Conference Speakers

Lucian Lucia, Ph.D.

Professor, North Carolina State University

BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Lucian A. Lucia currently serves as Professor in the Departments of Forest Biomaterials (Wood & Paper Science) and Chemistry and as a faculty in the programs of Fiber & Polymer Science and Environmental Sciences at North Carolina State University. His laboratory, The Laboratory of Soft Materials & Green Chemistry, probes fundamental materials science topics focused on the green chemistry of renewable polymers. He received his Ph.D. in organic chemistry from the University of Florida for modeling photoinduced charge separation states of novel Rhenium (I)-based organometallic ensembles as a first order approximation of photosynthesis.

He began his professional career as an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Paper Science and Technology at the Georgia Institute of Technology examining the mechanism of singlet oxygen’s chemistry with lignin & cellulose.

A large part of his recent work has been focused on the chemical modification of cellulosics for biomedical applications.

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Water Dispersible Paper with Soy Lecithin

Water soluble paper is being introduced to overcome the limitations of conventional purge systems as they are costly and inefficient. This research focused on the development of a soy lecithin-paper using hardwood and hemp pulp fibers for use as flushable material.

Our approach to household paper packaging evaluations included: paper tubes, homecare packages, paper, wipes and coffee sleeves with promising results. It falls apart like toilet paper.