Present Team

Qirong Fu Postdoctoral Associate Department of Wood and Paper Science North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC 27695-8005 Phone: 919-515-5795 E-mail: qfu@unity.ncsu.edu	Education: M.Sc., Pulp and Paper Engineering, 1999, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tianjin Institute of Light Industry, P.R. China Ph.D., Wood and Paper Science, 2006, Department of Wood and Paper ScienceNorth Carolina State University, USA Research: Copper-Chromium-Arsenic Behavior during Wood Pyrolysis. Started: August 2002 [ Top of the page ]

Ilari Filpponen Ph.D. Candidate, Hofmann Fellow Department of Wood and Paper Science North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC 27695-8005 Phone: 919-515-5795 E-mail: eifilppo@ncsu.edu	Education: M.Sc., Chemistry, 2003, Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Helsinki, Finland Research: Novel Applications for Cellulose Nanocrystals; Conversion of Biomass to Fuels and Novel Chemicals. Started: October 2004 [ Top of the page ]

Irma Sofia Contreras Master Student Department of Wood and Paper Science North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC 27695-8005 Phone: 919-515-5795 E-mail: iscontre@ncsu.edu	Education: 1997-2003 Bachelor of Chemical Engineering, Los Andes University, Merida, Venezuela. Research: Characterization of lignocellulosic materials using Light Scattering and NMR. Started: January 2006 [ Top of the page ]

Tabatha L. Blalock Undergraduate Student Department of Wood and Paper Science North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC 27695-8005 E-mail: tlblalo2@ncsu.edu	Education: B.Sc. candidate in Pulp and Paper Engineering, Department of Wood and Paper Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA. B.Sc. candidate in Chemical Engineering, Department of Wood and Paper Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA. Started: January 2005 - September 2005 January 2006 - April 2006 September 2006 - to date [ Top of the page ]

Hui Sun Postdoctoral Scientist Forest Biomaterials Laboratory College of Natural Resources North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC 27695-8005 Phone: 919-515-5797 E-mail: cnhsun@yahoo.com E-mail hsun2@unity.ncsu.edu	Education: Ph.D, Polymer Chemistry and Physics, Jillin University, China Research: Development of biomaterials from renewable resources Started: February 2007 [ Top of the page ]

Luca Zoia Postdoctoral Research, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Italy Contacts Forest Biomaterials Laboratory College of Natural Resources North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC 27695-8005 Phone: 919-515-5797 E-mail: lzoia@ncsu.edu	Education: Ph.D., Environmental Sciences Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, 2005, Italy M.Sc., Environmental Sciences Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, 2002, Italy Research: Using Spin Traps and ³¹P-NMR in lignin chemistry. Started: July 2007 [ Top of the page ]

Bin Li Postdoctoral Research Associate Contacts Forest Biomaterials Laboratory College of Natural Resources North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC 27695-8005 Phone: 919-515-5795 E-mail: bli@ncsu.edu E-mail: bli73@vt.edu	Education: Ph.D., Chemistry, 2000, Department of Chemistry, Nankai University P. R. China Research: Utilization of biorenewable resources with ionic liquids as processing platform Started: November 2007 [ Top of the page ]