Invited Researchers Seminars

June 12 - Wolfgang GINDL-ALTMUTTER, BOKU University (Austria)
New materials for a greener future - from wood to nanocellulose and back
May 31 - Michael HAS, Düsseldorf, Germany
Ecologic boundary conditions to economic growth
February 16 - Elisabeth JAHN, FH Campus Wien (Austria)
Recycling of Plastic packaging: challenges and obstacles

October 18 - Prodyut DHAR, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi (India)
AgroCircle: Closing the loop from agricultural waste to circular bio-based materials integrated with sustainable fashion & way of living
September 6 - Roshan KHADKA, Plant & Food Research (New Zealand)
Bionanomaterials for Smart Electronics

June 23 - Liliane LEITE, CTC - Centro de Tecnologia (Brazil)
Bionanocomposites films intended for food packaging

November 23 - Claudio Andrés TORO AEDO, CIPA (Chile)
Research polymer center in southern Chile
November 23 - Saddys RODRÍGUEZ LLAMAZARES, CIPA (Chile)
Starch based materials for medical applications
November 23 - Johanna CASTAÑO AGUDELO, Universidad San Sebastián (Chile)
Biopolymer materials for stem cell encapsulation

July 16 - Orlando ROJAS, Aalto University (Finland)
Interfacial assembly and structuring of renewable nanoparticles for advanced materials.
February 7 - Timo LAAKSONEN, Tampere University (Finland)
Nanofibrillar cellulose in controlled drug release formulations.
February 7 - Eva MALMSTRÖM JONSSON, KTH (Sweden)
Synthesis routes for polymer modification of CNFs.
January 31 - Guy DELLA VALLE, INRA (Nantes)
Extrusion of starchy foods: mechanisms, rheology & models.
January 31 - Antoine ROUILLY, ENSIACET (Toulouse)
New strategy for non food biomass cooking in extrusion.

July 5-26 - Wadood Y. HAMAD, University of British Columbia & FPInnovations (Canada)
Critical insights into the reinforcing potential of cellulose nanocrystals in polymer nanocomposites.
Cellulose nanocrystals as pickering emulsifiers.
CNC-based or CNC-templated photonic materials.
June 22 - Gilberto SIQUEIRA, EMPA (Switzerland)
3D printing of cellulose nanocrystals suspensions.
April 23-25 - Yaman BOLUK, University of Alberta (Canada)
Inorganic nanoparticle growth with cellulose nanofiber templates: An example.
Electrospinning of colloidal suspensions from polymer solutions: Examples of lignin and cellulose nanocrystal dispersions in polymer solutions.
Cellulose nanocrystal suspensions.

June 27 - Claire ROME, UGA (France)
Cell culture for cell therapy.
June 26 - Tanja ZIMMERMAN, EMPA (Switzerland)
Functional wood- and cellulose-based materials at Empa.
June 22 - Catalina PEREZ-BERUMEN, Université autonome de Coahuila (Mexico)
Polymères bio-sourcés et chimie organique verte.
June 1^st - Norma D'ACCORSO, Université de Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Synthesis and chemical modifications of biomolecules and polymers applications.
April 5 - Michael HAS, Océ (Germany)
Innovation management.
March 2 - Luiz Henrique CAPPARELLI MATTOSO, Embrapa (Brazil)
New approaches to produce nanobiocomposites.

June 7 - Emily D. CRANSTON, Université McMaster (Canada)
Cross-linked cellulose nanocrystal aerogels as universal 3D substrates for functional nanoparticles.
June 7 - E. Johan FOSTER, Virginia Tech (USA)
Recent advances in engineering materials/implants using cellulose nanocrystals.
November 29 - Monika ÖSTERBERG, Aalto University (Finland)
Surface modification of lignocellulosic nanoparticles for functional materials.

December 1^st - Joakim ENGSTRÖM, KTH (Sweden)
Tailoring of adhesion of cellulose substrates by surface modification with block copolymers.
November 13 - Lars WÅGBERG, KTH (Sweden)
Preparation, characterization & functionnalization of ultraporous materials made from cellulose nanofibrils.
November 5 - Eric LORANGER, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières - UQTR (Canada)
Présentation des projets de recherche en cours à l'UQTR, possibilité d'échanges de stagiaires, etc.
September 30 - Emily D. CRANSTON, Université McMaster (Canada)
Nanocellulose research and applications: a North American overview.
September 24 - Nathalie LAVOINE, Université de Tokyo (Japan)
Les emballages actifs et intelligents au Japon.
20 july - E. Johan FOSTER, Virginia Tech (USA)
Nanocellulose based materials for smart applications.
July 16 - E. Johan FOSTER, Virginia Tech (USA)
US research organization / Europe-US: how to collaborate?
July 8 - Ning LIN
Biocompatible double-membrane hydrogels from cationic cellulose nanocrystals and anionic alginate as complexing drugs co-delivery.
June 8 - Rajendra CHHABRA, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (India)
Nature of research & skills required.

December 4 - E. Johan FOSTER, Virginia Tech (USA)
Smart nanocellulose materials & possible collaboration with Virginia Tech.
November 6 - Prashant REDDY, Sugar Milling Research Institute NPC (South Africa)
Biorefining in the South African sugarcane industry & public-private partnerships.
September 11 - Maria Teresa BORGES PIMENTA, Brazilian Bioethanol Science and Technology Laboratory (Brazil)
Brazilian national research organization: from health care to bioethanol.
July 3 - Alessandra DE ALMEIDA LUCAS, Universidade Federal de São Carlos (Brazil)
Processing de nanocomposites à base de nanocellulose.

November 14 - Kristin SYVERUD, PFI (Norway)
Nanocellulose research at PFI during the last years.
July 8 - Rajendra CHHABRA, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (India)
Free and forced convection in Bingham plastic fluids.
June 18 - Mark P. STAIGER, University of Canterbury (New-Zealand)
An overview of all-cellulose composites.
June 18 - Rosario E.S. BRETAS, Universidad Federal de São Carlos (Brazil)
Nanofibers of nanocomposites for different applications.

November 22 - Monika ÖSTERBERG, Aalto University (Finland)
Biomimetic cellulose-based nanocomposites.