Dr Alicja Dzieciol (PhD Chemistry) is SilviBio’s Founder and CEO. She founded SilviBio in 2019 out of a desire to make a meaningful impact towards transitioning towards a more fair, equitable and sustainable future in the face of the ongoing climate crisis.
Currently, this means addressing the acute need for better professional grade peat-free media in the face of the UK’s 2030 peat ban. Alongside her multidisciplinary team of 7, SilviBio is developing circular and sustainable peat-free media.
Thanks to her leadership, SilviBio has won several awards, including at the Scottish EDGE Net Zero prize at COP26. Alicja herself has been recognised as the Vodafone Business Woman of the Year in Innovation and as a finalist in the EU Prize for Women Innovators.