Stephen (Steve) R. Larter is a Canadian Emeritus Professor of geochemistry at the University of Calgary. Dr. Larter has been a co-founder of numerous technology startup companies, including Gushor Inc. (now part of Schlumberger), and is a chief scientist of the Creative Destruction Lab-Rockies. He currently advises several university-based student, postdoctoral, and faculty startups. He has also worked on transition technologies for zero-emission energy recovery, including direct hydrogen or electricity production from oil and gas fields and for capturing and sequestering carbon dioxide on a large scale. Dr. Larter has worked in research and development in the oil and gas industry, as well as the universities of Oslo and Newcastle. A recipient of numerous academic and civil awards, Dr. Larter is a fellow of the Royal Society, a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and a foreign member of the Norwegian Academy of Sciences and Arts.