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Dr. J.Y. Zhu is a scientific leader at the USDA Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, Wisconsin. Currently, he holds an adjunct appointment at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He was the inaugural Fulbright-Aalto University Distinguished Chair in Energy and Sustainable Use of Natural Resources (2016), Helsinki, Finland. Prior to the current position he had been with the Institute of Paper Science and Technology for 10 years (now part of Georgia Institute of Technology). 

Dr. Zhu's research covers a broad area of wood utilization for producing fibers, biofuels and biochemicals through fractionation. His recent research including wood cell wall engineering through wood chemical treatment for producing advanced wood structural materials. He has co-authored over 200 peer referred papers and over a dozen of US patents. His work is frequently cited by the broad scientific community with google scholar h index of 70. His scientific accomplishments were honored with several major national and international awards including the IUFRO (International Union of Forest Research Organizations) Scientific Achievement Awards in 2019, US Forest Service Chief’s Honor Award in 2019, the AIChE (American Institute of Chemical Engineers) Andrew Chase award in 2016. Dr. Zhu is a Fellow of AIChE, TAPPI, and IAWS (International Academy of Wood Science). ​


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                                                                 ​Provide A Forum For Discussion


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Dr. Richard Eley is retired from Akzo Nobel Coatings, Strongsville Research Center, where he was Senior Scientist and Head of the Rheology and Interface Science Laboratory, Polymer Physics Group. 

Dr. Eley received his Ph.D. in Physical-Inorganic Chemistry from Kent State University and completed a post-doctoral position at Georgetown University. He taught chemistry at the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, following which he had a 36-year career in the Polymers and Coatings industry with ICI Americas and Akzo Nobel. He was also Adjunct Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Delaware for 23 years. 

​Dr. Eley is the author or co-author of over 30 publications, including a recent comprehensive review titled “Applied Rheology and Architectural Coating Performance”. He received the Mattiello Award and three first-place Roon Awards from the Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology (FSCT, now American Coatings Association). He has served on and chaired technical committees and organized short courses for the American Chemical Society, the Society of Rheology, and FSCT. He has presented numerous invited lectures and tutorials at universities, technical conferences, and for private industry in the UK, the Netherlands, Greece, Japan, Canada and across the United States.


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CALL FOR PAPERS
​Please address questions and/or provide abstracts for consideration by June 1, 2022

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The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in collaboration with The Wood Coatings Research Group, Inc. is pleased to issue a call for papers for the 10th biennial Wood Coatings & Substrates conference. The conference is planned as a Hybrid event with the on-site venue held on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG), Greensboro, North Carolina, September 22 and 23, 2022.
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