biggest health threat we face today. It impacts human health through air pollution, disease, loss of plant and animal species, and extreme weather events. This crisis creates forced displacement, increased poverty, and a lack of food security. If we are to avoid the disastrous impacts of climate change, it will take a massive undertaking!
We will need to dramatically reduce carbon emissions, continue our efforts in capturing GHG and develop a sustainable method to capture ambient CO2 directly from the atmosphere and sequester it for centuries.
Reactive Surfaces Canada’s innovative carbon capture modular system has the potential to remove and sequester billions of tons of CO2 each year.
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Efficient and Effective
Technologies being used in carbon dioxide removal are new and have inherent flaws. They fall short of their emission reduction promises made due to their lack of additionality, measurability, or simply are not sequestering more CO2 than they are emitting within their system. Also, storing captured CO2 liquid miles deep into the earth carries its own degree of risk and uncertainty.
Algae is nature’s photosynthetic powerhouse, and we embed in cellulose mats to better mimic its natural structure. We maximize the surface area by hanging the coated sheets in an aluminum frame modular, stackable system. The module is designed so that the algae in the cellulose sheets can simply absorb sunlight, photosynthesize, and grow. Cellulose amasses a significant amount of carbon retaining algal biomass that we then harvest. Instead of injecting CO2 deep into the earth, we heat and dry the collected algal biomass and durably sequester the CO2 in a powered biomass for hundreds of years.
TEAM
Beth McDaniel
Chief Executive Officer
Mrs. McDaniel is the Co-founder, President, and legal counsel of Reactive Surfaces in the United States. She is a serial entrepreneur and has over two decades of experience leading this highly innovative biotech and specialty chemical venture. Reactive Surfaces’ corporate goal is to solve real-world problems while having a positive impact on humanity.
Mrs. McDaniel also serves in leadership roles for numerous organizations, including a social justice organization which specializes in genocide awareness and prevention. Her work in human rights and social justice brings experience and intention to Reactive Surfaces’ innovations. She ensures that any innovative solution is created with the mindset of environmental justice and human rights enhancement.
Mrs. McDaniel has a Bachelor of Administration in Finance from the University of Texas and achieved a Doctor of Jurisprudence from South Texas College of Law.
Dr. Steve McDaniel
Chief Innovation Officer
Dr. McDaniel is the Co-founder, Chief Innovation Officer, and CEO of Reactive Surfaces in the United States. With over 20 years of experience, he is integral in the development of Reactive Surfaces’ paint, coatings, and specialty chemicals. Dr. McDaniel’s technical expertise includes organic chemistry, polymer chemistry, biochemistry, and molecular biology.
Dr. McDaniel has a Bachelor of Science in Biology from the University of Texas, a Master of Science in Genetics from Texas A&M University, a Ph. D in Biochemistry from Texas A&M University. He was a postdoctoral fellow in chemistry at Baylor College of Medicine and received a Doctor of Jurisprudence specializing in Intellectual Property Law from the University of Houston.
Dr. McDaniel regularly speaks and presents on topics related to polymer chemistry, bio-functional coatings, and space exploration.