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Graham Dick

Questioner · DISC type c
Founder at Lygg
📍 Palo Alto, California, United States

Graham Dick is the Founder and CEO of Lygg, a Y Combinator-backed (W21) company developing novel, sustainable ingredients for personal care products like sunscreens. With a Ph. D. in Chemistry from Stanford and postdoctoral research at EPFL, his expertise lies in sustainable chemistry and converting biomass into high-value, bio-based chemicals to replace petroleum-derived products.

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Experience
15 Years
Current Role
Founder
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Palo Alto, California, United States
Personality Overview

How Graham shows up

Price-Sensitive
Systematic
Cautious & Analytical

They generally do not appreciate an overfriendly approach and prefer to stay to-the-point. They prefer to do thorough analysis of any situation. While they don't hesitate to ask questions, they are generally risk-averse and tend to be late adopters.

Priorities

Topics Graham cares about

Sustainable Chemistry
His entire academic and professional career, from his Ph. D. to founding Lygg, is dedicated to creating bio-based chemicals from renewable resources to replace fossil-based products.
Tech Commercialization
He translated his postdoctoral research from EPFL into a startup, Lygg, and accelerated its growth through the Y Combinator (W21) program to bring his innovations to market.
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Career

Work history

10-2020
Founder
Lygg
12-2017 - 9-2020
Postdoctoral Researcher
EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne)
9-2011 - 9-2017
Research Assistant
Stanford University
9-2011 - 6-2012
Teaching Assistant
Stanford University
5-2009 - 6-2011
Research Assistant
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
1-2021 - 3-2021
W21
Y Combinator
2011 - 2017
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Stanford University
2011 - 2017
Master of Science (M.S.)
Stanford University
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

c

Calculativeness (C)

Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.

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