In this episode I speak with Caleb Meredith, a materials scientist currently working at TerraSafe Materials, an early-stage climate startup in the sustainable packaging space. We explore his vision of energy stewardship and discuss:
• His path from chemical engineering to materials science, sparked by early experiences exploring nature and fascination with micro-scale phenomena.
• The key distinctions between chemical engineering's industrial process focus versus materials science's structural relationships.
• How biological complexity initially drove him toward simpler physics before drawing him back to bio-derived materials.
• Why the "natural versus synthetic" materials divide misses the point in sustainable solutions.
• His vision of energy stewardship as the foundation for a circular materials economy.
• How studying materials at microscopic scales revealed increasing complexity, reshaping his view of human knowledge.
