Marc Shapiro
Director — Contrails.org
Brown University, MS Fluids and Thermal Sciences; Dartmouth College, BE Engineering
Marc is the Director of the Contrails.org team. The Contrails team works with leading academic groups, tech companies, and airlines to decrease the warming impact of aviation through contrail avoidance and mitigation tools.
Tom Dean
Research Scientist — Contrails.org
Stanford University, MS and PhD Electrical Engineering; United States Military Academy at West Point BS Electrical Engineering
Tom is a Research Scientist on the Contrails.org team. His role includes the modeling of contrail-cirrus formation and evolution, model validation, and general software development.
Zeb Engberg
Research Scientist — Contrails.org
Dartmouth College, PhD Mathematics; Hampshire College, BA
Zeb is a Research Scientist on the Contrails.org team. His work includes scientific modeling, data science, and cloud computing. His research focuses on contrail forecasting and uncertainty as well as satellite validation.
Industry Professionals
If you work for or represent an airline, manufacturer, or other aviation industry vertical, we'd love to connect on ways to improve our data.
©2025 Breakthrough Energy, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
