The 2023 KINGFA Young Investigator Award winner is Dr. Yuanyuan Li, Assistant Professor in the Department of Fibre and Polymer, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden. She received her Ph.D. in 2014 from Nanjing Forestry University, under the supervision of Prof. Hongqi Dai. During her Ph.D. study, she visited the University of Maryland, USA under …
The 2023 Anselme Payen Award winner is Dr Lars Berglund, Professor in Wood and Wood Composites at KTH Royal Institute of Technology Sweden, who was also the founding Director of the Wallenberg Wood Science Center. Lars is a very creative scientist who is known to push the boundary of cellulose materials research. He is the …
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We have an amazing pool of candidates for the 2023 CELL Division Graduate Student Award this year and the selection was tough. Our panel of judges have narrowed down two candidates for the Graduate Student Award this year. The first place goes to Thomas Parton from the University of Cambridge and the first runner up …
The 2022 Anselme Payen Award goes to Professor Christoph Weder from the Adolphe Merkle Institute (AMI) at the University of Fribourg (Switzerland). He is the Chair of Polymer Chemistry and Materials and also serves as the Director of the institute. Professor Weder received his first degrees from ETH Zürich, where he studied chemistry and in …
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Gordon Selling and World Nieh, both from USDA, have been named ACS CELL Division Fellow in 2022. This Fellowship recognizes the dedication, leadership, and enthusiastic service of Noureddine that has kept the CELL Division moving forward. Gordon has held many positions within the CELL division from Awards Co-Chair to Division Chair. His contributions have included …
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We have an amazing pool of candidates for the 2022 CELL Division Graduate Student Award this year and the selection was tough. Our panel of judges have narrowed down two candidates for the Graduate Student Award this year. The first place goes to Paul Jusner from University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna and the …
The 2020 KINGFA Young Investigator Award winner is Dr. Gustav Nyström, Head of Laboratory for Cellulose & Wood Materials, Empa – Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology. Dr. Nyström has made significant contributions mainly within the field of nanocellulose but also within the field of amyloid fibril self-assembly and amyloid based functional materials. …
Sheila Murphy, a long time serving Executive committee member of the CELL division has been named ACS Fellow in 2019. She is recognized for her significant contributions to the cellulose chemistry for dissolving pulp manufacture and applications including research, manufacturing and customer support, as well as external technology support coordinating industrial research with academics. Sheila …
The 1st place of the 2020 CELL Division Graduate Student Award goes to Liyang Liu from University of British Columbia. His research focuses on developing a platform for the modification of lignin into a variety of polymeric materials with a focus on utilising green chemistry strategies. A major accomplishment is in the development of a …
The 2019 KINGFA Young Investigator Award winner is Dr Johan Foster, Associate Professor in the Materials Science and Engineering Department at Virginia Tech. Johan’s work has encompassed a number of fundamental contributions to the field of fibers and cellulose nanomaterials, including chemical modification, surface chemistry, and fundamental interactions. Specific examples that have had a large …
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