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Editors’ Biographies Falk Liebner Falk Liebner, born 1962 in Dresden, Germany, is tenured assistant professor and head of the workgroup “Biomaterial Chemistry” at the Department of Chemistry, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna (BOKU University). He graduated in organic chemistry from Dresden University of Technology, where he also obtained the Ph.D. in bio-organosilicon chemistry. After employments at the Research Institute for Post-mining Landscapes, Finsterwalde, Germany, and the Institute of Wood and Plant Chemistry, Dresden University of Technology, Germany, he joined BOKU University Vienna in 2006. Current research interests are biopolymer-based hydrogels and aerogels, supercritical carbon dioxide in biomaterial processing, and lignin chemistry. He has published more than 55 peer-reviewed papers, 70 conference contributions and 7 patents, and was visiting professor at renowned academic institutions in Japan and France.
Thomas Rosenau Thomas Rosenau, born 1969 in Erfurt, Germany, is professor of Wood, Pulp and Fiber Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna (BOKU University), and head of the Division of Chemistry of Renewable Resources. After graduation from the Conservatory Franz Liszt Weimar (concert organ), he studied chemistry at Dresden University of Technology and received his doctoral degree in synthetic organic chemistry. After postdoctoral stays at North Carolina State University at Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.A., he joined BOKU University Vienna in 1998, where he received the venia docendi in organic chemistry. He has published more than 220 SCI papers, 450 conference contributions and 14 patents, is Fellow Elect of the International Academy of Wood Science, and received several international awards in cellulose, fiber, and antioxidant chemistry.
© 2012 American Chemical Society In Functional Materials from Renewable Sources; Liebner, F., et al.; ACS Symposium Series; American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, 2012.
