Ph.D. candidate
Mariana joined the ERMP program in January 2021 as a PhD student at UBC. She will work under the supervision of Professors Heather Trajano, Boris Stoeber and James Olson. Mariana will study how the specific refining energy and properties of microfibrillated cellulose (MFC) produced from mechanical pulps can be manipulated through enzymatic pretreatment and low consistency refining (project 2.3). Previously, Mariana received an MSc degree from Université Laval (Quebec, Canada) in Engineering of wood and bio-based materials; and a BSc in Engineering from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil).
Contact:
mafrd3@mail.ubc.ca