Isha Datar

Executive Director at New Harvest

NGO / Public Service

Isha has been pioneering the field of cellular agriculture since 2009, when she began a deep-dive investigation into the technical challenges and opportunities involved in producing cultured meat. In 2010 Isha published "Possibilities for an in-vitro meat production system" in the food science journal Innovative Food Science and Emerging Technologies. Isha became Executive Director of New Harvest in January 2013. She co-founded Perfect Day Foods, making milk without cows, in April 2014 and Clara Foods, making eggs without chickens, in November 2014.