NEWS
39 Alpha Research and Snowfox Discovery, a global leader in natural hydrogen exploration, have entered into a strategic partnership agreement. This collaboration unites Snowfox’s pioneering exploration workflows with 39Alpha Research’s advanced thermodynamic modeling and simulation capabilities to accelerate the discovery of natural hydrogen at scale.
We are thrilled to work with Snowfox Discovery to advance the transition from carbon-based fuels toward clean, sustainable, naturally occurring hydrogen. Integrating our geochemical modelling expertise and chemical mapping capabilities with Snowfox's world-class natural hydrogen exploration workflows will revolutionize how natural systems are evaluated for hydrogen production potential and propel the industry forward, turning insight into discovery.
Thanks to the incredible support of our local community, Beer with Scientists 2.0 was a huge success! We’re thrilled to be building a space where science can be shared, explored, and openly discussed.
Hosted by the local Hundred Mile Brewing Co., the event featured guest scientists sharing their research poster-style, 39 Alpha Researchers diving into a presentation on “Watching the Earth Breathe,” and plenty of curious minds enjoying local brews and great conversation.
We’d love to have you at the next one!
Posted 29 DEC 2025
AGU 2025
New Orleans, lA
39 Alpha Research attended the annual American Geophysical Union (AGU) conference in New Orleans to present ongoing research supported by the Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA-E).
Team_Zero scientists Doug Moore and Tucker Ely presented results from their work on thermodynamic modeling of hydrogen-generating geologic systems.
The presentations highlighted how advanced geochemical modeling can help improve understanding of natural hydrogen formation and guide future exploration and energy research.
Posted 3 DEC 2025
NASA Award
39 Alpha Research has been selected by NASA as part of a five-year project led by The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) to investigate how organic carbon compounds detected in future missions to ocean worlds could provide definitive evidence for life.
The 39 Alpha Research team will provide thermodynamic chemical modeling to support this effort, helping to better understand potential exo-ocean seawater compositions.
Posted 1 NOV 2025
Fireside Chat
@ ASU Luminosity Lab
39 Alpha Research was invited to present at a Fireside Chat hosted by Arizona State University’s Luminosity Lab, highlighting the organization’s work and mission within the growing geologic hydrogen research community.
The event provided an opportunity for 39 Alpha scientists to engage with students and emerging innovators while sharing insights into the organization’s research supported by funding from the U.S. Department of Energy’s ARPA-E program.
Participation in the Fireside Chat reflects 39 Alpha Research’s commitment to outreach and knowledge-sharing across the scientific community. The organization continues to build partnerships that support the development of next-generation energy solutions.
Posted 20 OCT 2025
Summer Tech Showcase
This summer, 39 Alpha Research scientist, Tucker Ely, highlighted the team’s new thermodynamic modeling software at several leading scientific conferences, including ARPA-E Subsurface Week, the Goldschmidt Conference in Prague, and the Geologic Hydrogen Summit hosted by the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL).
The software advances the modeling of complex geochemical water–rock systems, with immediate applications in the emerging geologic hydrogen generation and carbon sequestration markets.
By sharing this work across diverse forums, 39 Alpha Research is helping build the foundation for innovative solutions in clean energy and climate resilience.
Posted 21 APR 2025
Earth Day Live Event
@ The Plant Mill
Join Team Zero Scientist Tucker Ely at The Plant Mill in Tempe, AZ on Tuesday April 22nd, 2025 from 10am to 6pm.
Tucker will be posted up in front of a large screen, visualizing near-real time global climate data while spouting facts, opinions, hopes and fears, and taking questions about this island we call home.
He might have answers, he might not. He'll try really really hard to keep wild speculation to a minimum. He will be sober, so this shouldn't be too difficult.
Earth is an island people!
Find out how researchers 'see' the Earth in all of its infinite scale and complexity. How can we 'see' plants breath from space? What planetary-scale forces shape regional climates? And how can we 'see' this with satellite imagery.
39 Alpha Research held our first Beer with Scientists fundraiser at Goldwater Brewing Co. on January 16th, 2025. Thank you to everyone who came out and supported our nonprofit!
Our inaugural research group, Team Zero, highlighted two of their recent projects on stimulated geologic hydrogen and the carbonate state space. We were accompanied by guest scientists of varying disciplines -from Clinical Psychology and social science to GeoBiochemistry and beyond- to share insights and stories, drink beer, debate weighty things, and really just get people talking about science.
Stay tuned for our future Beer with Scientists events!
Posted 8 FEB 2024
ARPA-E Award
39 Alpha Research has been awarded a cooperative agreement by the Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) program to explore the stimulated production of geologic hydrogen.
Geologic hydrogen is hydrogen gas (H2) that is produced through reactions between water and rock in Earth’s subsurface. H2 is a clean energy source that produces no carbon when burned or used in a fuel cell, and so represents a promising target for the United States’ decarbonization efforts.
39 Alpha’s Team 0 will leverage it’s expertise in high-throughput computation and geochemistry provide large-scale, high-resolution modeling support to other ARPA-E funded teams in an effort to maximize the production of H2 through subsurface water-rock interactions.
Posted 8 SEP 2023
NASA Award
39 Alpha has been awarded its first grant from NASA to develop open-source software for scientific data. This project will develop a data management system, known as Dorothy, to make scientific data more transparent, and accessible, with the goal of making scientific results more reproducible and more inclusive.
This is funded by NASA’s Open Source Science Initiative (OSSI). For more information about our open source science projects follow us on github!