CALVIN MURPHY

CONTROLLER

Calvin, as Controller, brings essential fiscal rigor to 's operations. He oversees comprehensive financial management, including meticulous grant accounting and robust financial operations. His expertise ensures the company maintains strong fiscal health and compliance, providing a stable foundation to accelerate our sustainable packaging innovations.

SANSKAR SHRESTHA

MECHANICAL ENGINEER

Sanskar leads mechanical design and manufacturing innovations within 's R&D team. He focuses on developing robust and scalable production systems, ensuring the structural integrity and efficient creation of our cellulose-based products to meet demanding real-world applications without compromising environmental goals.

Benie Muanda

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT & MARKET RESEARCH

Benie drives 's market expansion, dedicated to forging meaningful connections and accelerating sustainable packaging adoption. With a dynamic background in client relations and sales strategy, she excels at identifying new business opportunities and building lasting relationships with federal and state representatives, investors, and sustainability-focused partners

SLESHA TULADHAR

MECHANICAL ENGINEER

Slesha plays a pivotal role in prototyping and ensuring the high quality of 's products. She meticulously tests and refines how our materials are adapted for various applications, guaranteeing that each sustainable solution meets stringent performance standards and delivers exceptional user experience.

CLAUDIA LOWD

CTO & FOUNDER,

Claudia Lowd, CTO & Founder, brings over two decades of pioneering pulp and paper expertise to . Her background, blending deep material science with green engineering, drives the company's sustainable solutions. As Lead Research Scientist, Claudia is the engine behind ’s breakthroughs, pioneering cellulose-based products and optimizing production for safety, cleanliness, and efficiency, dedicated to transforming mills for future generations.

ARIADNE DIMOULA

CEO & FOUNDER,

Ariadne Dimoula, CEO & Founder, ignited 's mission from childhood observations of plastic pollution in Maine and Mexico. As a marine scientist and tenacious blue-tech innovator, she co-founded the company to develop truly biodegradable packaging. With a regenerative vision and scientific rigor, Ariadne leads the creation of ocean-protecting solutions, passionately charting the course for a healthier planet through plant-powered packaging.

Edmara is the strategic backbone of 's operations, grounding her multifaceted responsibilities in a strong background in Information Technology. Her IT acumen ensures the seamless, efficient flow of information and processes that empower the entire team. Edmara meticulously manages executive support, coordinates essential research processes, and provides vital assistance with grant applications. She's passionate about leveraging her technical expertise to optimize administrative functions, ensuring every detail is perfectly aligned and that 's innovators can focus on their groundbreaking work with robust support.

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ARIADNE DIMOULA

CEO & FOUNDER,

Ariadne Dimoula, CEO, Founder, and Ocean Research Director, is driven by an unyielding refusal to accept the status quo of plastic-filled oceans. Her transformative journey began with childhood observations of litter in Maine’s Penobscot River, a spark ignited into a burning mission during a scuba diving trip in Mexico where plastic straws choked marine life. This pivotal moment crystallized her conviction: packaging must truly biodegrade.

A tenacious and future-focused blue-tech innovator, Ariadne earned her degree from the University of Maine, Orono, and immersed herself in ocean research and education. She collaborated with esteemed institutions like the U.S. National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and JERICO-RI, where her leadership in creating the Integrated Multilevel Active Passive Ocean Current Education Advancement Network (IMAPOCEAN) earned her recognition as an outstanding STEM role model. Her global perspective, honed through extensive travel and fluency in Chinese and Greek, further fueled her drive to find a universal solution to single-use plastic waste.

Now at the helm of , Ariadne leads with a regenerative vision, entrepreneurial gusto, and deep scientific know-how. She is not merely creating better packaging; she is establishing the international standard for Ocean-Compostable, Fish-Friendly (OCFF) solutions. Collaborating with the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, the University of Maine, Orono, and powered by a National Science Foundation grant, Ariadne firmly believes a planet-healthy world—where packaging waste is a paramount solution for our oceans—is not only possible, but profoundly necessary. When she’s not in the lab counting zebrafish heartbeats or surfing, she’s inspiring others with this transformative vision.

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