PopTech Labs

Ecomaterials Innovation Lab Network

The success of the PopTech Ecomaterials Innovation Lab is a direct outcome of the commitment and expertise of its participants, a group of renowned thought leaders who are giving their time and energy toward the development of new materials and related incentives.

Eben Bayer, Co-Founder, Ecovative Designs Eric Beckman, Professor of Engineering, University of Pittsburgh. Co-Director, Mascaro Sustainability Initiative John Bissell, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Micromidas, Inc Richard Blackburn Head of Green Chemistry Group, Centre for Technical Textiles, University of Leeds; Founder, DyeCat Ltd., Co-Founder and Director, RITE Group Michael Brown, Co-Founder, Brown and Wilmanns Environmental, LLC Simonetta Carbonaro, Professor in Design Management and Humanistic Marketing at the Swedish School of Textiles, University of Boras, Sweden, Partner, REALISE Strategic Consultants, Germany
Eraina Duffy, Sustainable Materials Specialist, Considered Design, Nike Jill Dumain, Director of Environmental Strategy, Patagonia Peter Durand, Co-Founder and Creative Director, Alphachimp Studio Michael Ellison, Professor, Polymer Fibers, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Clemson University John Frazier, Director of Considered Chemistry and Water, Nike Ken Geiser, Director of the Lowell Center for Sustainable Production, University of Massachusetts
Pam Greene, Senior Design Innovator, Considered Design, Nike Lauren Heine, Science Director & Partner, Clean Production Action, Principal, Lauren Heine Group, LLC Alissa Kendall, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UC Davis Sriram Kosuri, Post Doctorate Fellow, Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering Randolph Lewis, Professor of Molecular Biology, University of Wyoming Reid Lifset, Associate Director of the Industrial Environmental Management Program and Resident Fellow in Industrial Ecology, The School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University
Kiersten Muenchinger, Founding Director, Product Design, Principal, Green Product Design Network, University of Oregon Anil Netravali, Professor of Fiber Science, Cornell College of Human Ecology Director of Sustainability and Equipment Innovation, Nike Phil Patterson, Managing Director, Colour Connections Textile Consultancy Brenda Platt, Co-Director, The Institute for Local Self-Reliance David Rejeski, Director, Science and Technology Innovation Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Mark Rossi, Co-Founder, The Sustainable Biomaterials Collaborative Research Director/Partner, Clean Production Action Libby Sommer, Environmental Scientist, Design for the Environment, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Dwayne Spradlin, President and Chief Executive Officer, InnoCentive, Inc Helen Storey, Senior Research Fellow and Professor, London College of Fashion; Co-Director, Fashion Science Centre Lorrie Vogel, General Manager, Considered Design, Nike Peter Waeber, Chief Executive Officer, bluesign technologies ag
Erika Wagner, Executive Director, X Prize Lab at MIT John Warner, President, Chief Technology Officer, Warner Babcock Institute for Green Chemistry; President, The Beyond Benign Foundation Phil Waywell, Project Manager, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Feasibility Account, University of Sheffield Richard Wool, Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Delaware; Director, Affordable Composites from Renewable Resources Yiqi Yang, Charles Bessey Professor and Professor of Textiles, Clothing & Design; Professor of Biological Systems Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln