Scientific ethics and human commitment
A team of experts for scientific research, industrial innovation and products conception
URBAN ALGAE is a young company led by passionate professionnals who enthusiastically share a passion for microalgae and believe these microorganisms are an answer to numerous environmental and nutritional issues of tomorrow.
Our responsibility, as guaranteed by our board of directors, is based on quality, profitability and ethics.
Board of directors
Alexis Chatain
Founder and President
- Founder of URBAN ALGAE (2016)
- Experience: partners relationship management, R&D, strategy, projects ownership, admin
- Education: Engineering School of Biotechnologies
- Role: Setting the vision and managing its implementation
Jean-Michel Pommet
Partner and VP Innovation
- Experience: 20+ years developing health & food products, including microalgae-based products for industrial groups in France and internationally
- Education: PhD, Molecular Biology
- Role: Advises and promotes the conception and distribution of URBAN ALGAE products for each project
- Other activities: Founder of the BLU-EAT project, a company specialised in the design, creation and development of microalgae-based food products
Joe McDonald
Partner
- Experience: World class expertise for 20 years in the algoculture sector
- Job title: Technical Directeur & International Industrial Deployment Director
- Role: Ensures quality control of photobioreactors installations and other industrial projects
- Other activities: Director of VARICON AQUA
Employees
Annabel Faïk
Production Manager
- Education: Marseille Polytech
- Experience: Microalgae production in photobioreactors, Optimisation of stems production
- Role: Responsible for project management from resources allocation to technical operations
We are hiring!
Project Manager - sales: Nutrition & cosmetics
- Understands science and business
- Has a network in industrial food, feed, cosmetics & pharma
- In charge of linking industrial demand and production offers
Production technicians
- Experienced in bioproduction
- Production site management and norms and quality control
- Ability to manage technical and quality specifications set up by management
phD microalgae bioproduction and bioprocessing
- Highly experienced in industrial microalgae production
- Experienced in European R&D project management, tests management, results reporting for industrial implementation
- R&D team management and project management
Interns
- Production Technician
- Laboratory Technician
- Admin
- Marketing & Communication
- R&D products formulation
- R&D researching innovative targets
Project Manager - sales: Nutrition & cosmetics
- Understands science and business
- Has a network in industrial food, feed, cosmetics & pharma
- In charge of linking industrial demand and production offers