Editorial: Multifaceted research at the  University of Maine, TAPPI JOURNAL September 2017

In this column, TAPPI Journal spoke with Dr. Adriaan van Heiningen of the University of Maine about current research activities there. He is the J. Larcom Ober Professor of Chemical Engineering, and his research interests include fundamental chemical engineering aspects of pulp production and forest biomass conversion processes. In particular, van Heiningen studes pulping, bleaching, recovery of pulping chemicals, and production of bio-based chemicals and biomaterials like acetic acid, biofuels, and nanocellulose. He studied at the State University of Groningen in the Netherlands and holds a Ph.D. from McGill University in Montreal, Canada. Here, we discuss van Heiningen’s areas of research, as well as biorefinery projects at the university and his thoughts on the industry at large.


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