Sofía Ulloa Arias is addressing the environmental impact of short-lived plastics in the pet industry, where discarded toys contribute to significant waste. Her solution involves the use of mycelium from mushrooms and vegetable substrates to create compostable pet toys, promoting a greener future and revolutionising the sector with the world’s first 100% compostable inedible toys.
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Breaking the Wall of Conventional Materials
Sofía Ulloa Arias is a biotechnology engineer graduate from the Costa Rica Institute of Technology. She then earned a Master’s degree in biomedical research from the University of Navarra, focusing on viral treatments against cancer. Since 2018, Sofía has been immersed in the world of data analysis within the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry. Her expertise lies in assembling compelling visualisations to interpret complex results. She created Dateando con Sofía, a Facebook and Instagram profile disseminating resources in Spanish on data analytics and valuable tools in the area. Sofía founded Grybas, a company that produces innovative biomaterials using the fungi mycelium.
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