Richard Vendamme
Flemish Institute for Technological research
Biography
Richard Vendamme obtained an engineering degree and a master degree in chemistry in Lille (France) in 2001. He subsequently moved to the Max-Planck Institute for Polymer Research in Mainz (Germany), where he prepared his PhD working on stimuli-responsive liquid crystalline gels. In 2004 he was awarded a JSPS postdoctoral fellowship and started his career at the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN) in Tokyo, Japan. In 2007, he joined the European headquarter of Nitto Denko, one of Japan’s leading diversified materials manufacturers, where he was successively involved in R&D, innovation and techno-marketing. He is working at VITO since April 2017 in the field of bio-aromatics and bio-polymer development. Richard is author of 20 scientific publications, 11 patents, and also holds an executive MBA from Vlerick business school.
Abstract
Abstract : Development of Thermosetting Polymers from lignin Model Compounds and Depolymerized Lignins