报告人：Prof. Stefan Willför （Åbo Akademi University, Finland）
　　报告题目：Future Refining of Forest Biomass
　　报告人：Dr. Chunlin Xu （Åbo Akademi University, Finland）
　　报告题目：Approaches to develop plant-derived functional materials: Carbohydrate chemistry and (bio)engineering. 
　　报告时间：2015年5月8日下午15:00-17:00
　　报告地点：制浆造纸工程国家重点实验室306会议室 

华南理工大学
制浆造纸工程国家重点实验室
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　　报告人简介：

　　Dr. Stefan Willför, Professor in Renewable Materials Chemistry, Åbo Akademi University.
　　He graduated from Chemical Engineering, Åbo Akademi University (AAU) in 2002, and worked as Professor (acting) in Forest Products Chemistry, AAU (2009), Academy Research Fellow, Academy of Finland (2005-2008), Project Manager, Senior Researcher, Wood and Paper Chemistry, AAU (2003-2005) , Senior assistant, Forest Products Chemistry, AAU (2001-2003).
　　He is the Member of the editorial board of the international peer-review journals Holzforschung, Nordic Pulp and Paper Research Journal, Cellulose Chemistry and Technology, and Journal of Wood Chemistry and Technology. He published 141 peer-review scientific articles and 100+ conference proceedings up to March 30th. Publications have an H-index of 27 and 15.13 average citations per item.

　　Chunlin Xu is a docent (Adjunct Professor) at AAU. He received his PhD in chemical engineering from AAU, Finland in 2008. His PhD research focused on forest products chemistry, including analytical chemistry, and colloid and surface chemistry of biopolymers.  Afterwards he worked as a chemist in the Innovation Center of Ciba Specialty Chemicals to develop novel synthetic polymers for water and paper treatments. He then worked as post-doctoral research fellow with Prof. Harry Brumer at the School of Biotechnology and Wallenberg Wood Science Center, KTH the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden and developed carbohydrate bioengineering approaches for functionalization of various biomasses. In late 2011, he re-joined AAU to carry out research in biorenewable materials with focus on development of biobased functional materials towards various high-end applications.