Shimrit Perkol-Finkel
Shimrit Perkol-Finkel (
Hebrew: שמרית פרקול-פינקל; April 12, 1975 – March 7, 2021) was an
Israeli marine biologist. She researched artificial
coral reefs and developed
ecological concrete products,
green construction and
CleanTech. She was a co-founder of two companies in the field of marine ecology, and also served as the
CEO of one of them, "ECOncrete". Perkol-Finkel authored over 20 scientific articles. Her work was awarded prizes by the
United Nations and the
European Union. In 2019 she was chosen by "
Forbes" as one of the top 50 women-led Startups that are crushing tech. In the same year, the patent she developed, together with her partner Ido Sella, was chosen as one of the 100 best inventions in the world by
Time magazine.
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