 algae are being explored as a potential high yield feedstock for biofuels production due to their significant lipid and carbohydrate production, ability to grow using non-potable water sources and useful biomolecular substrates, lipids. Environmental factors such as temperature, light, and pH, as well as nutrient availability including carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, and trace metals, affect growth rate and cellular composition. Understanding synergistic interactions between multiple environmental variables and nutritional factors is crucial for developing sustainable high productivity bioalgae systems essential for commercial biofuel production, with a focus on carbon fixation and partitioning from a biofuels perspective. This article was authored by Ganti S. Morthy, Ruben Michael Sabalos, and Ankita