Dr. Olsen founded Two Planet Steel & Two Planet Life. He is the inventor of a method to speed up iron and nickel carbonylation by a factor of more than ten. He leads an R&D effort, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), to test and developthe new fast iron carbonylation (FIC) method. He won a seminal NASA contract for iron- and steel-making on Mars. He was previously the Principal Investigator for renewable energy storage projects for the California Energy Commission, and before that a scientist of homology statistics, the evolution and phylogeny of protein sequences and the evolution of whole proteomes and genomes at UC San Diego. His basic scientific education was in physics at UC Berkeley and Bedford Modern School (England). He studied architecture at Clare College, Cambridge University for eighteen months.
Madeline McLaughlin joined Two Planet Steel as an advocate. She previously worked as a Legislative Intern focusing on Foreign Affairs for Congressman Darrell Issa, a National Security Intern for the American Security Project, and as a Policy Analyst for the American College of National Security Leaders.
Briana Luark is Two Planet Steel’s Chief Welding Engineer, as well as a Welder for BMS Welding and Fabrication. She previously gained extensive experience in welding through positions with Vanburen steel, Wolf Aircraft, and Arbor Fabrication.
Daniel Grover is a college student in computer animation who has extensive experience in the operation of CNC machinery, welding and other machine shop equipment while working part-time at a maker space and while building an electric motorcycle. At this maker space,
Daniel made a strong positive impression on Two Planet Steel's Founder, especially with his positive curiosity toward making steel on Mars. Two Planet Steel is lucky to have Daniel on its team.
