Professor Eva Malmström new director of WWSC
Professor Eva Malmström is from the 1st of April 2020 the new director of Wallenberg Wood Science Center.
WWSC PhD student makes disinfection to fight covid-19
2020-03-19. When the healthcare in Sweden face a severe material crisis in the current covid-19 outbreak, the chemistry department at Stockholm University decided to contribute! They started producing hand disinfection that is delivered to hospitals in the Stockholm region. WWSC-PhD student Ehsan Hadi is one of the team members that together with professor Lennart Bergström …
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Wallenberg Wood Science Center at Chalmers
2020-01-09. The Wallenberg Wood Science Center is exploring opportunities to create high-tech materials from wood, beyond the traditional cellulose fiber. One of the participating universities is Chalmers and now you can read more about the researcher and researchers at Chalmers in an article published at chalmers.se. At Chalmers, the center is involving fifteen researchers and …
WWSC Summer School 2019
2019-08-28. The WWSC summer school is ongoing, with PhD students from WWSC and Treesearch gathering for listening to lectures, group work and study visit and not least to meet each other. Three things make this years’s WWSC Summer School special: first, it is the first summer school for the third batch of WWSC PhD students. …
WWSC and IVA invited to science fair
2019-07-15. As an extra event within the framework of this year’s CAETS conference, IVA’s Business Council invited a seminar and a science fair at the Wallenberg Wood Science Center at KTH. Among other things, super-strong fibers, electrically conductive cellulose and beverage bottles made from pulp were shown by the participating researchers and companies. Read more …
Professor Lisbeth Olsson receives the Arrhenius plaque
2019-01-02. WWSC researcher Professor Lisbeth Olsson at Chalmers is awarded the Arrhenius Plate 2018 for her research in the field of bioeconomy. Her field of research is industrial biotechnology, and she designs enzymes and microorganisms for processes in which biomass is transformed into fuel, chemicals and materials. The Arrhenius Plaque is annually awarded to persons …
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Linköping University is recruiting for the next period of WWSC
2018-11-20. The Laboratory of Organic Electronics (LOE) at Linköping University is recruiting seven doctoral students and two international postdocs to work in Wallenberg Wood Science Center. LOE will be a part of WWSC in the next period, starting 2019. Read more about their exciting research and find information on how to apply at Liu.se news …
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WWSC at Chalmers is recruting
2018-10-24. Do you want to create novel material for a sustainable future? Wallenberg Wood Science Center at Chalmers looks for PhD students and post doc with background in Biology, Biotechnology, Chemistry, Chemical engineering, Material science and Physics. To the application: link.
WWSC PhD student gets prize for presentation
2018-04-11. Is it possible to present one’s research in 400 seconds? Yes, it is! WWSC PhD student Jenny Arnling Bååth did it so well at the Swedish Paper and Cellulose Engineers Association, SPCI’s, annual conference Ekmandagarna 2018 that she received a prize for her efforts. Read more in the Chalmer.se news article (link to the …
The continuation of WWSC receives funding from KAW
2017-12-06. Wallenberg Wood Science Center receives continued funding for its research on new bio-based materials from the forest. The continuation of the research center, called WWSC 2.0, will be a collaboration between KTH, Chalmers, Linköping University and the forest industry and is supported by up to SEK 400 million from Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation …
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Bicycle helmet from the forest
2015-09-24. Cellutech has developed a bicycle helmet entirely based on materials from the forest. It is showcased today and is the first product realized from the inspirational project Ekoportal2035, created by Skogsindustrierna. The helmet is a prototype designed and constructed by the designer Rasmus Malbert. Cellulose materials with different expressions were used in the design …
Skogen flyttar in i 3d-skrivaren
2015-06-17. WWSC work featured in a NyTeknik article. The full article can be read on NyTeknik.se following this link.
