Professor Monica Ek

Professor in Wood chemistry and head of division of the department of Wood Chemistry and Pulp Technology.

Prof. Monica Ek

Contact:

E-mail: monicaek@kth.se
Telephone: +46 8 790 8104

I am project leader for a subproject in "New cellulose derivatives from wood for high value products", i.e. "Newcell", within the VINNOVA /Tekes programme Wood and Material Science and Engineering. I am also running, in cooperation with professor Lars Wågberg, the project "Biointeractive fibres with a special emphasis on antibacterial applications".

Projects:

Biopolymers for use in novel materials

Biointeractive fibers

Accessability and reactivity of cellulose

Suberin-based polyesters

Publications:

A link to the published scientific work is found here