Home


ANNAH-OLOLADE
SANGOSANYA



M. eng in biology
Textile designer



Annah-Ololade first studied biological engineering (M. eng in biology, INSA Toulouse, France) and more specifically microbiology, molecular biology and genetical engineering and industrial processes. She is passionate about environment and would like to use her background for sustainable purposes and help not turn this planet into a hell.
She is also interested in fashion, that happens to be a very polluting industry and would like to change it for the better. She 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 and digital fabrication (3D design, rapid prototyping, electronics) for more sustainable textile design. During her final project, she investigated the biodegradation of textile waste using mycelium, thus combining the fields of biology and textile design.

She is now continuing her research project and working on a biological textile recycling system by pursuing a PhD at the Vrije Universiteit Brussels.



Resume





2023-2027 : PhD researcher, Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Flanders, Belgium.

​

Development of a textile recycling system using a fungal and bacterial consortium.


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)...