Florian Gollnow is a land systems scientist who joined Trase in 2023. At Trase, he develops methods to assess the impact of agricultural commodities and leads Trase’s component on corporate sustainability. Before joining Trase, he investigated the impact of zero-deforestation supply chain commitments, worked on soy expansion’s socio-ecological outcomes, forest degradation, land-use displacement processes, and sustainable intensification across multiple countries. Florian holds degrees in Geography from Humboldt-University of Berlin (PhD, 2018, Dipl. Geography (MSc) 2018).

Stockholm Environment Institute

Carina is a sustainability scientist who joined Trase in 2023. Her work aims to improve methods and data to account for carbon emissions from land use change and agricultural practices linked to commodity supply chains (such as soy, beef, palm oil and wood pulp) and to drive uptake of improved data and methods by companies, governments and financial institutions. Prior to joining Trase, she has been working for a consumer goods company contributing to the application and methodological development of Life Cycle Assessment. Carina holds a degree in Environmental Economics from the University of York (PhD, 2022) and Environmental Science from the University of Bayreuth in Germany (BSc, 2008; MSc, 2012).

Spatial intelligence

Research

Jason is a geospatial data specialist and researcher. He started collaborating with Trase in 2018 and works on Indonesian supply chains. Previously, Jason was the Data Analytics and Visualization lead at The Forest Trust (now Earthworm Foundation) focusing on geo-data management, supply chain mapping, and data collection support for field assessments and smallholder engagement. He has broad experience in geospatial data analysis working in the private sector and non-profits in Malaysia and Australia. Jason holds a degree in Remote Sensing from the University of Technology Malaysia (BSc, 2004).

University of California, Santa Barbara

Supply chain mapping

Osvaldo is a geographic information systems specialist who joined Trase in 2021. He works on mapping supply chains and analysing data for key audiences in South America and China. Before joining Trase, Osvaldo worked at The Nature Conservancy Brazil as the technical coordinator of the Agroideal decision support system, with a focus on soy and beef production chains in Amazon, Cerrado and Chaco biomes. Osvaldo holds degrees in Geography from the State University of São Paulo (BA, 2008), and Agronomy from the University of São Paulo (MA, 2011) and the University of Toulon-Var (PhD, 2014).

Global Canopy

Engagement

Vivian is a researcher and data scientist who joined Trase in 2019. She works across the research and development teams and leads work on analysing indicators for supply chain sustainability. Prior to Trase, Vivian researched the implementation of environmental public policies, private initiatives to promote sustainable use, and dynamics of land use and land cover. Vivian holds degrees in biology from the University of Goias (BSc, 2012) and ecology from the University of Brasilia (MSc, 2014; PhD, 2018).

Florian Gollnow

Other Team Members

Carina Mueller

Jason Benedict

Osvaldo Jose Ribeiro Pereira

Vivian Ribeiro