Anselme Payen Award to Lars Wågberg
Lars Wågberg, Professor of Fibre Technology at CBH School, receives the prestigious Anselme Payen Award 2024.
"It is of course an honour and I am especially pleased with my research group, which often exceeds the high expectations I have of them. You do very little alone!"
The Anselme Payen award is since 1962 awarded by the American Chemical Society's Cellulose and Renewable Materials (CELL) Division to honour and encourage outstanding professional contributions to the science and chemical technology of cellulose and its allied products. Lars Wågberg receives the award for his work to better understand and improve existing fibre- and cellulose-based products and for developing new methods, new functionalities and new materials, such as antibacterial properties, electronic conductivity and/or fire resistance for both fibre- and nanocellulose-based materials.
The extensive work on understanding colloidal properties of cellulose-based nanomaterials was also mentioned in the motivation for the award. In addition to the honour, he is awarded 3000 US dollar and a mandatory plaque.
“In addition, a symposium will be organised in my honour during the next ACS Spring meeting in San Diego. The latter is probably the best part of the award," says Lars Wågberg.
The announcement was made during the ACS Spring Meeting in New Orleans. At the meeting, a symposium was organised to honour the 2023 winner, Professor Lars Berglund, also from KTH. Lars Wågberg comes from the same department and the same research centre as Lars Berglund, and they both come from the same high school, Nolaskolan in Örnsköldsvik.
– It is of course very, very nice to receive this award from colleagues in a research world where we are constantly trying to outdo each other. It is of course an honour and I am especially pleased with my research group, which often exceeds the high expectations I have of them. You do very little alone, says Lars Wågberg.
Read the full justification here.
Text: Åsa Karsberg