Our highly experienced team of technology and biology professionals, hail from diverse backgrounds, and possess a deep understanding and expertise in successfully managing global technology firms and spearheading large-scale commercial algae cultivation. Our passion and commitment to the planet and the people who depend on its natural resources is evident in everything we do.

Our expert Advisory Board consists of prominent figures in the fields of aquaculture and sustainability.

As a team, we are wholeheartedly committed to cultivating top-notch microalgae that brings positive change to food quality and nutrition on a global scale.

We collaborate with experts who support us in our goal to be one of the world's best carbon projects with a demonstrated commitment to long-term food security for the people who need it most.

CTO and Founder of VAXA

Professor Isaac Berzin was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world in business and science by Time Magazine (2008) for his work in sustainable algae-culture.

He is the Founder and Chief Technology Officer of VAXA Technologies, bringing to market sustainable algae-based impact feed and food solutions.

Professor Berzin is an Affiliated Scientist at MIT, where he worked as a researcher at the Center for Space Research on a NASA-sponsored project, developing bioreactors for the International Space Station. He is also an Adjunct Professor at Reykjavik University's School of Technology.

Isaac holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. He completed his post-doctoral research at Robert Langer's lab at MIT.

Advisory board member

Professor Emeritus of International Environmental Policy at the Fletcher School, Tufts University, and Distinguished Visiting Scientist at Woodwell Climate Research Center. He founded the Center for International Environment and Resource Policy at the Fletcher School and co-founded the Global Development and Environment Institute at Tufts University. He graduated from Williams College and holds a Ph.D. in physical chemistry from MIT.

A Lead Author of five Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reports including the 2007 report that shared the Nobel Peace Prize. As a Science Fellow, he worked in the U.S. Senate on energy and forestry issues and on legislation that eliminated American use of CFCs in spray cans to protect the ozone layer. He was the first director of the climate program at the World Resources Institute in 1988, and in 2019 was elected an American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow. He is the past chair of the boards of Woodwell Climate Research Center, and The Climate Group North America., and has served on multiple additional boards including the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research.

At VAXA, we believe that technology is the foundation of a credible, long-term solution that not only meets the nutritional requirements of people but can successfully address the current planetary climate emergency by halting the destruction of our natural environment caused by the production of beef meat.

We aim to leverage our access to clean energy, innovation, passion for people and the planet, and expert knowledge to support us in our mission to inspire collective and effective action worldwide by encouraging people to choose Icelandic Ultra Spirulina to meet their nutritional needs equivalent to beef meat while using carbon financing to fund initiatives that help marginalized peoples also achieve food security.

VAXA is dedicated to enabling sustainable nutrition choices by offering people an alternate natural superfood nutritionally equivalent to beef, which is produced through a patented first-of-its-kind, scalable technology that converts clean energy to a micro-algae known as Icelandic Ultra Spirulina (IUS) which is used as an ingredient in food fortification programs across the globe.

VAXA drives impactful emission reductions worldwide, by offering a holistic approach to food security that empowers companies committed to meeting their net-zero targets to choose a partner with the same values, ensuring co-benefits that positively impact the planet and people who depend on it.

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