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Reversing Climate Change374: Mining with Microbes: Biomimicry in Copper Extraction—w/ Liz Dennett, PhD, CEO & Founder of EndolithWhat if microbes could help us mine responsibly? What if astrobiology—the study of life beyond Earth—held clues for how to fix the way we extract resources on Earth?Today’s guest is Liz Dennett, CEO and founder of Endolith, a biotech startup using microbes to boost copper recovery from mining waste. With a PhD in astrobiology, experience at NASA, and a career spanning oil, gas, and data science, Dennett is one of the most fascinating polymaths in climate tech.This episode dives into how microbes mine metals, why copper is civilization’s next constraint...
2025-11-1351 min
CleanTechies Podcast#262 How to Win in the Anti-Climate Era | Live from NY Climate WeekEpisode Title: How to Win in the Anti-Climate Era (Live from NY Climate Week!)This week, we're sharing our live audience podcast from NY Climate Week: "How to Win in the Anti-Climate Era."We assembled a fantastic panel to discuss the strategies founders need to thrive in this new landscape:Augustus Doricko (Founder, Rainmaker)Liz Dennett (CEO, Endolith)Grant Brown (Partner, 8090 Industries)Joel Armin-Hoiland (Founder, Climate Finance Solutions)🔑 Key Discussion Topics Include:Strategies for Winning in the Anti-Climate EraAdapting to Tal...
2025-10-011h 25
CleanTechies PodcastNYCW Event: How to Win in the Anti-Climate Era (Live Podcast)Winning as a Climate founder has always been tough. It’s even tougher with the current administration.Despite that, there are many founders and investors who are winning. We’re bringing some of those together for our live podcast during NY Climate Week. When: Tuesday, September 23rd, from 2:00 to 4:30 pm Where: Chelsea (address revealed upon accepted registration) Panelists: Augustus Doricko (Rainmaker Technologies) | Liz Dennett (Endolith) | Grant Brown (8090 Industries) | Joel Armin-Hoiland (Climate Finance Solutions)Who: Climate Founders, Investors, and Ecosystem SupportersFormat: * 2:00 pm —...
2025-09-0802 min
Conscious TechThe Copper Shortage is Keeping This DeepTech CEO Awake at NightLiz Dennett, CEO of Endolith and Alaska native, reveals the hidden copper crisis threatening our digital future. Learn how biotech and microbes could solve mining's biggest challenge, why copper demand will double by 2050, and what 50% tariffs mean for tech infrastructure. From astrobiology PhD to mining innovator, discover the untold story behind every data center and electric vehicle.Connect for more good energy ⚡️https://www.seratajima.com/linksChapters 📖[00:00:00] Introduction and D-O-G-S[00:01:32] Sera's Shaolin Training Camp Experience in Germany[00:05:25] Weightlifting and Movement Practices[00:06:14] Leadership Principles and AWS Background[00:09:36] The Hidden Copper Crisis Explained[00:12:30] What Everyone Gets Wrong About Mining[00:15:05] Endless: Using Microbe...
2025-08-1954 min
On The RocksNature’s Oldest Miners: How Tiny Microbes Solve Big Extraction Challenges | On the Rocks MasterclassWhat if the solution to the global copper shortage has been right under our noses for billions of years? In this episode of On the Rocks Masterclass, we explore the fascinating world of biomining with Liz Dennett, Founder & CEO of Endolith, who's harnessing Earth's oldest miners – microbes – to revolutionize copper extraction.Liz's journey from NASA astrobiology research to founding a biotech mining company is as unique as her approach to solving one of mining's biggest challenges. With copper demand soaring for electrification and renewables, traditional mining methods are struggling to keep up. Enter biological intelligence: AI-optimized microbes that...
2025-07-0141 min
Climate CEOs: Scaling StartupsSustainable Mining: Microbes Extract Copper & Lithium (+ BHP, Rio Tinto, & 2x Demand by 2050)Hear how Dr. Liz Dennett and Endolith use biotech microbes to revolutionize copper recovery, cut chemicals, and power clean energy metals.Endolith is a Denver-based biotech startup revolutionizing mining by leveraging microbes to sustainably extract copper and lithium from low-grade ores. Founded in 2023, the company employs custom-engineered microbial communities, adaptive biohatcheries, and real-time cloud-based monitoring to enhance mineral recovery while minimizing environmental impact. Endolith's innovations have demonstrated significant improvements in copper extraction, attracting partnerships with industry leaders like BHP and Rio Tinto. Their approach not only boosts efficiency but...
2025-06-0249 min
HardpointsMicrobes, Mines & an Alaskan: A Startup CEO Redefines Mining
The world's economy relies upon that everything you see has either been mined or grown. Learn about the life of an extraordinary Alaskan and her passion for using microbes to address the exploding pressures upon the planet's need for raw materials.
Dr. Liz Dennett is the CEO & Founder of Endolith, where they use custom designed microbes to mine the metals our world needs.
2025-05-141h 28
CleanTechies Podcast#215 Decarbonizing Mining, Microbes x Metals, National Security x Climate, & the Microbe Mafia | Liz Dennett (Endolith)This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit cleantechies.substack.comToday we have the opportunity to interview one of the most energetic and inspiring people in climate tech. Liz Dennett, the CEO and Founder of Endolith. If you recognize the name Endolith, it may be because we had Moji Karimi of Cemvita on for episode 200. Endolith recently spun out of Cemvita to form its own independent company. They are solving a huge problem in the electrification puzzle — copper extraction. By 2050 we will need more copper th...
2024-10-2244 min
CleanTechies Podcast#215 Decarbonizing Mining, Microbes x Metals, National Security x Climate, & the Microbe Mafia | Liz Dennett (Endolith)Today, we are speaking with Liz Dennett, the CEO and Founder of Endolith. Endolith recently spun out of Cemvita to form its own independent company. (Ep #200 with Moji from Cemvita)By 2050, we will need more copper than in the history of mankind due to the electrification of industry and developing countries. If we don’t solve this, it could lead to geopolitical conflicts. Their tech uses microbes to eat crushed rocks and poop out copper (I did say explain it to me like I’m 5). They add this to existing mining operations to increa...
2024-10-2244 min
The Podnauts PodcastEpisode 22 "Back to the Future: Liz Dennett-Roger's Journey Beyond Parkinson's"Join us this week for an inspiring journey with Liz Dennett-Roger, diagnosed with Young Onset Parkinson's disease at 43. Liz, a former air hostess turned Parkinson's advocate, shares her story of resilience, from running marathons to rowing 3,200 miles across the Atlantic for Parkinson's awareness. Discover how Liz's experiences resonate with those of Michael J. Fox, who also faced Parkinson's at a young age and has recently highlighted his own battles in the documentary "Still." Dive into Liz's world, her challenges, triumphs, and the powerful message of hope she carries.Join us as we travel back in time...
2024-03-0549 min
Arts & IdeasFaith, consciousness and creating meaning in lifeI've been Thinking is the title of a memoir from philosopher and cognitive scientist Daniel Dennett. Philip Goff is a Professor at Durham University who's written Why ? The Purpose of the Universe. The Bishop Auckland Project is opening a new museum exploring faith and their curator Amina Wright joins them and podcaster and former director of Theos Liz Oldfield for a discussion about finding meaning. The presenter is Chris Harding. Producer: Luke Mulhall You can find a collection of programmes exploring Philosophy and looking at Religious Belief on the Free Thinking programme website. All of...
2023-10-0544 min
The JCMS Dermatology Podcast with Dr Kirk BarberEp 68: Psychodermatology with Dr Marlene DytocWe're thrilled to have Dr Marlene Dytoc back on the podcast. In this episode she and Kirk discuss the fascinating article she co-authored in the March/April edition of the Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery titled: "Pharmacological Interventions for Primary Psychodermatologic Disorders: An Evidence Mapping and Appraisal of Randomized Controlled Trials." Kirk and Marlene really bring the world of psychodermatology alive in this thoughtful and wide ranging discussion. Dr Dytoc's co-authors are Tarek Turk, Chaocheng Liu, Esther Fujiwara, Sebastian Straube, Reidar Hagtvedt, Liz Dennett and Adam Abba-Aji. Dr Marlene Dytoc is a Clinic...
2023-08-1740 min
Energy BytesEP 7: From Rural Alaska to Leading a Biotech Startup with Liz Dennett of Cemvita FactoryLiz Dennett, Chief Technology Officer at Cemvita Inc., shares her journey from growing up in rural Alaska to leading innovative biosolutions for a carbon-neutral future. Liz discusses how her upbringing shaped her creative approach to problem-solving and innovation, emphasizing the importance of unstructured time and self-taught skills. The conversation delves into her work at Cemvita, where she pioneers the use of microbes for sustainable solutions in the oil and gas sector, and her vision for practical and economically viable energy transitions driven by tech startups.Join the conversation shaping the future of energy.Collide...
2023-08-091h 06
The Evolution Exchange USAEvo USA #11 - The Importance Of Data Engineering To BusinessesIn this episode of Evo USA, host Aimee Clemson speaks with a panel of experts on the topic of data engineering and its significance to businesses. Guests include Matt Knoop, Director of Business Systems at Owl Labs, Liz Dennett, VP of Data Architecture & Data Engineering at Wood Mackenzie, Sagar Suri, Senior Manager of Data Engineering at Rapid7, and Chetanya Pandya, Global Head of Data Engineering at Sanofi. The group discusses the role of data engineering in modern businesses, the skills necessary for success in the field, and the challenges and opportunities that come with managing data at scale.
2023-04-0346 min
HorizonsThe Great Reopening: What The End of China’s Zero-Covid Strategy Means For Global Energy And Natural ResourcesAs Covid-19 restrictions lifted around the world and countries stopped reporting on case numbers, the events of 2020 and 2021 faded further into our collective memory. Against the threat of looming recession and a war in Europe, it was easy to forget the turmoil brought on by the pandemic. Then, in January 2023, China announced it was reopening its borders and abandoning quarantine measures. After 3 years, in which the entire population was locked down without regard for cost or consequence, China was open for business. It's ‘zero-Covid’ policy hit its economy hard. GDP in 2022 slumped to its lowest growth rate in almost half...
2023-03-3031 min
HorizonsScraping The Barrel: Is The World Running Out of High-Quality Oil and Gas?The world is not going to run out of oil and gas any time soon. Total oil and gas resources are more than likely to double demand by 2050, with gas reserves sitting at 1.5 trillion oil-barrel equivalents. It’s the quality of this supply that’s the issue. Advantaged resources (price resilient and low emissions) could only be enough to supply half the demand by 2050. So what can companies do to mitigate this shortage? Diversification will be important, and investment in renewal, decarbonisation and low-carbon alternatives even more so. So what needs to be done? Upstream companies must act now, but...
2023-03-0635 min
HorizonsBoom Time: What the Inflation Reduction Act Means For US Renewables ManufacturersWithout doubt, 2022 will be remembered as one of the most pivotal years in the history of power generation. It was the year that highlighted the folly of concentrated supply. In Europe, the war in Ukraine raised energy security issues caused by heavy reliance on Russian gas. At the same time, China’s dominance of the solar and energy storage supply chains posed national security questions for energy policy planners. These concerns have spurred European and North American policy makers to reshape renewable energy industry supply chains to reduce dependence on imported equipment. On th...
2023-02-0832 min
HorizonsIn Conversation With Shell Energy - Forging a Path to Net Zero Will Require Collaboration on a Global ScaleOn this special episode of the Horizons podcast our host Dr Liz Dennett is joined by Carolyn Comer, President at Shell Energy Americas and Simon Flowers, Chief Analyst at Wood Mackenzie. How do we shape the future of energy? We know where we need to be - at net zero - but there isn’t just one path to get there. Decarbonising the global economy will require a multi-pronged approach. We’ll need to change the way we power our planet, by revolutionising the grid and investing in the right places. On this episode we discuss h...
2023-02-0749 min
HorizonsSilver Linings Playbook: Five Reasons to be CheerfulAfter a year of harrowing news from across the world, a war in Ukraine and an energy crisis driving a global recession, the final Horizons of the year will outline 5 causes for optimism in the world of energy. Developments in policy and investment, a year after COP26, are laying the foundation for decades of sustainable growth in energy and natural resources.In the final Horizons podcast of 2022, our host Dr Liz Dennett is joined by Ed Crooks, Vice-Chair, Americas and host of the Energy Gang podcast and Kavita Jadhav, Research Director, Corporate Research. As the y...
2022-12-1239 min
Oil and Gas Industry LeadersLiz Dennett on Oil and Gas Industry Leaders Podcast. Ep136In this episode our host Paige Wilson talks with Liz Dennett, PhD, Vice President of Data Architecture and Data Engineering at Wood Mackenzie, to discuss how she got started in the Oil and Gas Industry after along with her experiences in leadership.
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2022-11-0800 min
Energy Terminal17. Carbon Accounting and Workplace Culture with Liz DennettIn Episode 17, Liz Dennett, VP of Data Engineering and Data Architecture of Wood Mackenzie joins Michael and Hope to talk about carbon accounting, climate disclosures, imposter syndrome, and much more. The conversation starts with a focus on carbon accounting and the need to record, analyze, and store huge amounts of high-quality data to quantify decarbonization and provide accurate climate disclosures. With this need comes a need for top talent, and Liz highlights the skills that hiring managers are looking for and how young professionals have the opportunity to quickly become leaders in their organizations by building skills in sustainability...
2022-10-3136 min
HorizonsPedal to the Metal: Iron and Steel’s US$1.4 Trillion Shot at DecarbonisationFrom iron ore to steel manufacturing, the industry is highly carbon intensive.Wood Mac estimates that meeting global steel demand will require 2.2 billion tonnes of production by 2050. Achieving net zero emissions by 2050 will be a huge challenge. To achieve the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement, the decarbonisation of the iron and steel sectors will require approx. $1.4 trillion of investment. From China to Europe, more aggressive carbon taxing could be needed. With 60% of steel production coming from China, Beijing must implement carbon pricing and taxation to address the high carbon footprint. To achieve...
2022-09-2646 min
HorizonsEnergy Super Basins: Where The Renewable, CCS & Upstream Stars AlignOver 90% of current oil and gas production comes from around 40 traditional ‘super basins.’Across the preceding decades, production came from these traditional super basins – giant fields and established infrastructure which guaranteed the lowest costs for supply.Now the world’s demand for lower emissions is forcing change on this legacy industry. Some basins are fit for the future and some are not. Low cost and low carbon resources must become the future of oil and gas. Some traditional super basins will evolve into what we’ll call the Energy Super Basins of the future, and some will...
2022-08-1235 min
HorizonsThe Big Ban: Global Commodities in a Post-Ukraine-War WorldWar has catapulted energy security to the very top of the political agenda. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was a geopolitical quake, the shockwaves of which will be felt for decades. What are the consequences of the war for commodities? How can governments, companies and investors respond to the changing energy landscape? How will they react to investment opportunities opening up even as costs rise at unprecedented rates?On the podcast: we discuss how the war has reshaped the commodities world. Energy trade flows are being transformed, investment in new LNG supply looks more compelling an...
2022-06-3046 min
HorizonsSea Change: Navigating The Trillion-Dollar Offshore Wind OpportunityOffshore wind is poised to become one of the key technologies powering the decarbonisation of the global economy. The technology is proven, and investors and policy makers have confidence in it.It’s a US$ 1 trillion opportunity – that amount is predicted to flow into offshore wind projects over the next decade. Costs fell 50% between 2015 and 2020 and are expected to fall further. Total installed capacity is likely to increase from 35GW in 2020 to 330 GW in 2030.Offshore wind is one of the lowest CO2 emitting renewable technologies per KWh, but there are opportunities to reduce this; the envi...
2022-06-0141 min
Oil and Gas UpstreamVelodromes and Slaying Data Silos with Liz Dennett, VP of Data Architecture & Engineering at Wood Mackenzie. Ep 172In this episode our host Justin Gauthier sits down with Liz Dennette and covers everything from her love for slaying data silos to trying things for the very first time. Liz recently took on Velodrome racing and will stop nothing short of slaying the high angled track. Liz also shares information about her podcast which focuses on bringing together industry guests and thought leaders to create conversation around the themes shaping the energy and natural resources landscape.
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2022-05-1000 min
Jon Myer PodcastEP#63 Dr Liz Dennett Flips the script on me!Today we’re talking about job changes…. Wait me… ah no, no, not recently but moving on. Rust, no, not this type of rust. Engineering, and a new podcast released. Plus how my guest flipped the conversation on me and put me on the spot with some random questions
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2022-05-0543 min
HorizonsSecurity Alert: Five Lessons From The Energy CrisisThe crisis caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is the most significant shock to world energy markets since the Arab oil embargo and OPEC price rises of 1973-74. Like the crisis of the early 1970s, it is forcing a fundamental rethink of the outlook for energy, as governments and businesses reassess their views of Russia’s role as a supplier to the world.As in the 1970s, the immediate crisis has been years in the making. Energy demand increases post-Covid combined with a series of disruptions to supply, helped drive up the prices of oil, gas, coal...
2022-04-2945 min
PFB RadioPFB Radio #157 (Back Into The Dub)We're back dear citizens, of how I've missed you all. Cooltown is proud to present, PFB Radio, Number 157, Back Into The Dub. On this demonic episode, I feature my favorite Bass Music since last time we've met, with new music from TriS, Dennett, Minimoster, Wolfdrone and many others. My Cooltown Key To The City this week, goes out to Lizdek with MUCUS. This record is absolutely disgusting, great work Liz.
PFB Radio 157 (Back Into The Dub)
Tracklist:
1. zeff - Cryptic
2. Rejack- Complicate
3. Undehfined - Crunch Time
4. Khaos - Introspection
5. Fluencee - Before You Were Mine feat. Parvané
6. Evalution - Wave
7. T...
2022-03-3000 min
HorizonsUtility 3.0 - How Africa Is Remaking The GridThe future of energy is electric. As the world strides towards net zero amid unrelenting climate change, electricity networks will become even more critical to the modern economy. Nearly 800 million people globally live without access to any electricity, three-quarters of them in Sub-Saharan Africa. Almost half of the world’s population lives without ‘reasonably reliable’ access to power, with frequent outages interrupting their daily lives. Sub-Saharan Africa has a persistent lack of electricity access in part due to massive underinvestment in electricity infrastructure. Most of its public electric utilities are loss-making, with limited ability to mainta...
2022-03-2543 min
HorizonsPower Play: How China’s Boom Year Is Changing The Course Of The Energy TransitionSolar and wind (supported by battery storage) are attracting the lion’s share of near-term energy transition investment. Costs for both have tumbled over the past decade as manufacturing capacity has exploded.But 2021 reversed this as solar module prices rose by as much as a quarter last year, while wind turbine prices grew 10-15%. Battery costs will rise in 2022 for the first time in a decade.Record commodity and transport costs, raw-material supply constraints and logistical bottlenecks are the culprits, Rising costs have led developers to consider delays or cancellations tapping the breaks on the gr...
2022-02-2841 min
HorizonsNo Pain, No Gain: The Economic Consequences of Accelerating the Energy TransitionLimiting climate warming to a global average of 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels is imperative if the environmental and humanitarian crises wrought by extreme temperature increases are to be avoided. In this episode, Dr Liz Dennett is joined by Monique Motty, Master of Public Administration Candidate, Edward Mason fellow and Louis & Gabrielle Bacon environmental leadership fellow at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. Monique has worked internationally as a technical expert over the past decade on projects and policies focused on climate technologies, clean energy transition, and green finance mostly in African countries. She worked for a mult...
2022-02-0335 min
HorizonsPlastic Surgery: Reshaping the Profile of the Plastics IndustryPlastic is the miracle material of the modern world. Production has surged more than 1,000% over the past 50 years, thanks to its near-infinite flexibility as a material, its cost effectiveness and scalability. However, the ubiquity of plastic and its carbon-intensive feedstocks are a major barrier standing in the way of a net-zero world.Just as the human body can't sustain itself on a diet of junk food, the current consumption model was bound to cause problems. Low-cost, disposable materials that are near impervious to breakdown in nature were always going to fur up the planet’s arteries in th...
2021-12-1448 min
Jon Myer PodcastEp#31 Daily Tech Show: Stop lifeguarding and cannonball into the deep end with Dr. Liz DennettEp#31 Daily Tech Show: Stop lifeguarding and cannonball into the deep end with Dr. Liz Dennett
What does the Pink Power Ranger, Alaska, Dungeons & Dragons, AWS, and Narwhals all have in common? The answer to that question is our Guest and I bet you’re asking yourself, does AWS have a region in Alaska? No but … ya never know.
Oh and did I forget to mention that our guest is a Dr, but she’s not your average Dr. She is inspiring and always wants to cannonball into the deep end. You won’t want to miss our...
2021-10-1341 min
Radically HumanA Matter of ConsciousnessA Matter of Consciousness(00:00) Intro and T-shirts: Ghostbusters and Picard(02:57) Joe discusses his article "Beneath the Skin of Capitalism."(6:00) The nature of consciousness, matter, and dualism have profound implications for ethics, human rights, and how society should be organized.(09:01) Dualism vs. materialism / physicalism. Time, space, entropy and the second law of thermodynamics. Plato, Aristotle, and Descartes.(34:40) The brain as a receiving station. The Matrix. The simulation hypothesis.(48:49) The materialistic view of consciousness. The hard problem of consciousness, and qualia. Philosophical zombies, and the homunculus. Why does the...
2021-05-171h 40
The EdUp Experience210: How to Help Others - with Dennett Edwards, Founder & CEO, Corona Haze Professional Development GroupWelcome back to America’s leading higher education podcast! In this fantastic episode of The EdUp Experience, sponsored by The Evolllution, we talk with Dennett Edwards, Founder & CEO, Corona Haze Professional Development Group.
Liz is joined by special cohost, Holly Owens, as they talk with Dennett about the amazing story involving the creation of her professional development group during the height of Covid-19. Listen in as they discuss Dennet’s story that involves Facebook, LinkedIn, and our Producer.
Dennett Edwards is the Founder of the Corona Daze Professional Development (CDPD) Group. After twenty years of working...
2021-05-1544 min
Brighton Festival PodcastBrighton Festival Bitesize: Fabrica GalleryFabrica Gallery is one of the many venues at Brighton Festival 2017. This year it celebrates its 21st year as a gallery and performance space.
Director of the venue Liz Whitehead gives Melita Dennett a guided tour and explains some of the history of the venue.
To find out more about Fabrica Gallery see https://www.fabrica.org.uk
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2017-05-1306 min
The Peter B Collins ShowPodcast #83Yemenis trapped at Gitmo, Accountablity for BushCo? British journalist Andy Worthington is our expert on America's Gulag and wrote The Guantanamo Files. Charlotte Dennett is a journalist and lawyer; her book The People v. Bush has just been published. Worthington talks about the new hysteria produced by the failed terrorist action on Christmas Day and the fear projected by American politicians of both parties. He corrects the record about the former Gitmo prisoners released under Bush who are now leading al Qaeda of the Arabian Peninsula, about Liz and Dick Cheney's rants and about the 6 Yemenis released in December and...
2010-01-071h 41