Josefin Illergård
Research interest
Cellulosic-fibre modification and biological interaction with biobased materials.
Director of operations in Treesearch.
Editor for the Nordic Pulp & Paper Research Journal (NPPRJ).
Partner leader in the KTH strategic partnership with Stora Enso
Background
2012 – Researcher at KTH
2007 – 2012 PhD Student at KTH
2005 – 2007 Researcher at RISE, Stockholm
2000 – 2005 Master of Science in biological Engineering (TBI), Linköping University
Recent publications
[1]
C. Chen et al., "Influence of Cellulose Charge on Bacteria Adhesion and Viability to PVAm/CNF/PVAm-Modified Cellulose Model Surfaces," Biomacromolecules, 2019.
[2]
A. Ottenhall et al., "Cellulose-based water purification using paper filters modified with polyelectrolyte multilayers to remove bacteria from water through electrostatic interactions," Environmental Science : Water Research & Technology, 2018.
[3]
J. Henschen et al., "Bacterial adhesion to polyvinylamine-modified nanocellulose films," Colloids and Surfaces B : Biointerfaces, vol. 151, pp. 224-231, 2017.
[4]
C. Chen et al., "Effect of cationic polyelectrolytes in contact-active antibacterial layer-by-layer functionalization," Holzforschung, vol. 71, no. 7-8, pp. 649-658, 2017.
[5]
C. Chen et al., "Evaluation of Antibacterial functionalizations of CNF/PVAm multilayer modified cellulose fibre and surface studies on silica model surface," Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, vol. 253, 2017.
[6]
A. Ottenhall et al., "Layer-by-layer modification of cellulosic materials for green antibacterial materials," Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, vol. 253, 2017.
[7]
A. Ottenhall, M. Ek and J. Illergård, "Water Purification Using Functionalized Cellulosic Fibers with Nonleaching Bacteria Adsorbing Properties," Environmental Science and Technology, vol. 13, pp. 7616-7623, 2017.
[8]
J. Henschen et al., "Antibacterial aerogels from cellulose nanofibrils," Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, vol. 251, 2016.
[9]
M. Ek et al., "Biointeractive fibers with antibacterial properties," Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, vol. 251, 2016.
[10]
J. Henschen et al., "Contact-active antibacterial aerogels from cellulose nanofibrils," Colloids and Surfaces B : Biointerfaces, vol. 146, pp. 415-422, 2016.