Revolutionizing Cobalt Recovery

Sustainable Mining Wastewater Treatment Through Engineered Yeast

96.4% Cobalt Recovery
50% Energy Reduction
0 Toxic Chemicals

The Challenge

Current mining wastewater treatment methods are inefficient, costly, and environmentally harmful.

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Mining Wastewater Crisis

80% of industrial wastewater is released untreated into the environment, causing severe environmental damage. Current treatment methods are either environmentally harmful or prohibitively expensive.

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Conventional Limitations

Existing solutions like chemical precipitation and membrane filtration are costly, energy-intensive, and often produce toxic sludge.

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Resource Recovery

Valuable metals like cobalt are lost in wastewater streams, representing both an environmental hazard and a missed economic opportunity.

Our Solution

Revolutionary bioengineered yeast technology for customizable metal uptake

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Engineered Yeast Platform

Our technology leverages synthetic biology to create yeast strains that produce specific metal-binding proteins on their cell surface.

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Innovative Bioreactor System

Our continuous flow system achieves steady-state metal removal within 2-4 hours, significantly faster than conventional methods.

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Selective Metal Recovery

The system demonstrates high selectivity for cobalt, enabling efficient recovery even in complex wastewater streams.

Technology in Action

Our pilot studies have demonstrated unprecedented success in metal recovery from mining wastewater, achieving 96.4% cobalt recovery rates.

Selective metal binding proteins
Continuous flow optimization
Real-time monitoring system

Meet Our Team

Led by experts in biotechnology and environmental engineering

Shalmalee Pandit

Shalmalee Pandit

Co-Founder & CEO

Shalmalee brings a wealth of expertise in bio-engineering. With a Ph.D. from MIT, she combines technical proficiency with strategic vision, making her uniquely qualified to lead sustainable water treatment solutions.

PhD MIT Systems Integration Strategy
Nikita Patil

Nikita Patil

Co-Founder & CTO

Nikita's expertise in biotechnology and environmental science drives Aquasaic's technical innovation. Her Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from UT Austin focused on engineered biological systems for environmental applications.

PhD UT Austin Biotechnology Research

Our Partners & Support

MassChallenge Green Town Labs Accel iCorps Xtreme City of Antioch

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Contact Information

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Office Location

444 Somerville Ave
Somerville, MA 02143

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Email Us

founders@aquasaic.com

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