Karen Baert is co-founder and CEO at Ammobia. Ammobia is a seed-stage start-up out of Stanford revolutionizes ammonia synthesis by enabling cost-effective clean ammonia production. Their novel, innovative integrated reactor and ammonia separation method enable ammonia production at 10x lower pressure, drastically reducing capex/production cost and increasing the flexibility and safety of ammonia production. With their breakthrough technology, Ammobia is on a mission to decarbonize fertilizers, chemicals, marine shipping and heavy industry.

Prior to Ammobia, Karen Baert was Innovation Strategist at the Stanford Hydrogen Initiative, Investor at Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Strategy Consultant at Bain & Company and worked at multiple climate tech companies.

Karen Baert holds a degree in Chemical Engineering (Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium), Renewable Energy Engineering (Technical University of Berlin, Germany) and an MBA (Stanford Graduate School of Business, USA).