Prof Orlando J. Rojas, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Department of Chemistry and Department Wood Science, University of British Columbia

Professor Rojas is a Canada Excellence Research Chair in University of British Columbia and Director of the Bioproducts Institute. Prof. Rojas received the Anselme Payen Award, the highest recognition in the area of cellulose and renewable materials. He is an elected Fellow of the American Chemical Society (2013), the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters (2017) and recipient of the Tappi Nanotechnology Award (2015). During his career Prof. Rojas has advised 50 postdoctoral fellows, 61 PhD and 50 MS students. He has also hosted 112 international visiting scholars and professors. With a h-index of 83 and 33000 citations (Google Scholar), he has authored about ca. 520 peer-reviewed papers and a larger number of conference contributions related to the core research, mainly dealing with nanostructures from renewable materials and their utilization in multiphase systems. He is a to 1% researcher by citations for field and year according to Clarivate 2022.