Josh Van Zak

Josh is a MIT graduate who wants to make people's lives better, not necessarily easier, as is the case with most technology. Josh has done a postgraduate fellowship in systems biology at Harvard Medical School, received the Quest AI Award for Artificial Intelligence research, and led his own research at Yale University and the University of Cambridge.

His research spans xenobiotic materials, international peace, and artificial intelligence, and agricultural technology, and his projects have been featured in DEZEEN Magazine, Netflix’s Abstract, the Wall Street Journal, the National Design Awards, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Cooper Hewitt Museum, Centre Pompidou, and Smithsonian Museum.

Josh is also an advisor to the MIT Media Lab and Engineering Innovation Group at MIT, as well as the Diagnostics Accelerator at Harvard Medical School. Currently, Josh is the CIO of Kerix Jad, CEO of EcoPhilic Corporation, and he has also been designated as a UNESCO Peace Fellow.