Our Team
Seaweed Generation's mission is to mitigate and remove carbon emissions using seaweed. We believe that the wonders of seaweed can be coupled with technology for ocean rehabilitation of biodiversity, removal of pollution, and deacidification, that will also create a fantastic base biomass for food, animal feed, fertiliser, plastics, fuel, carbon removal, and much much more.
Our focus is on creating technology and infrastructure that can make this a reality. At heart, we are inventors, who believe that automation, robotics, data and a little imagination can hold the key to a scalable and sustainable future for seaweed aquaculture and for the planet.
For general questions or information about Seaweed Generation, please get in touch with us via email at enquiries@seaweedgeneration.com.
Patricia (Paddy) Estridge
Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer
An infinitely curious software engineer, CEO Paddy has previously worked at Google, in international logistics and community management, and Betterment (the original robo advisor) as Lead Mobile Engineer. Her specialties include building teams, bringing people together, delivering complex projects and making the massive manageable.
Mike Allen, PhD
Co-Founder, Chief Science Officer
Mike is a marine biotechnologist with two decades of research experience working with and valorising algae. The author of > 100 research articles, Mike has published cutting edge research on topics including bioremediation, water sanitation, high throughput liquid processing, novel technology development and biorefineries.
Duncan Smallman, PhD
Founding Scientist, Head of Cultivation
Born in Japan, Duncan has lived a life on seaweed. This sea-obsessed marine biologist finally realised that seaweed was the answer for life. Since 2013 Duncan has been working in the aquaculture and seaweed industry. He brings 10 years of seaweed experience in novel cultivation methods, education, coastal community projects, product development, and much more. If it's something to do with seaweed, Duncan will try it.
Blythe Taylor
Chief of Staff
A skilled communicator and people manager, Blythe's background is in international qualitative market research. With over a decade of facilitation experience, she's honed the art of asking the right questions to uncover the most interesting answers. Channelling her innate curiosity into climate change solutions is a welcome challenge.
Paul Gray
Head of Marine Engineering
With an engineering mind and a love of challenging the status quo, Paul is an innovation engineer with 15 years of experience in developing new technology in defence, nuclear and marine applications. Always willing to push technology to its limits, he has a history of delivering high quality technically challenging projects.
Dan Schaub
Head of Software Engineering
Dan has been a part of the New York startup scene for over 12 years, leading teams in the e-commerce, finance, and healthcare industries. With a background spanning cloud infrastructure, security, software reliability, and user interfaces, he's looking forward to taking on the climate crisis from many angles.
Jeremy Wiltshire
Principal Engineer
Jeremy is a passionate and deeply knowledged mechanical engineer. With 30 years experience designing and manufacturing bespoke solutions to challenges faced within Subsea and Nuclear Decommissioning environments, there isn't much that phases him. He strives to offer cost effective fit for purpose solutions, always using the best available technologies.