The June 2025 issue of Baltijas Koks features an extensive interview with Dr. sc. ing. Ramūnas Tupčiauskas, leading researcher at the Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry. It is a conversation where academic achievements intertwine with a personal story of perseverance, choices, and a journey that has led from a carpentry workshop to world-class research. Innovations born from everyday resources The projects led by Ramūnas demonstrate how seemingly low-value resources – wood residues and agricultural by-products – can be transformed into materials of high added value. The steam explosion...
