{"id":12687,"date":"2025-07-08T10:54:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T10:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rise-pfi.no\/?p=12687"},"modified":"2025-08-15T06:53:36","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T06:53:36","slug":"participation-in-doctoral-thesis-defense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rise-pfi.no\/en\/2025\/07\/08\/participation-in-doctoral-thesis-defense\/","title":{"rendered":"Participation in doctoral thesis defense"},"content":{"rendered":"\n[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.23.1″ custom_margin=”||3px|||” custom_padding=”41px||21px||false|false” border_width_all=”7px” border_color_all=”#747706″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_padding=”1px||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”|38px||38px|false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”RobotoBold||||||||” text_text_color=”#464b11″ text_font_size=”15px” header_font=”ShareTech||||||||” header_2_font=”ShareTech|700|||||||” header_2_font_size=”18px” header_3_font=”ShareTech||||||||” header_3_font_size=”19px” header_3_letter_spacing=”0px” custom_margin=”13px||0px|||” custom_padding=”||3px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”]

Prof. Kristin Syverud from RISE PFI and NTNU participated as opponent in PhD defense at Aalto University in Finland.<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Prof. Syverud was opponent of Ngoc Huynh\u2019s<\/span> PhD-thesis \u201cEngineering cellulose nanofibril hydrogels with bioactive phytochemicals: toward functional biomaterials\u201d. The PhD-defense took place at Aalto University in Finland,\u00a0 on June 26th, 2025. Prof. Monika \u00d6sterberg\u00a0 was the candidate\u2019s supervisor.<\/p>\n

We congratulate Ngoc Huynh with a very well accomplished work and defense.<\/strong><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_5,3_5″ use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”2″ make_equal=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” module_alignment=”center” custom_margin=”12px|12px|12px|12px|false|false” custom_padding=”14px|38px|11px|38px|false|false” border_color_all=”#747706″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”10px|10px|10px|10px|false|false” border_width_all=”1px” border_color_all=”#757706″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/rise-pfi.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_2529_web.jpg” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” module_alignment=”center” custom_margin=”||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]

From left: Monika \u00d6sterberg (Aalto University)<\/span> Ngoc Huynh (Aalto University), Kristin Syverud (RISE PFI \/ NTNU)<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”10px|10px|10px|10px|false|false” border_width_all=”1px” border_color_all=”#747706″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/rise-pfi.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_2513_web.jpg” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#464b11″ min_height=”425.4px” custom_margin=”-12px|||||” custom_padding=”44px||0px||false|false” global_module=”7056″ saved_tabs=”all” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_3,1_3,1_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/rise-pfi.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/hvit-logo-pfi.png” title_text=”RISE PFI” _builder_version=”4.19.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text content_last_edited=”off|desktop” _builder_version=”4.16.1″ _module_preset=”default” text_text_color=”#FFFFFF” text_font_size=”12px” link_text_color=”#ffffff” header_5_font=”Roboto||||||||” header_5_text_color=”#FFFFFF” background_layout=”dark” text_text_color_tablet=”” text_text_color_phone=”#FFFFFF” text_text_color_last_edited=”on|phone” link_text_color_tablet=”#ffffff” link_text_color_phone=”#FFFFFF” link_text_color_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”]

RISE PFI is part of RISE – Research Institutes of Sweden<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

RISE PFI is and internationally acknowledged research institute within processes and products based on lignocellulose. RISE PFI\u00b4s focus areas are Fibre technology and fibre-based products, Biorefining and Bioenergy and Biopolymers and Biocomposites.<\/p>\n

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