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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CLAUDIA LOWD

CTO & FOUNDER,

Claudia Lowd, CTO, Founder, and Lead Research Scientist at , is a formidable pioneer dedicated to making the world better and more beautiful. Her journey into industry began as the first woman hired for forestry fieldwork by the University of Maine in 1977. After studying Forestry and Pulp and Paper Engineering, she spent two decades navigating the paper industry, mastering manufacturing processes and optimizing production efficiency from the factory floor. Her expertise later extended to managing complex mill shutdowns and hazardous waste disposal for Clean Harbors, showcasing her exceptional ability to lead teams through intricate, high-stakes operations safely and on schedule.

As the paper industry faced decline, Claudia pivoted, embracing permaculture and green engineering practices with funding from the Maine Department of Environmental Protection and collaboration with the Green Building Council of Maine. Her role as Energy Innovation Coordinator with Maine Rural Partners further broadened her perspective, coordinating grants for farms to improve energy efficiency. These experiences profoundly shaped her worldview, cementing her commitment to environmental impact.

Now, as the engine behind ’s breakthroughs, Claudia combines her vast industry knowledge with her passion for sustainable innovation. She deepens her scientific understanding, even returning to graduate school to secure National Science Foundation (NSF) funding, enabling collaborations with researchers at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, and the University of Maine, Orono. Tenacious and creative, Claudia is devoted to pioneering planet-healthy cellulose products, optimizing production for safety and efficiency, and transforming mills into greener, more beautiful places for future generations. When she’s not researching mechanical forming machinery or tending her garden, she’s advocating for a world where packaging waste provides paramount solutions for our oceans and our planet.

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