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Keynote Speakers 2024

     Dr. Mojgan Nejad is an Associate Professor with a joint appointment in the Department of Forestry and Chemical Engineering and Materials Science Department at Michigan State University. She has a bachelor’s degree in applied chemistry and a PhD in Wood Coating.

     Dr. Nejad's current research projects are focused on developing lignin-based coatings, adhesives, foams, and composites, and most of them are conducted in close collaborations with industry partners. 
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​Dr. Nejad has won the Adhesive and Sealant Council Innovation Award for replacing 100% phenol with lignin in a phenolic resin formulation.​

Wood C&S Goals:
     Advance the Science
                          Improve Understanding
                                             Students  and Opportunities
                                                                 ​Provide A Forum For Discussion

Véronic Landry is a full professor in the Department of Wood and Forest Sciences and Director of the Research Center on Renewable Materials at Laval University.

Véronic Landry specializes in wood protection through finishing and chemical modification approaches. Over the past years, she has worked on the development of environmentally friendly coatings (water-based, photopolymerizable, bio-based) and functional coatings (self-healing, self-stratifying) for indoor and outdoor wood products.
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​Véronic Landry has also conducted various projects on wood impregnation and chemical modification to increase the hardness and dimensional stability of this material, as well as on the valorization of forest biomass

CALL FOR PAPERS
​Please address questions and/or provide abstracts for consideration by June 1, 2024
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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 11th 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 26 and 27, 2022.