Dr. Senthil Chinnasamy is an expert in algae-based carbon capture and bioinnovation, currently serving as the Director and Chief Scientific Officer of Aarksee Group in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. With over 28 years of scientific leadership, he has led pioneering research and technology deployments in microalgae cultivation, carbon capture, biofuel production, and sustainable waste valorization. His multidisciplinary expertise combines environmental biotechnology and climate-focused innovation to create nature-based carbon capture strategies tailored for desert and arid ecosystems.

He holds a B.Sc. in Agriculture from Tamil Nadu Agricultural University and both M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Microbiology from the prestigious Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI-PUSA), New Delhi. Dr. Chinnasamy was instrumental in establishing one of the Gulf region’s first large-scale algae testbed facilities for carbon capture and biofuel production for Saudi Aramco in 2021. Prior to joining Aarksee, he served as Chief Technology Officer at Aban Group, where he successfully demonstrated the conversion of 41 different waste streams—including microalgae and other carbon-rich materials—into biocrude using advanced hydrothermal conversion technology. His work enabled the successful demonstration of co-processing algal biocrude with petroleum, in collaboration with Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited (CPCL) in India and Muradel in Australia to reduce the carbon intensity of conventional fuels.

At the University of Georgia (USA), under the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Biorefining and Carbon Cycling Program, Dr. Chinnasamy led flagship projects on microalgae biofuels and anaerobic digestion from 2007 to 2010. Earlier, as Chief Scientist at Rajshree Sugars & Chemicals Ltd., his contributions led to the development of India’s first zero-effluent discharge composting technology for distillery waste—a benchmark in industrial sustainability.

A passionate advocate for climate innovation, Dr. Chinnasamy has authored over 25 peer-reviewed publications on algae and holds three U.S. patents, with ten more pending across cutting-edge technologies in carbon capture, green materials, bioenergy, and sustainable resource systems. At Aarksee Group, he leads the development of next-generation biofuels from biocrude, hybrid direct air capture (DAC) systems, algae-powered carbon offset solutions, and high-impact bio-based products—strategically aligned with global net-zero ambitions.