Nanocellulose and Sustainability: Production, Properties, Applications, and Case Studies

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Dr Koon-Yang Lee (KYL) is a currently a Lecturer in Composites Manufacturing in the Department of Aeronautics Imperial College London (ICL). His work focuses on the manufacturing and development of novel cellulose-based polymer composites with a focus on tailoring the interface between two (or more) phases to bridge the gap between chemistry materials science and engineering. Prior to this appointment he was a lecturer at the Department of Chemical Engineering University College London. Earlier he worked as a senior post-doctoral fellow (Habilitant) at the Institute for Materials Chemistry and Research University of Vienna and prior to this as a post-doctoral research associate in the Department of Chemical Engineering ICL (seconded to a carbon fibre multi-axial producer Formax UK recently acquired by Hexcel). Dr Lee currently has one national phase patent application in the US and Europe (US2013273350/EP2627816) and (co-)authored 31 peer-reviewed journal articles (incl. Green Chem highlighted on the journal cover and Comp. Sci. Tech. the top ranked composites journal) 7 invited book chapters and 4 confidential industrial technical reports for Cytec Engineered Materials UK and Mondelez International. His expertise are in the manufacturing of cellulose (nano)composites hierarchical composites polymer foams and lifecycle assessment of composite materials. His work has been recognised for excellence with the Dudley-Newitt Prize (2012) awarded by ICL and Student Achievement Award (2011) awarded by the BioEnvironmental Polymer Society (BEPS). KYL is currently an associate editor of the Journal of Biobased Materials and Bioenergy. His research is supported by various UK Engineering and Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC) grants.