SelvaFlux

People

Who Leads and Advises SelvaFlux

SelvaFlux measures methane uptake through tree bark and is developing a method that could allow it to be credited. The people below lead the company’s work and advise it.

Company

Operating Team

Founder and CEO

Alexander Shenkin, PhD

Alexander is a tropical forest scientist and engineer. He led the terrestrial laser-scanning analysis in our 2024 Nature study and leads SelvaFlux’s measurement and methodology work.

He received the Mulago Foundation’s Henry Arnhold Fellowship in 2026.

Project Coordinator

Amy Wolkowinsky

Amy coordinates project planning and field data collection and management. She is Associate Director of Northern Arizona University’s Ecosystem Science and Innovation Lab.

Advisory roles

Advisors

Jane Zelikova

Advisor

Jane Zelikova, PhD

Executive Director, Sustainability Research Initiative, University of Colorado Boulder

Jane is a climate scientist whose published work includes carbon cycling in tropical forest soils. Her work also covers carbon measurement, climate policy, and scientific review of carbon-removal projects. She joined SelvaFlux as an advisor in August 2026.

Financial and Project Advisor

Greg Ives

Greg advises SelvaFlux on project finance, carbon markets, and commercial structure. He has worked on nature-based carbon projects and holds an Oxford MBA.

Affiliations are provided for identification.