Congratulations to Jessica De Micco, affiliated with the PMNC Trinity College Dublin, who successfully defended her PhD in Sustainable Chemistry of Wood Residues. Her research focused on the sustainable depolymerisation and valorisation of lignin, exploring its conversion into biobased polymers and the use of residual lignin in biodegradable polymer composites for sustainable packaging applications.

This research presents a tangible alternative to fossil fuel-based packaging materials.
[e.g. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scenv.2026.100331]

We are grateful to Trinity College Dublin School of Chemistry, her supervisor Ramesh Babu and the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine for the research funding.

Thanks to industry collaborators Fibenol and VITO.

With support from CRANN, Trinity College Dublin, AMBER Centre & BiOrbic Research Ireland Centre for Bioeconomy.