Our Journey

Jamie Walters

PhD in Chemical Engineering – Cambridge University

My grandfather was a coal miner, my father was a coal miner and I was expected to be a coal miner too. Then the coal mines closed down, and many jobs were lost in my home town, because the coal industry was not safe, not sustainable, and not economically viable moving forward. So, living that experience of watching an industry collapse and the unemployment that arose, It has always been my personal mission to rebuild industries and create jobs that are safe, sustainable, economically viable and that add value and improve the quality of life for all.

Damien Demoulin

PhD in Physical Chemistry – École Supérieure de Chimie Industrielles de Paris (ESPCI)

Growing up, every item we owned was considered precious resource needing meticulous care to make it last as long as possible. Despite this, I was struck by the unsustainable cycle of consumption: items wearing down, being discarded, and being replaced. I am convinced that the manufacturing industry’s future hinges on moving to a circular economy, where waste is minimized and products are designed to last longer. This shift is urgent: as climate change intensifies and resources deplete, the need for sustainable solutions is crucial.

Prof. Jerome Bibette

PhD, University of Bordeaux (France) – CNRS Silver Medal

As a soft matter scientist and one of the world’s experts in emulsion and interface science, I have transformed many of my discoveries in these fields into real applications. One of the driving motivations all along my career was to pioneer ways to escape from the broad use of surfactants in creating systems containing different homogeneously dispersed immiscible fluids. As one of the main founders of Calyxia, I am proud to declare that not only have surfactants been abandoned in formulating these liquid dispersions as precursors of capsules, but in addition, our research has also led to even more sustainable materials by combining biodegradability with the absence of surfactant.

Prof. David Weitz

PhD. Harvard University (USA)