Dr Missy Motew
Carbon Ratings Scientist, Soil Carbon and Agriculture Lead
Dr Missy Motew's interests
Water
Soil Carbon & Agriculture
Biomass-Based Carbon Removals
Agricultural & Organic Waste
Other Agricultural Practices
Soil-Related Agricultural Practices
Carbon markets
Climate science
Conservation science
Earth science
Nature-based solutions
Process models
Soil science
Dr Missy Motew is an ecosystem ecologist whose research background is in climate change, biogeochemistry, and sustainable land use. She studies how land stewardship influences carbon, water, and nutrient dynamics, with an emphasis on agricultural practices as a climate solution.
Before joining BeZero, she was a Staff Scientist at Indigo Ag, where she helped lead the design and implementation of monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) systems for agricultural carbon crediting and scope 3 programs. Her work included the development of modelling standards, primary data collection, environmental impact modelling, and reporting.
Education
USDA Agricultural Research Service, Post-Doctoral Research Agriculturalist
The Nature Conservancy, Ecosystem Services Fellow
University of Wisconsin–Madison, PhD in Environment and Resources
University of Wisconsin–Madison, MS in Environment and Resources
Research association
Technical Contributor to the Climate Action Reserve Soil Enrichment Protocol v1.0
Technical Contributor to the Verra VM0042 Methodology for Improved Agricultural Land Management v1.0
Member of the Technical Task Force for the Climate Action Reserve Soil Enrichment Protocol v2.0
Member of the Croplands Technical Working Group for the Greenhouse Gas Protocol Land Sector and Removals Guidance
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