Caleb Harper

Caleb Harper is a globally recognized scientist, engineer, entrepreneur, and thought leader dedicated to the exploration and advancement of sustainable food systems and climate solutions. As a partner at a prominent U.S.-based Family Office, Harper focuses on transformative innovations in climate, carbon, renewable energy, agriculture, and applied artificial intelligence, driving forward investment, commercial development, and groundbreaking startups.

From 2020 to 2022, Harper served as the Executive Director of a leading U.S. dairy industry research and promotion organization, spearheading initiatives that helped dairy farmers pilot and adopt cutting-edge technologies to achieve net-zero emissions while enhancing farmer livelihoods. Before this, Harper was a Principal Research Scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 2016 to 2020, where he led a multidisciplinary research group that applied data science, engineering, and AI to tackle global agricultural challenges with funding from the world’s leading companies.

Harper’s expertise spans carbon removal technologies, GHG emission reduction strategies, compliance and voluntary carbon markets, renewable energy systems (e.g., biogas digesters, solar), and corporate sustainability initiatives. His pioneering work in applied AI and advanced sustainability metrics has influenced both policy and industry on a global scale.

A sought-after speaker, Harper is a National Geographic Explorer, a member of the World Economic Forum, and an advisor to the World Wildlife Fund. He has consulted for Fortune 100 companies, global philanthropies, and international development agencies. His insights have been featured on "60 Minutes," in The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Wired, Forbes, and Popular Science.

An invited lecturer at the Nobel Foundation, the Royal Society, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, and the World Food Programme, Harper has also been recognized by the Smithsonian Design Museum, the Aspen Institute, and the Buckminster Fuller Institute.