Mg. chem. Laima Vēvere

Scientific interests and competences

  • Polyurethane foams as a cryogenic insulation material for the storage of liquefied gases
  • Rigid polyurethane formulation, development, and characterization
  • Chemical modification biomass as a renewable resource for polyurethane materials
  • Analytical chemistry of biomass and its components, especially lignin

More information

Since 2022 – Secretary of the Student Council of the Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry

Since 2017 – Guest lecturer in the "Practical Analytical Chemistry" course of the Faculty of Chemistry of the University of Latvia

Since 2017 – the main organizer/project manager of "The Night of Scientists" event at the Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry

2012 – 2016 – Organizer of "The Night of Scientists" event at the Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry

Since 2015 – the main organizer of the "Shadow Day" event at the Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry

2015 – Research assistant at the Materials Institute of the University of Aveiro (Portugal)

Attended summer schools

2023 – Summer School and Workshop in Calorimetry and Thermal Analysis 2023, Lyon France, (18.–23.06.2023)

2019 – Lignin Summer School, Lund University, Sweden (14.–16.08.2019)

The most important publications

  • Vevere L.; Sture B.; Yakushin V.; Kirpluks M.; Cabulis U.
    Bio-Based Rigid Polyurethane Foams for Cryogenic Insulation

    Journal of Renewable Materials, 2024, 12(3), 585-602, doi: 10.32604/jrm.2024.047350

  • Vevere L.; Yakushin V.; Sture-Skela B.; Andersons J.; Cabulis U.
    Cryogenic Insulation—Towards Environmentally Friendly Polyurethane Foams

    Polymers, 2024, 16(17), 2406, doi: 10.3390/polym16172406

  • Olszewski A.; Kosmela P.; Vēvere L.; Kirpluks M.; Cabulis U.; Piszczyk Ł.
    Effect of bio-polyol molecular weight on the structure and properties of polyurethane-polyisocyanurate (PUR-PIR) foams

    Scientific Reports, 2024, 14(1), 812, doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-50764-3

  • Vevere L.; Fridrihsone A.; Kirpluks M.; Cabulis U.
    A review of wood biomass-based fatty acids and rosin acids use in polymeric materials

    Polymers, 2020, 12(11), 2706, 1-17, doi: 10.3390/polym12112706

Laima Vēvere
Mg. chem. Laima Vēvere
Polymer Laboratory
Secretary of the Student Council
Researcher
laima.vevere@kki.lv
Education
2013 - Master of Science degree in chemistry, University of Latvia, Faculty of Chemistry.