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Graham Dick

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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
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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
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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
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