Ben Sharp

The Future and Fungi

TEDxPerth 2015
November 2015

Talk length:

9.31min

The Future and Fungi | Ben Sharp | TEDxPerth

Could fungus be a serious structural material for the 21st century? Ben Sharp is developing production techniques and applications for fungus that could could provide strong, lightweight, fire-retardant and eco-friendly materials for houses, cars, packaging and more…

Ben Sharp is passionate about the intersection of science, innovation and entrepreneurship. He recently founded Mycovative, a small Perth-based biotechnology startup exploring the potential that fungi has as bioremediators and biomaterials.

He encourages young scientists to pursue a less conventional pathway and explore business ventures that utilise a science background.

Ben Sharp
Fungi entrepreneur

Ben Sharp is passionate about the intersection of science, innovation and entrepreneurship, and spends his time connecting the three. Through this passion he recently founded Mycovative, a small Perth-based biotechnology startup exploring the potential that fungi has as bioremediators and biomaterials.

Ben grew up in Kalgoorlie and discovered at an early age how much he enjoyed the thrill of finding answers and challenging the status quo. This led him to move to Perth in 2014 to study molecular genetics and biotechnology.

He strongly advocates other young scientists to pursue a less conventional pathway and explore the possibility of starting a business venture that utilises their science background.