Events – Bio4Energy

Participants at a workshop in Rusagara village, Rwanda, in July 2024, where results from one of the studies included in García-López’s doctoral thesis were presented to local households (top, photo: Natxo García-López). A portrait of García-López is shown in the upper right corner (photo: Umeå University). The instrumental setup developed at Umeå University for experimental work in rural Rwanda is displayed on the left (photo: Natxo García-López). In the middle, García-López is preparing portable instrumentation (micro-aethalometer) for field measurements (photo: Sabine Ingabire). On the right, an improved rocket stove, fueled with sticks, is shown in operation during field measurements (photo: Natxo García-López).

PhD Thesis Defence: Toward cleaner cooking and energy security in rural sub-Saharan Africa

5 September, 2025/in Calendar, Event, PhD Thesis Defence/by Irina Iakovleva

Thesis title: Toward cleaner cooking and energy security in rural sub-Saharan Africa: assessing sustainable bioenergy systems, biomass cookstove emissions, and particle properties

Supervisors:
Prof. Markus Broström, Department of Applied Physics and Electronics, Umeå University
Assoc. Prof. Christoffer Boman, Department of Applied Physics and Electronics, Umeå University
Assoc. Prof. Cecilia Sundberg, Department of Energy and Technology, SLU, Uppsala
Assoc. Prof. Gert Nyberg, Department of Forest Ecology and Management, SLU, Umeå

Opponent: Assoc. Prof. Aneta Wierzbicka, Division of Ergonomics and Aerosol Technology, Lund University

DiVa link: Natxo García-López-Thesis

For more information, see the press release published on the Bio4Energy websites.

Back in days timber logs were often transported by waterways. A built up illustration of the beginnings of timber transport in northern Sweden. Photo by Anna Strom ©2023.

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Course Start: Historical, Technological and Societal Background

19 August, 2025/in Calendar, Education and training, Event/by Irina Iakovleva

Historical, technological and societal background to forestry and forest-based biorefining in Nordic countries, 4.5 ETCS — Bio4Energy Graduate School

Bio4Energy Researchers’ Meeting, 19–20 November 2025

27 June, 2025/in Bio4Energy Meeting, Calendar, Event/by Irina Iakovleva

Bio4Energy researchers meet twice a year to share progress, exchange ideas and explore new opportunities for collaboration. This autumn’s meeting will include a special focus on early-career researchers, with dedicated time for PhD students and postdoctoral researchers to present their work and connect with colleagues across the programme.

The meeting will take place on 20 November 2025 at Carl Kempe-salen (KB.E3.03), KBC Building, Umeå University, from 08:30 to 16:00. An optional joint dinner will be held on the evening before, 19 November, at a local restaurant (venue to be announced).

The full programme and registration form will be published here soon.

We look forward to seeing you!

RISE

Bio4Energy Advisory Board Meeting

19 June, 2025/in Bio4Energy Meeting, Calendar, Event/by Irina Iakovleva

Theme: “Pyrolys & förgasning”. Meeting language is Swedish.

PhD candidate Van Minh Dinh at Umeå University

PhD Thesis defence: Valorization of biomass byproducts: the potential of chitin and lignin through solid catalysts

27 March, 2025/in Education and training, Event, PhD Thesis Defence/by Elisabeth Wetterlund

Thesis title: Valorization of biomass byproducts: the potential of chitin and lignin through solid catalysts

Supervisor: Prof.Jyri-Pekka Mikkola, Catalysis and Separation platform, Umeå University

Opponent: Assoc. Prof. Satu Ojala, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland

DiVa link: Van Minh Dinh – Thesis

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Bio4Energy Researchers’ Summer Meeting 2025

2 December, 2024/in Bio4Energy Meeting, Calendar, Event/by Elisabeth Wetterlund

Bio4Energy researchers meet twice a year, to hear about each other’s progress and as an opportunity to form new collaborations.

The theme of this meeting is Retrospection and introspection.

The meeting takes place at Clarion Hotel Sense in Luleå, Tuesday 27 May 2025. There will also be an optional joint dinner on the evening of Monday 26 May.

Programme

Registration to this event has closed

Marjan Bozhagian Bäckman, Bio4Energy, performing an experiment at the Balder beamline, MAX IV Laboratory. Photo by courtesy of Nils Skoglund.

Workshop on Synchrotron Measurements

31 October, 2024/in Bio4Energy Meeting, Calendar, Event/by Anna Strom

This workshop aims to inspire researchers to explore the application of synchrotron-based analysis. Examples from application of synchrotron light in scientific research will be presented.

More information and programme – New for November!

Click this link for participation via Zoom online conferencing system.

Registration for the on-site event is closed. Questions? Please contact the organisers.