Today we are talking to Dr Laura Frazier, Chief Scientist of TaikiUSA, and Dr Megan Coates, R&D manager at the Stellenbosch Nanofiber Company, about their collaboration and creation of Bōshi Beauty nanofiber-based product line.
Stellenbosch Nanofiber Company has been developing nanofiber-based products, including advanced wound dressings, tissue engineering scaffolds and cosmetic products. TaikiUSA is a global leader in skincare and makeup tools.
Megan received her PhD in Chemistry at the Rhodes University in South Africa and have been working at the SNC for over 8 years as Research and Development manager. Laura received her PhD in Chemistry at the University of Akron in the USA and have worked as Director at the SNS Nanofiber Technology company, an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Malone University, a program leader at Owens Corning and now as chief scientist at TaikiUSA.
Episode 38: Talking to Julia K Wright about textiles, weaving and using the loom
Episode 37: Dr. Frank Leibfarth discusses polymer recycling and PFAS filtratrion
Episode 36: Dr. Kevin Wyss discusses Flash-Joule Heating, Polymer Upcycling, and Life-Cycle Assessment
Episode 35: Talking to Joe Mwakiremba about upcycling flip-flops from beaches in Kenya
Episode 34: Dr Mapula Razwinani talks about plant-based bandages with medicinal features
Episode 33: Dr. Boran ”Bo” Ma discusses computational modeling in polymers, comedy in science, and living in Hattiesburg
Episode 32: Gregory Parisi tells us more about adaptable Fog water collection using switchable electrospun fibers
Episode 31: Adam Hecht from Dive Design on 3D printing prosthesis for dogs and more
Episode 30: Dr Aurelien Forget speaks about a wonderful new Free Radical Polymerization game that is for everyone
Episode 29: Dr. Tristan Clemons discusses soft-matter therapeutics, peptide synthesis, and field hockey
Episode 28: Dr. Katrina Knauer discusses the restructuring of plastic recycling
Episode 27: Dr. Barney Grubbs discusses the significance of depolymerizable polymers in sustainable materials
Episode 26: Talking to Ingmar Van Hengel about digital health, 3D implants and skin printing
Episode 25: Dr. Brooks Abel, University of California Berkeley, Polymer Recycling
Episode 23: Talking to Clariter’s Zininzi Mpafa about upcycling plastic waste to useful products
Episode 22: Talking to Dr. Benjamin Alameda about controllably degradable polymer networks
Episode 21: Talking to Dr. Christoph Herfurth about polyurethanes and sustainable plastics
Episode 20: Talking to Tshepo Mangoele about an amazing natural polymer called Lignin.
Episode 19: Talking to Hyunwoo Yuk about barnicle-inspired surgical glue
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