Alga Biosciences
Winter 2022 · Active
We stop cows from burping methane.
Location: Berkeley, CA, US
Founded: 2021
Team size: 6
About
Founders
Alexander BrownFounder
Alex studied life sciences and economics in undergrad, but worked as a Chief of Staff at a software company until he couldn’t stop thinking about how annoying it was that nobody had solved the problem of cow burps yet.
Daria BalatskyFounder
Daria is a physical chemist who has worked on various topics from synthesizing drugs for kidney disease to studying quantum materials as a PhD candidate. Now she applies herself as a co-founder and chemist for Alga Biosciences.
Caroline McKeonFounder
Physical chemist training and trained in quantum mechanical electronic structure theory at the University of California, Berkeley (CA) and Haverford College (PA). Creating cattle feed additives to reduce methane emissions by ruminants. Bring kelp to cows, bring science to application!