Research Highlights

Here you find the program for the Research Highlight sessions on Day 2 of Treesearch Progress (April 15), where PhD students, postdocs and researchers present their research.

The program is preliminary and might be updated before the conference.

1.1 Inside the cell wall: X-ray scattering analysis of modified and unmodified wood

Aleksi Zitting
| Chalmers

At: 9.00

1.2 Nanoscale 3D Mapping of Cellulose Nanofibril Organization in Plant Cell Walls

Mathias Nero
| KTH

At: 9.20

1.3 In-Situ Real-Time Observation of Paper and Other Materials Under Varying Displacement Rates Using Optical Microscopy (60 fps)

Seyed Ehsan Hadi
| KTH

At: 9.40

1.4 Linking Fabrication-Induced Nanostructure to Water Transport in Cellulose Nanofibril Films via QENS and Molecular Simulations

Maria Sol Malizia
| KTH

At: 10.00

1.5 Time-resolved inertial and ionic behavior of cellulose nanoparticles

Jonas Tejbo
| KTH

At: 10.50

1.6 Bringing iodine into polymer chemistry for enhanced X-ray analysis of lignocellulosic systems

Åsa Jerlhagen
| KTH

At: 11.10

1.7 SEM and EDS characterisation of wood impregnated with turpentine-based microemulsion

Assem Akkuly
| Mid Sweden University

At: 11.30

1.8 Imaging and analytical methods for interactions between bio-adhesives and porous substrates

Faisal Zeeshan
| Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet

At: 11.50

2.1 From Tree to Tool: Making the Lignin You Need

Maxim Galkin
| Karl Hedin Bio Innovation / Uppsala University

At: 9.00

2.2 Uniform lignin for biobased thermosets

Fatima-Zahra El Bouchtaoui
| Linköping University

At: 9.20

2.3 EPR Insights into Lignin Radical Chemistry

Liam Mistry
| Chalmers

At: 9.40

2.4 On the Chemical Challenges Towards Green High-Performance Cellulosic Materials

Lukas Marcos Celada
| Linköping University

At: 10.00

2.5 Production of nanocellulose from hardwood using Fenton pretreatment with emphasis on fiber fragmentation and resulting coating performance

Morassa Raouf
| Karlstad University

At: 10.50

2.6 Green and Efficient Cell Wall Nano-reconstruction under Ambient Temperature towards Strong Cellulosic Aerogels

Xiaoying Xu
| KTH

At: 11.10

2.7 Controlled Humidity Cycling as a Tool for Tuning Mechanical Properties of CNF Films

Damien Pierce
| KTH

At: 11.30

2.8 Drying behavior and kinetics of cellulose nanofiber filament prepared by flow-focusing methods

Masato Kamogawa
| KTH

At: 11.50

3.1 Towards High-Yield, High-Strength Pulps via Oxygen Delignification

Alvaro Castaneda
| KTH

At: 9.00

3.2 Comparative Esterification of Bleached Kraft Pulp with Itaconic Anhydride for Enhanced Mechanical and Surface Properties

Jelka Feldhusen
| Chalmers

At: 9.20

3.3 Biological treatment for pulp and paper sludge

Pakinee Thianheng
| KTH

At: 9.40

3.4 Bio-based fiber innovation for sustainable and safe menstrual products

Hafizur Rahman
| Mid Sweden University

At: 10.00

3.5 High Viscosity, Low Compromise: New Biobased Rheology Modifier Matching Synthetic Performance

Lovisa Brandt
| Glycolink

At: 10.50

3.6 Bioactive Cellulose Foams: Linking surface modification and enzyme-catalyzed phenolic acid functionalization to foam structure and stability

Io Antonopoulou
| Luleå University of Technology

At: 11.10

3.7 Protein–Polysaccharide Hybrid Foams with Enhanced Liquid Retention for Sustainable Absorbents

Yuhong Zhang
| KTH

At: 11.30

4.1 Oxygen Pulping: A high‑yield alternative to Kraft pulping

Cláudia Esteves
| RISE

At: 13.20

4.2 Is it possible to completely dry cellulose?

Aleksandar Mehandzhiyski
| Linköping University

At: 13.30

4.3 Nanocellulose from carboxylic acids and their stability

Beatrice Swensson
| KTH

At: 13.40

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