The object
Neeka Mashouf co-developed an enzyme-based manufacturing process that turns captured industrial carbon dioxide into biodegradable cellulose. The process mimics a biological carbon-conversion pathway and can supply lower-carbon feedstock for textiles and other cellulose-based material products.
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What Neeka did
Co-developed an enzyme-based process that converts industrial carbon dioxide into biodegradable cellulose with Leila Mashouf.
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Why it matters
The EPO awarded the Mashouf sisters its 2025 Nature Guardians prize for converting industrial carbon dioxide into useful biodegradable material.
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Living-status check
The EPO's June 2025 prize announcement identifies Neeka Mashouf as a 2025 Young Inventors Prize recipient, positive dated evidence she was alive in 2025.