Ph. D. Aleksandrs Aršaņica

Scientific interests and competences

• The chemical and physical-chemical structural transformation of wood and grasses lignins (industrial and non-industrial) and other plant polyphenolics depending on origin and processing conditions
• The basic chemical and physical-chemical positions of deep lignin modification in view of lignin application as renewable macromonomer for bioplastic development

Additional information

International scientific contacts:

SEKAB, Sweden (Dr. J. Lindstedt); University of Torino, Italy (prof. Giancarlo Cravotto); Wageningen University, Netherlnds (Dr. Richard J. A. Gosselink); AMANDUS KAHL Gmbh.&Co, Germany (Dr. W. Sitzmann); University of Aveiro, Portugal (prof. D. Evtjugin); Belarus State University, Groningen University, Netherlands (prof. P.Deus).

Reviewer’ activity:

• certificates of reviewing in recognition of the reviews made for ELSEVIER journal Renewable Energy
• certificate of reviewing in recognition of the reviews made for ELSEVIER journal Industrial Crops and Products

Awards

• In 2016: The Ministry of Agriculture of Latvian Forestry award "Golden Cone" For the contribution of science to the development of industry
• In 2015: Latvian Academy of Sciences award for “Latvian science’s the most important accomplishment in practical applications”