Athan Fox

Short Bio:

I'm a PhD chemistry graduate from the University of Cambridge and Executive member at Aurelius. I am passionate about science which makes the world a better place. My core interests are in the development of new and ground-breaking technology to address the world's challenges in sustainability, recycling and the circular economy - to create a 'world without waste'. At Aurelius Environmental, our aim is to revolutionise recycling. Our vision is a web of industries where one stream's waste is another stream's in-feed: bridging linear and wasteful processes to create a circular, pollution-free, zero-waste future. To put it simply: we harvest resources from urban waste. I have been selected to represent the UK and the European Commission on multiple government-led missions to Asia and the Middle East. In Jan 2019, our business Aurelius Environmental won two prestigious Rushlight awards. Our future depends on more than just groundbreaking research; we must translate science into meaningful and economically sensible products and services... Turning great ideas into things people need, but always underpinned by ambitious yet realistic business models.