Orlando Rojas

Professor, North Carolina State University

Dr. Rojas, a chemical engineer by training, joined NC State in 2004 soon after completing tenures as postdoctoral associate and senior scientist appointed by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH, Sweden), in the Department of Chemistry, Surface Chemistry. He currently holds professor positions in Aalto University and NC State, in Forest Biomaterials and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. He was appointed Finland Distinguish Professor in Aalto University and was the Chair of the “Division of Cellulose and Renewable Materials” of the American Chemical Society (2009-2011). In 2013 he was selected as Fellow of the American Chemical Society for his scientific contributions. He was appointed as a “2013-2017 Faculty Scholar” of NCSU and received the “Cellulose and Renewable Materials” Division Fellow Award. His work is centered on the utilization of lignocellulosic materials in novel, high performance applications and the interfacial and the adsorption behaviors of surfactants and polymers at solid/liquid interfaces. He has published more than 170 peer-reviewed papers and directs the Bio-based Colloids and Materials group (BiCMat) with 25 members between Aalto and NC State universities.

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