Lucian Lucia
Bio
– Professor, NC State (USA)
– Fulbright Scholar (Brazil)
Twitter | @WolfPackBark
Research Group | http://www4.ncsu.edu/~lalucia, http://www.ncsu.edu/chemistry/people/lal.html
Open Access Publication Site | http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Lucian_Lucia/
BioResources | http://www.bioresources.com
Dr. Lucian A. Lucia currently serves as Professor in the Departments of Forest Biomaterials (Wood & Paper Science) and Chemistry and as a faculty in the programs of Fiber & Polymer Science and Environmental Sciences at North Carolina State University. His laboratory, The Laboratory of Soft Materials & Green Chemistry, probes fundamental materials science topics focused on the green chemistry of renewable polymers. He received his Ph.D. in organic chemistry from the University of Florida for modeling photoinduced charge separation states of novel Rhenium (I)-based organometallic ensembles as a first order approximation of photosynthesis.
He began his professional career as an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Paper Science and Technology at the Georgia Institute of Technology examining the mechanism of singlet oxygen’s chemistry with lignin & cellulose.
A large part of his recent work has been focused on the chemical modification of cellulosics for biomedical applications.
He teaches Forest Biomaterials Chemistry (WPS 723), From Papyrus to Plasma Screens: Paper & Society (PSE 220), Green Chemistry (PSE/CH 335), and the FB Graduate Student Seminar Series (WPS 590/790) at NCSU while teaching Wood Chemistry and Green Chemistry at Qilu University of Technology in PR China.
He has co-founded and co-edits an open-access international research journal, BioResources, that is dedicated to original research articles, reviews, and editorials on the fundamental science & engineering and advanced applications of lignocellulosic materials.
Area(s) of Expertise
Green chemistry, fiber and polymer science, environmental sciences, materials science, renewable polymers, chemical modification of cellulosics for biomedical applications
Publications
- "Snakeskin" Bioinspired Design for Polymer Composite with Enhanced Positive Temperature-Dependent Thermal Conductivity , NANO LETTERS (2025)
- A critical review of industrial fiber hemp anatomy, agronomic practices, and valorization into sustainable bioproducts , BioResources (2025)
- AI-powered municipal solid waste management: a comprehensive review from generation to utilization , (2025)
- Adsorption Characteristics of Bacterial Cellulose Membranes Toward Methylene Blue Dye in Aqueous Environment , GELS (2025)
- Advancing the organosolv biorefinery. Part I: Vapor stripping-vapor permeation for the recovery of 1-butanol from aqueous solutions , BIOFUELS BIOPRODUCTS & BIOREFINING-BIOFPR (2025)
- Chemical Characterization of Commercial Willow Hybrids—a Potentially Superior Renewable Feedstock , (2025)
- Chemical analyses of glycol-modified copolyester surface abrasion: Beyond the scratches from a mechanochemistry perspective , APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE (2025)
- Emergence of deep eutectic solvents (DES): chemistry, preparation, properties, and applications in biorefineries and critical materials , PROGRESS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE (2025)
- Functional barrier and recyclable packaging materials through microfibrillated cellulose bilayer composite coatings , CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS (2025)
- Hemicellulosic Biogels: A Fundamentally New Sustainable Platform Approach to Address Societal Grand Challenges , GELS (2025)