Dr. René Herrera Díaz attended the 1st General Meeting and Conference of EU-PoTaRCH COST Action (CA22155), 5-7 March 2024, in Prague, Czech Republic. The goal of the EU-PoTaRCH COST Action is to identify and assess production changes and their social and environmental impacts on sustainable development, and based on their heritage, to draw lessons for the future.
Dr. René Herrera Díaz is a guest editor for the Polymers journal. Polymers is an international peer-reviewed, open access journal of polymer science. The special issue, “Special Issue “Lignin Based Materials: Structure, Properties and Applications, (2nd Edition)”. The issue is focused on novel aspects and strategies related to lignin valorization, current requirements linked to regulatory aspects in specific applications, future industrial use, research directions and prospects as well as developments in qualitative and quantitative fast analytical solutions for lignin processing and quality control.
Dr. René Herrera Díaz present a workshop for students of Civil Engineering degree in Wood Industries, University of Bio-Bio, Chile. The workshop was about Wood Thermal Treatment Technology , and the chemical changes that occur during the treatment and the physical-mechanical behavior of the treated wood.
Dr. René Herrera Díaz, attended the The 13th edition of the International Conference Wood science and engineering in the third millennium,in the Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania. He presented the results of the MSCA project, with the topic of Enhancing physical properties of wood through Lignin-Based Treatments.
Dr. René Herrera Díaz is a MC member from Slovenia of the COST Action CA22155 – Network for forest by-products charcoal, resin, tar, potash (EU-PoTaRCh). EU-PoTaRCh-establishes a network for the past, present and future of use of major non-timber forest raw materials and products in Europe. Whilst it will focus on forest by-products mainly Potash Tar Resin Charcoal (PoTaRCh)–as representatives of traditional forest exploitation heritage, it will touch upon other forest by-products (tannins, pitches).
Dr. René Herrera Díaz is a Guest Editor In Materials: Special Issue Preparation and Characterization of Functional Composite Materials. The present Special Issue (SI) aims to contribute to the topics relevant to modern functional composite materials.
Dr. René Herrera Díaz, attended the WIRE’s 4th Working Groups Workshop (Waste biorefinery technologies for accelerating sustainable energy processes), held 4-5 October 2023, at Brandenburg University of Technology (BTU) Cottbus-Senftenberg, Germany.
He presented a poster in the framework of the Horizon Europe project Building a sustainable & circular economy through innovative, bio-based manufacturing lines (NewWave), within the manufacturing line of modified/engineering wood, showing some of the results of the formulations of the fast pyrolysis bio-oil used as a wood modification agent.
