Jeannette Garcia
Scientist & Inventor | Scientific Innovation Through Biomimicry
About
Jeannette Garcia is a materials scientist and inventor pioneering new sustainable materials and technologies. She has over 20 patents and has developed cutting-edge polymers and composites inspired by nature's design principles.
Jeannette's work at IBM Research has produced innovations like self-healing plastics and recyclable 3D printing materials. Her TEDx talks explore how biomimicry can spark breakthroughs in fields from clean energy to medicine, empowering audiences to rethink engineering through the lens of the natural world.
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A super-strong plastic that reverts to dust
Plastics advocate Jeannette Garcia's accidental invention of a super-strong and fully biodegradable polymer could make today's environmental curse tomorrow's sustainable answer. The implications? Recyclable airplanes, dissolvable water bottles and dramatically diminished landfills.
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