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ANNAH-OLOLADE
SANGOSANYA



M. eng in biology
Textile designer



Freshly graduated, Annah-Ololade first studied biological engineering (M. eng in biology, INSA Toulouse, France) and more specifically microbiology and genetical engineering. She is passionate about environment and would like to use her background for sustainable purposes and help not turn this planet into a hell.


On the other hand, she is also interested in fashion, that happens to be a very polluting industry and would like to change it for the better. She thus continued her studies after her masters to study the Fabricademy, textile and technology academy postgraduate (FabLab Barcelona) where she learnt how to use new technologies, biology and digital fabrication (3D design, rapid prototyping, electronics) to developp more sustainable textile design.


During her final project, she investigated the biodegradation of textile waste using mycelium and managed to combine biology, textile design and sustainability. The results of these experiments were promising since they led her to a new flexible composite material made of mycelium, textile waste, coffee grounds that only required wastes, very low means and low energy to grow.



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2021-2022

Fabricademy, textile and technology postgraduate - Institute of Advanced Architecture of Cataluña (IAAC), Barcelona, España.


Technology, digital design, fabrication techniques and biology applied to the textile industry for sustainable solutions. Digital design (Rhinoceros 3D, Grasshopper, Clo3D), laser cutting, CNC milling, sewing, Arduino electronics and microcontrollers, bacterial and fungal cell cultures, bioplastic making, natural dyes .


Final project: use of mycelium as a tool for the biodegradation of textile waste and formation of a composite mycelium textile. Design of experiments, protocols and DIY scientific tools. Tutorial videos for knowledge spreading.

Laureate of Lenzing's Young Scientist Award in the "Textile recycling" category.



2016-2021

Master’s degree in biological engineering - Institut National de Sciences Appliquées (INSA), Toulouse, France.


Microbiology, virology, genetics, metabolism, plant, animal and bacterial physiology, synthetic, systems, cell and molecular biology, biochemistry, enzymology, structural and organic chemistry, statistics, heat and matter transfer, bioreactors, process control...


Technical skills: microbial cultures, genetic engineering (transductions, transfections, clonings), enzyme purification and immobilization, HPLC, bioinformatics (python, bash), o ce pack (Word, Excel, Powerpoint)...