MSCA Doctoral Network

DC3: Arnold Tharun Thomas

Tutors

  • Tutor: K. Barta (UG)
  • Co-Tutor: P.J. Deuss (RUG)
  • Industrial Supervisor: J. Lindner (BASF)

Objectives

  • Fe catalysed amination of alcohol-decorated lignins via homogenous catalysis and calculated related green reaction metrics
  • Develop catalytic approaches to access strategically designed end groups for vitrimer formation
  • Establish the application of selected lignins with high surfactancy in formulations
  • Measure and quantify the chemo-physical properties of selected lignin samples.

Secondments

  • UNIVE (3 months) investigation of colloid formation from selected amine-functionalized lignins (C. Crestini)
  • BASF (4 months) investigation of selected surfactant lignins in formulations (J. Lindner)
  • Anton Paar (3 months) for specialized analytics related to surface charge and other measurements on selected lignins (H. Brasil)