My work broadly concentrates on the chemical transformation and utilization of biomass
resources. I have spearheaded a few interdisciplinary initiatives that combine expertise in
the fields of polymer synthesis and materials chemistry. I am interested in the atom-efficient,
ecofriendly, highly efficient chemical transformations of a variety of biomass into
sustainable intermediates, polymer auxiliaries, bioplastics, elastomers and advanced
bio-based materials. My current research mainly includes the following areas:
Solvent- and catalyst-free synthesis of plasticizer, flame retardant，heat stabilizer and polyol
from biomass resources
Flame retardant polymer and their composites materials including polyvinyl chloride(PVC)
materials, phenolic foam and polyurethane foam
Biomass-based internally plasticized PVC materials and self-repairing elastomer and
self-repairing polyurethane

Dr. Laura Gabriela SARBU is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Romania. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from the same university in 2007. She joined the master program at Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi in 2007, and in 2015 she was awarded with a Ph.D. degree in Organic Chemistry. During the Ph.D. program she joined several times the Prof. dr. Henning Hopf research team in TU Braunschweig – Germany.

Research interests: organic synthesis, synthetic drugs, cyclophanes, lavonoids and sulfur compounds.

Topwe Mwene-Mbeja currently works as a Professor of organic chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo. He received Ph.D. in organic chemistry at Laval University, Quebec, Canada. He is a member of the association of graduates of Laval University. He is also a member of University of Manitoba Alumni Association, Manitoba, Canada, and a Representative of Lubumbashi University to Canadian Universities. He is a Research Associate at Hydro-Quebec Institute for Environment, Development and Society at Laval University, Quebec, Canada. He is a member of Editorial Board of many Journals, and has received many invitations to publish in many Journals as well as to act as Speaker and as an organizing committee member of several international conferences. He has got a Distinguished Scholar Award from the ad hoc Scientific Research Award Committee and the Editorial Board of the European Journal of Scientific Research, in 2020. He has received Certificates of Excellence in Reviewing Awarded by International Journals. Topwe Mwene-Mbeja does research in Medicinal Chemistry, Organometallic Chemistry and Organic Chemistry. His group is interested in the discovery of biologically active natural products possessing properties against cancer. His group is also interested in green chemistry projects related to the prevention of pollution of the environment and sustainable development.
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