Jia Mao defends her dissertation with magna cum laude
Jia Mao defended her doctoral thesis entitled “Production of Cellulose Nanocrystals (CNCs) with the Ionic Liquid 1-Butyl-3-Methylimidazolium Hydrogen Sulfate [Bmim]HSO4 ” on November 25, 2014 and was awarded her doctoral degree (Dr. rer. Nat.) magna cum laude.
In her dissertation, Jia developed a novel, highly-efficient method to produce cellulose nanocrystals under environmentally-friendly conditions. Jia first came to the University of Freiburg in March 2011, after receiving her Bachelor and Master degrees in Wood Science and Engineering from Beijing Forestry University. During her doctoral studies at the University of Freiburg, she was the recipient of a fellowship from the “Barbara und Elisabeth Grammel Stiftung”. She is continuing her academic career as a post-doctoral research associate at the Chair of Forest Biomaterials, University of Freiburg.