Dr. Rosica Mincheva
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- PhD in Polymer Science since 2006.
- Research areas: macromolecular chemistry and engineering, physicochemical and thermomechanical characterization, preparation of micro- and nanostructured materials by different methods including reactive melt processing and solid-state modification of sustainable-by-design polymer materials for food, health and agricultural applications.
- Supervisor and (co)coordinator of national and regional projects, programs with industries and European Projects (H2020, FP7).
- 80 peer-reviewed scientific publications (including 7 book chapters).
- 100 personal communications at conferences.
- 1 patent.
Research
Our research covers over fifteen years of experience in:
- Transforming (natural) by-products into monomers, polymers and fillers for sustainable-by-design plastic materials,
- Proposing and adapting green chemistries for synthesis, modification and end-of-life,
- Adapting energy-efficient methods towards their transformation (reactive extrusion, mechanochemistry, enzymatic catalysis),
- Recycling and upcycling these materials for applications such as biomedical, food, etc.