Products
Powerful, super effective, and easy to use photobioreactors of different sizes utilizing microalgae to deliver clean Hamptons quality air to your oil, gas or coal power plants, skyscrapers, home, any space that needs clean air free of pollutants like carbon dioxide, monoxide, formaldehyde, or pm2.5(particulate matter). These bioreactors can also be adapted for cleaning wastewater without producing secondary chemicals or contamination.
Our Mission
During Earth’s early planetary stage, the first life forms were mainly a primordial, bubbling concoction of algae cells with a huge appetite for any poison it could get to: methane, carbon dioxide and monoxide, nitrates, phosphates, any gaseous or solid poison that would kill most modern lifeforms on contact. While devouring all of that, algae produced pure oxygen and various sugars. That is how ancient algae created Earth’s atmosphere and life as we know it. Every algae cell is built as a sophisticated and effective chemical plant that uses the sun’s energy to break down toxic substances and turn them into oxygen and carbohydrates in a process called photosynthesis. More than 5 billion years later, we decided to replicate nature’s wonderful behavior and apply it to help humans to deal with today’s major challenges such as air and water pollution, health, agriculture, and even local flora and fauna restoration.
Here at Algae Creations we’re working diligently to unleash the power of microalgae to bring fresh Hamptons quality air to polluted cities or dwellings, as well as deliver pure drinkable water to communities suffering from polluted or contaminated water, along with wastewater management.
We have built a microalgae bioreactor to purify air and water. The microalgae can filter a wide variety of common pollutants, such as formaldehyde, ammonia, and carbon dioxide. The bioreactor facilitates the regulation of the microalgae— its life cycle— as well as cycling all the necessary gasses and water. Specifically, our technology ensures that the algal life cycle can continue indefinitely. When polluted air is funneled into the reactor, for instance with a high concentrate of carbon dioxide, the algae absorbs the carbon and outputs oxygenated air which can then be circulated.
Projects
Local Law 97, which took effect in 2024, is a new requirement for buildings over a certain size in NYC to lower greenhouse gas emissions by a significant percentage. We believe that our bioreactor can meet the need for air purification. More information can be found at: https://accelerator.nyc/ll97
About Us
Dean LaVerta
Dean is a scientist and expert in the marine and microbiology field. He built the Microalgae Bioreactor, as well as developed a new technology for vertical indoor shrimp farming. He is also a world renowned expert on coral reef restoration.
University of Miami Bachelor of science in Marine Biology and Biochemistry 1988
University of Miami with Masters in marine biology and Biochemistry in 1989
University of Miami PhD 1991
Zoya Kogan
Zoya is the inventor of the bioreactor and cofounder.
EXPERIENCE
Algae Creations Biotech Startup, May 2020-Present
Co-Founder - President
Dr. Robert Valenti - PhD Marine Biology
1968 – 1972 Head of Vertebrates Studies, Aquatic Sciences
1972 – 1976 Senior Research Scientist, Head of Fin Fish Studies
1976 – current Owner and director Multi Aquaculture Systems in Amagansett, NY.
Dr. Robert Valenti is an iconic scientist and researcher in the field of marine and microbiology. He is world renowned in the fish farming and algae development field. Dr. Valenti started Multi Aquaculture Systems in 1976 and was the first to farm striped bass and operated a Bioassay Lab for government contracts. He developed many breeding techniques that were groundbreaking at the time and still used today. The Algae Creations Microalgae Bioreactor and Lab is here at the fish farm.
Dr. Michael Rubinstein
PhD in Physics Harvard University
M.A Harvard University
B.S in Physics, California Institute of Technology
Dr. Rubinstein’s accomplishments are too long to list; we have a 32-page c.v.
available. He is the professor and head of the Duke University science department. He
has consulted hundreds of other major companies from Halliburton to Kodak. Dr.
Rubinstein is one of the worlds premiere material and physical scientists. He
has giving us great assistance with the creation and design for our Microalgae
Bioreactor, and is the lead advisor for our testing of the Microalgae
Bioreactor.
Dave Katragadda
Dave is an accomplished investor and instrumental player in global markets, investing in
various organizations spread across Education, Health Care, Information Technology,
Chip Design, and Real Estate verticals. Being a strong believer in ‘Living Beyond Life’,
he actively participates and contributes to ‘green’ projects and also contributed to
‘Clinton Global Initiatives’ fund. Co-Founder of three companies that have become
billion-dollar companies.
Mr. Dave— Founder and Managing Director of Nexzen Bio-energy
Mr. Dave - Founder and Managing partner of Exponential Growth Capital, a private hedge fund in the USA
BS in chemical engineering from Andhra University.
MS In Petroleum Engineering from University of Southern California
MS in Industrial and Systems Engineering from University of Alabama in Huntsville
Richard Leong
Richard has been in Commercial Real Estate since 1989, working for some of the
largest real estate companies in NYC. 14 years ago, he opened his own very
successful company and has contact with most of the builders and real estate moguls
in NYC.
Graduate of The Wharton School of Finance.