Our Team

Principal Investigator

EDUCATION

  • Ph.D. Bioproducts Engineering, University of Maine, Orono, ME

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

  • 2023-date – Assistant Professor, CRC, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA
  • 2022-2023 – R&D Scientist (v), ASCC, the University of Maine, Orono, ME, USA
  • 2020-2022 – Assistant Research Professor, ASCC, the University of Maine, USA
  • 2018-2020 – Postdoctoral Research Associate, ASCC, the University of Maine, USA
  • 2013-2017 – Graduate Research Assistant, ASCC, the University of Maine, USA

HONORS & AWARDS

  • 2017 – Ph.D. Dissertation Award – The International Academy of Wood Science
  • 2016 – Graduate Scholarship Award – SPE Automotive Composites Conference & Exhibition (ACCE)
  • 2016 – 1st poster competition award – American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (Northeast Section)
  • 2018 Fred Griffee Memorial Award – The University of Maine, College of Nature Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture
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Lu Wang
Assistant Professor, School of Natural Resources
Responsible Area(s)
Agriculture and Natural Resources

Graduate Students

Kehao Ren

PhD Student 

M.S. in Polymer Science, University of Akron

B.Eng. in Polymer Materials and Engineering, Sichuan University 

Research interest: High-performance natural-fiber reinforced plastic composites

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Kehao Ren
Grad Research Assistant, School of Natural Resources

Xuan Li

PhD Student

M.Eng. in Chemical Engineering, Hangzhou Normal University

B.Eng. in Polymer Materials and Engineering, Hangzhou Normal University

Research Interest: Applications of plant nanofibers for plant biology

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Xuan Li
Grad Research Assistant, School of Natural Resources

Alumni

Griffin Miller

Ph.D. Forest Biomaterials, NCSU

B.S. Biochemistry, NCSU

Research Interest: Interface chemistry in biocomposites, Life Cycle Assessment

Email: agmille4@ncsu.edu

Griffin Miller