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Cracking Innovation: Eastman biomaterials team win sustainability business pitch prize

12 March 2024

Dr David Chau and his team won the award for pitching their business idea, ReOvum - transforming waste eggshells into sustainable wound dressings and eco-friendly alternatives to plastic packaging.

Dr David Chau and  Eastman ReOvum team

David Chau (Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering at Eastman Dental Institute) and his team have won the Audience Choice Award at the School of Management SustainTech Pitching 2024 Competition based on their research into the development of biological membranes. 

In collaboration with SustainTech consulting company Tecno International and led by School of Management’s Paolo Taticchi and Pierre-Jean Hanard, the SustainTech Pitching Competition is looking for aspiring and existing entrepreneurs seeking to help the planet and its people.

Dr Chau and his team pitched ReOvum - transforming waste eggshells into sustainable wound dressings and eco-friendly alternatives to plastic packaging, which could pioneer a new wave of waste repurposing. The Eastman Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering team scooped one of three winning prizes that included a £1k cash prize and 12 months of Business and Technical Mentorship with SustainTech consulting company, Tecno International, with a feasibility assessment of ReOvum.

Speaking of the prize, Professor Mark Emberton (Dean, Faculty of Medical Sciences) said: “This is a great idea - a clever way of recycling discarded food to benefit clinical care.”


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