Dr. Luke Shors is Co-Founder and President of Capture6, a water-positive direct air capture company pioneering scalable CO2 removal technology that simultaneously produces freshwater from industrial brine waste.

Dr. Shors holds a Doctor of Education from Harvard Graduate School of Education, dual Master's degrees in Public Health and Business Administration from Johns Hopkins University, and a BA in Philosophy from the University of Iowa.

A researcher, consultant, and innovator, Dr. Shors has worked in over twenty countries with multilateral clients including the World Bank, OECD, UNICEF, and USAID, and was a fellow at Harvard's Center for Energy and the Environment.

Prior to Capture6, Dr. Shors co-founded Praxik LLC, an augmented reality and computer vision software company, and served as Chief Development Officer at Hybrid Power Centers, LLC, contributing to energy innovation.

Capture6 has raised $27.5M in Series A funding, announced four water-positive carbon capture facilities across three continents, and secured a pre-purchase of 1,000 tons of carbon removal from Shopify and Stripe via the Frontier Coalition.