Nature has, for billions of years, thrived in creating vast quantities of materials without landfill or waste. It’s time we took notes.

Fossil-derived materials and products are fundamentally undermining our health, our ecosystems – our ability to sustain life on earth. What if materials like plastics were healthy instead of harmful for the world around us?

The next generation of materials is waste-free and regenerative by design.

Who we are

Our vision is a world where materials regenerate nature and support human health.

Materiom is founded on a nature-inspired vision of the future – one where materials are made from abundant natural ingredients that are used, broken down, and used again. Just as nature uses a common set of building blocks to create high-performance materials - from spider silk to bone - we empower innovators worldwide to create regenerative materials using a common set of tools.

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What we do

Materiom’s mission is to accelerate the research, development, and uptake of materials that have a net-positive impact on the planet.

Our collaborative platform provides open data and AI software to accelerate widespread innovation, while our research team works with local communities to investigate regenerative value chains and the viability of regional, renewable biomass sources. Together, we convene an extensive network from across the materials value chain, including scientists, commercial material developers, consumer brands, retailers, recyclers, and composters.

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Meet the team

Dr. Alysia Garmulewicz

CO-CEO and Founder

Liz Corbin

Co-CEO and Founder

Dr. Jan Botha

CTO

Federico Arenas

Senior AI Engineer

Kate Black

Communications Lead

Pilar Bolumburu

Materials Designer and Researcher

Dr. Erinc Bahçegül

Scientific Lead

Dr. Fiona Sander

Computational MaterialS Scientist

Advisory Board

Sherry Lassiter

President & CEO, The Fab Foundation

Michael Werner

Head of Circular Economy, Google

Sriya Sundaresan

Climate Tech Advisor & Angel Investor

Ian DeWeerdt

Director of Project Development & Finance, Resource Dynamics

Uli Becker

Angel Investor

Alan Gershenfeld

President, E-Line Media

John Warner

Co-founder, Beyond Benign

Zachary Trautt

Materials Research Engineer, National Institute of Standards and Technology