Johan Larsbrink, Associate Professor in molecular enzymology at Chalmers and WWSC member, is elected one of eight new members of the Young Academy of Sweden.
Research groups of Roland Kádár and Tiina Nypelö at WWSC at Chalmers have elucidate cellulose nanocrystal alignment in flow. The published research article is now featured on the covers of both the journal ACS Nano and Journal of Rheology.
Lisbeth Olsson, professor at Chalmers and WWSC member, becomes the new Secretary General for research infrastructures at the Swedish Research Council, VR.
Wallenberg Wood Science Center at Chalmers is recruiting two assistant professors. Deadline to apply is September 15.
The WWSC researchers behind the spin-off CelluXtreme, the WWSC researchers Daniel Söderberg and Fredrik Lundell, are two of the admitted to this year’s Bicky Chakraborty Entrepreneur Program. The program is supporting people from KTH whose innovations can create jobs and prosperity in Sweden.
The international engineering site Advances in Engineering features the work on lignin nanoparticles by the WWSC researchers and co-authors.
The bark of birch trees is a substantial waste stream from the forestry industry. Can we directly use a suberin extract from birch bark to produce a sustainable bio-based rubber alternative? The IVA has just highlighted such a a project on their Top 100 list for 2021!
A special issue on Lignin has been produced in ACS sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, guest edited by researchers from WWSC. The issue consists of 27 papers by reputable international scientist. The collection includes both original manuscripts and reviews.
WWSC member Martin Lawoko has been appointed as professor of wood chemistry at KTH. Martin’s research group will focus on basic research on bio-based materials. He also wants to update the education with a focus on sustainability goals and strengthen universities in countries that lack resources.
The transparent wood is now fully bio-based and made in a totally green process by using the polymer limonene acrylate, derived from citrus fruits.
Researchers from WWSC at Chalmer and KTH have together with researchers from Sweden, Finland and South Korea developed conducting cellulose yarns that can be used for making electronic textiles. The developed textile yarns displayed record-high bulk conductivity of 36 Scm–1 and could be washed multiple times.
Yuanyuan Li, Assistant Professor at KTH, is the winner of the European Polysaccharide Network of Excellence (EPNOE) Junior Scientist Award 2021.
WWSC is a joint research center between KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Chalmers University of Technology and Linköping University. The base is a donation from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation. The Swedish industry is supporting WWSC via the platform Treesearch.
