Few people have the range to design missiles for F-15 fighter jets and reimagine the Cheerios box. We caught up with Jay Gouliard, Vice President of Global Packaging at Mondelēz International to learn more about why innovating toward a more...
Based in the Netherlands, Avantium is working to commercialize recyclable polymers and ingredients for a variety of applications where fossil-based resources are commonly used. We chatted with Math Lambalk, Business Development Manager, to learn how...
Julia Attwood joined BloombergNEF as an analyst five years ago and now heads the advanced materials team. We spoke about key factors for evaluating packaging sustainability, how companies benefit from circular models, her "top tips" for hitting...
Ahead of his scheduled talk at Sustainability in Packaging 2021, we caught up with Dan Felton, Executive Director of the American Institute for Packaging and the Environment (AMERIPEN). We discussed his busy first year at the institute, how...
Jeff Schuetz is the vice president of Sonoco’s consumer packaging technology and a key figure in the company's ongoing efforts to identify and implement more sustainable packaging technology. We spoke with Jeff about Sonoco's work to address current...
Consumer backlash against plastic, government regulations and an increasing sense of corporate citizenship has led industry to step up its efforts to develop single-use products from paper and other alternative materials. Among plastic products, few...
In January, Halo kicked off our program with Baxter (NYSE: BAX), a Fortune 500 medical device company with a focus on kidney disease, immune disorders and other chronic conditions. Baxter was seeking new technologies to purify tap water to make it...
Two months ago on October 12, we celebrating some of the most inspiring scientists in Chicago working to advance their research and help patients. As 2020 draws to a close, take a look back at the names and faces of these heroes and their supporters...
Learn from Jenner Tomaska, former Executive Chef at NEXT/Alinea and twice-nominated James Beard Rising Star, how to create "edible cocktails" using the culinary technique of spherification.
University of Chicago cancer researcher Tom Gajewski and his band of fellow immunotherapists, The Checkpoints, are part of a growing club. See which of your favorite rock stars are really scientists in disguise.