Danny E. Garcia-Marrero defends his dissertation with summa cum laude

Danny conducted his research at the Freiburg Materials Research Center (FMF) within the framework of the ERA-NET project BIOFOAMBARK, funded by the BMELV through FNR.  In his dissertation, Danny devised a new and facile derivatization strategy, the hydroxypropylation of tannins, allowing to tailor-design these bio-based building blocks for the synthesis of various phenolic and polyurethane bio-based polymers.   Not only did Danny achieve the highest possible grade for his dissertation, but he also completed it in a record time of 2 and half years.  Danny worked under the supervision of Prof. Marie Pierre Laborie, PhD. (Uni-Freiburg), Prof. Dr. Antonio Pizzi (France) and Prof. Dr. Wolfgang G. Glasser (USA).   With such success, Danny, a native of Cuba, returns closer to his origin and culture by starting his new position as a permanent researcher at the Technological Development Unit (UDT), University of Concepción, Chile.