主讲嘉宾：Prof. Orlando Rojas
时间：2016年6月22-24日上午9:00-11:00
地点：化学与材料工程学院A316会议室 
嘉宾简介
Dr. Rojas is Professor of Bio-based Materials in Aalto University (Finland). He was a senior scientist appointed by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), a postdoctoral fellow in the Institute for Surface Chemistry, Sweden and research assistant in Auburn University. He was appointed as Finland Distinguish Professor (2009-2014) and was Chair of the “Division of Cellulose and Renewable Materials” of the ACS (2009-2011). He was elected with the distinction of Fellow of the ACS (2013) for his scientific and professional contributions. He is the recipient of the 2015 Nanotechnology Division Technical Award and IMERYS Prize for outstanding contributions that have advanced the industry's technology. He was appointed as a “2013-2017 Faculty Scholar” of NCSU and ACS Division Award of “Cellulose and Renewable Materials”. He received the Fibrenamics Award (University of Minho, Portugal, 2016) in recognition for his scientific work and impact in the field of advanced materials from lignocellulose. Recently he was selected as front-runner for the Academy Professor of Finland.
Dr. Rojas work is centered on the utilization of lignocellulosic materials in novel, high performance applications and the interfacial and the adsorption behaviors of surfactants and biopolymers at solid/liquid interfaces. The recent efforts of his group, deal with the development of nanostructures from the fiber cell wall and cellulose derivatives, the dynamics of enzymatic reactions and the design of stimuli-responsive materials and multiphase systems. He has published over 220 peer-reviewed papers related to these topics.