Scientific interests and competences
Thermochemical conversion of biomass: pyrolysis, carbonisation, carbon material doping. Biorefinery, biofuels.
Additional information
- Development of commercial technologies for char production in 12 Latvian and Estonian enterprises
- 2000-2012 Director of the Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry
- Member of the Latvian Academy of Sciences
- Member of the Latvian Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences
The most important projects
- 2023 - 2027, Atomic Layer-Coated Graphene Electrodes For Micro-Flexible And Structural Supercapacitors (ARMS)
- 2021 - 2023, Improvement of wood-based biorefinery by innovative conversion of residues to nanoporous carbon materials (BiReMa)
- 2021 - 2023, Sustainably produced nanomaterials for energy applications (SuNaMa)
- 2021 - 2023, Innovative Catalysis for Sustainable Energy (ICatSE)
Dr. sc. ing. Aivars Žūriņš
Member of the Scientific Council
Leading Researcher
Project Manager
Education
1998.- Inženierzinātņu doktora grāds par darbu ”Ekoloģiski pieņemama kokogļu ražošanas tehnoloģija un tās realizācija praksē”
1979. - Inženieris ķīmiķis-tehnologs, Rīgas Politehniskais institūts, Ķīmijas fakultāte
1979. - Inženieris ķīmiķis-tehnologs, Rīgas Politehniskais institūts, Ķīmijas fakultāte