The Biobased Coatings Europe 2023 conference

The Biobased Coatings Europe 2023 conference

RISE PFI participated at the Biobased Coatings Europe 2023 conference.  Last week Sandra Rodriguez Fabia from RISE PFI talked about “Biobased packaging – The role of lignocellulose” at the Biobased Coatings Europe 2023 conference, which took place in Amsterdam, The...
RISE PFI presents at the 11th World Congress of Chemical Engineering

RISE PFI presents at the 11th World Congress of Chemical Engineering

GS01-Global Symposium on Nanocellulose: Recent advances to unlock potential for Engineered Sustainable Materials.  Dr. Gary Chinga Carrasco will hold a keynote presentation about biopolymers and their applicability in 3D printed scaffolds at the 11th World Congress of...
New employee at RISE PFI

New employee at RISE PFI

It’s nice to announce that we have a new colleague at RISE PFI.  A warm welcome to Karthik Raghunathan. Karthik Raghunathan started as research scientist at RISE PFI 15 May 2023. Karthik has a PhD-degree in Chemical Engineering from Department of Chemical...
New employee at RISE PFI

New employee at RISE PFI

It’s nice to announce that we have a new colleague at RISE PFI.  A warm welcome to Nanci Vanesa Ehman. Nanci Vanesa Ehman started as post.doc at RISE PFI on 3 May. Nanci has a Dr.ing. degree in Chemical Engineering/Pulp and Paper Technology from Universidad...
NxtBarr kick-off meeting

NxtBarr kick-off meeting

The NxtBarr kick-off meeting took place in Trondheim  28 and 29 March. Thank you to all the participants for interesting presentations and exciting discussions. The project is led by RISE PFI and is in collaboration with NTNU, Nofima, NORSUS, Borregaard, Elopak,...
PhD defence 

PhD defence 

Congratulations to our colleague Chiara Zarna Chiara had an excellent presentation and defence of her doctoral thesis on Wednesday 29 March! Chiara carried out the PhD work “Producing Floor and Side Panels from Biocomposites” at the Department of Mechanical and...
Vacant position as PhD candidate within the NxtBarr project

Vacant position as PhD candidate within the NxtBarr project

NxtBarr- “Next generation food packaging materials – wood fibre-based packaging with biobased water and gas barriers”. The vision of the NxtBarr project is to develop fully biobased, recyclable, and biodegradable packaging materials that can replace plastic without...