{"id":67478,"date":"2024-09-29T19:54:08","date_gmt":"2024-09-29T23:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/textiles.ncsu.edu\/?p=67478"},"modified":"2024-10-01T14:34:52","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T18:34:52","slug":"jake-papazekos-23-molding-the-textiles-industry-at-simplifyber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/textiles.ncsu.edu\/news\/2024\/09\/jake-papazekos-23-molding-the-textiles-industry-at-simplifyber\/","title":{"rendered":"Jake Papazekos \u201923: Molding the Textiles Industry at Simplifyber"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n
When Jake Papazekos first began applying to colleges, he knew he wanted to study chemistry. So when he stumbled across the polymer and color chemistry<\/a> program while completing his application for NC State University, he was immediately interested. Though he, like many incoming Wilson College of Textiles students, didn\u2019t know much about the vast applications of textiles at the time, he jumped in and has been invested ever since.<\/p>\n\n\n\n During his undergraduate years, Papazekos worked as a student ambassador, tutor and research assistant within the Wilson College. In his senior year, a friend connected him with Simplifyber<\/a>, a nonwoven startup with a focus on natural fibers, where he now works as a materials research and development assistant. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSustainability has always been important to me, even as high schooler and younger, but I didn’t know what all I could do to help until I came to the Wilson College of Textiles,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n