Minna Hakkarainen is a Professor of Polymer Technology at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden. Her research interest is sustainable polymers including biobased, degradable and/or recyclable polymers.
Anne-Marie Hermansson is a Professor of Structured biomaterials and Food Science at the Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden. Over the years, her research has focused on biopolymers and biomaterials related to food.
Kiyohiko Igarashi is an Associate Professor at the University of Tokyo, Japan, and a Visiting Professor at the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland. His research focuses on the biodegradation of cellulose, as well as on the microbiology of wood-rotting fungi.
Robert Luxenhofer is a Professor of Soft Matter Chemistry at the University of Helsinki, Finland. His research interests are novel drug delivery systems for highly hydrophobic drugs as well as proteins and RNA/DNA.
Tiina Nypelö is an Assistant Professor at the Division of Applied Chemistry at the Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden. Her research interests are in lignocellulosic materials and their utilization in engineered products.
Bernhard A. Wolf is a Professor of the Physical Chemistry of Polymers at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany. His main scientific interests lie in the field of rheology, thermodynamics and polymer fractionation.