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    Holly Reeve

    Founder of HydRegen - UK based

    Biotech CEO using industrial biotechnology to make chemical manufacturing greener and cheaper.

    Holly Reeve, founder of HydRegen

    What HydRegen does

    Dr Holly Reeve co-founded HydRegen after completing her DPhil in Chemistry at the University of Oxford, where she developed the core technology from lab research to commercial product. HydRegen combines industrial biotechnology with modern chemical manufacturing to create more sustainable processes for the pharmaceutical and chemical industries. Holly was awarded the Royal Society of Chemistry's Felix Franks Biotechnology Medal in 2022 for her pioneering work bridging biology and chemistry at scale.

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    Superpower: Green Chemistry Innovation

    "Holly believes science should solve real-world problems, including the challenges of sustainable manufacturing."

    What a young person can learn from this

    • A real business in engineering & manufacturing started with a specific problem, not a perfect plan.
    • Green Chemistry Innovation is a skill you can practise, not something you are born with.
    • How tech & innovation shows up in a real business.
    • How sustainability shows up in a real business.
    • How product & service development shows up in a real business.

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