About

Laura Armenio is a Biomedical Engineer working in R&D at Gelatex, where she develops innovative fibre-based materials for biomedical and cosmetic applications using the company’s proprietary solution-spinning technology. Her background combines expertise in natural and synthetic polymer processing into fibres with extensive research on biomaterial-cell interactions, particularly in skeletal muscle tissue engineering.

She is passionate about translating advanced materials into practical solutions for regenerative medicine and cosmetics.

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WHY THE GREENEST POLYMERS NEVER REACHED SCALE

Athanasios Garoufas and Laura Armenio discuss how the sustainability profile of a material is baked-in at its production, examining how traditional methods for producing polymers fail to unify both environmentally favourable feedstock and industrial-scale production capacity, and consider the advantages that next-generation methods that bring these two key aspects together could bring to not only drug delivery but the wider industry.