Sofia Guridi & Matteo Iannacchero - Bio-connected second skins

IMPACT Forum - Sustainability through innovative bio-based materials
April 25 2024
Sofia Guridi & Matteo Iannacchero, Aalto University
Bio-connected second skins: Weaving the green future of smart textiles
Sofía Guridi is a Design Researcher from Chile at the Aalto University Bioinnovation Center doctoral school. Her work focuses on the intersection of textiles, electronics, sustainability, and biomaterials for creating soft interfaces. She is currently part of the Fashion/Textile Futures research group at the Department of Design where she is pursuing her PhD in Sustainable Smart Textiles.
Matteo Iannacchero is a chemist and doctoral student at the Aalto University Bioinnovation Center doctoral school. His background is in biopolymer chemistry, and he is currently involved in a multidisciplinary project that entangles chemistry, material science and machine learning to achieve optimal properties for future e-textiles. The collaboration is done between the Aalto School of Chemical Engineering and the School of Science.