Cyril Melikov

About Cyril Melikov

I am a forest carbon scientist specializing in developing compliance and voluntary carbon offset projects. I design high-integrity AFOLU carbon projects that deliver tangible climate benefits while enhancing biodiversity and community resilience. With expertise in forest restoration, sustainable land management, GHG accounting, and remote sensing analysis, I bridge science, policy, and implementation to create transparent, additional, and high-impact carbon projects.Passionate about nature-based climate solutions, I focus on data-driven strategies that mitigate climate change, empower local communities, and drive long-term environmental resilience.

Experience

1. Director, Forest Restoration Initiatives

   Ep Carbon

   Mar 2025 — Present · New York, NY, US

   Lead design and development of a U.S-based forest restoration grouped-project under VerraVCS and VM0047, overseeing PD/MR drafting and validation with auditors and managing across-functional team (2 managers, 6 analysts).• Lead product development of the Drawn Carbon platform, defining the end-to-end customerjourney, content strategy, and coordinating external developers and vendors.• Lead Preliminary Assessment, PD development, MRV system design, and LCA analysis for a U.S-based CDR project under Puro.earth, supporting buyer due diligence, fundraising diligence, and financial modeling.• Design and oversee controlled field experiments to validate storage performance, and leadthe development of a provisional patent application in collaboration with external counsel.

Education

• McGill University

  Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Agricultural and Environmental Sciences , Specialization in Soil and Water Resources

  2015 — 2018

• Lycée Saint-Erembert , Saint Germain en Laye , France

  Scientific Baccalaureate

  2002 — 2015

• University of California, Berkeley

  Master's degree, Forestry

  2019 — 2021