Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems

Lignocellulose chemistry

The research group aims to develop the processing and use of wood-based biomass.
The research topics of the group listed as a black text, set on top of an image of wood biomass substances on grey plates, plus wood chips and a log in the background
Photo: Mikko Raskinen / Aalto University

Group description

Wood fibers and wood macromolecules are central to today’s materials biorefinery. The current challenges presented by raw material and energy scarcity call for solutions that make processing more efficient and enable us to use all fractions of the biomass. The Lignocellulose chemistry group focuses on processing and utilization of wood fibers and wood hemicelluloses.

Group leader Tiina Nypelö (Associate Professor) holds a position also at Chalmers University of Technology. She is active in European Polysaccharide Network of Excellence. Nypelö teaches in courses CHEM-E1150 and CHEM-E1160.

Professor Tiina Nypelö smiling and riding a red bicycle inside of a research facility

Contact information

If you are interested in our research, you can contact Tiina Nypelö, head of the research group, by email.

  • Mailing address: Puunjalostustekniikka 1, Aalto Bioproduct Centre, Aalto University, PL 16300, 00076 AALTO, Finland.
  • Visiting address: Room 212, Vuorimiehentie 1, 02150 Espoo, Finland.
  • E-mail addresses: firstname.lastname(at)aalto.fi.

Publications

Bio-based foams with multifunctional photothermal, fire-resistant, and CO2 capture properties

Hossein Baniasadi, Roozbeh Abidnejad, Ziba Fathi, Pedro E.S. Silva, Sanandam Bordoloi, Jaana Vapaavuori, Jukka Niskanen, Eero Kontturi, Erlantz Lizundia 2026 Carbon

Dynamic biogenic carbon accounting and functional properties of wood biochar from five species

Hossein Baniasadi, Roozbeh Abidnejad, Ziba Fathi, Kristoffer Meinander, Antti Koistinen, Eero Kontturi, Erlantz Lizundia 2026 Chemical Engineering Journal

Multifunctional Electrospun Phase Change Material Mats for Solar–Thermal Energy Storage and Photothermal Conversion

Hossein Baniasadi, Sedigheh Borandeh, Ziba Fathi, Roozbeh Abidnejad, Pedro E. S. Silva, Lauri Välinen, Jaana Vapaavuori, Eero Kontturi, Jukka Niskanen 2026 Small Science

Dual-site Re/In2O3 enables selective hydrodeoxygenation of fatty acids via suppressed decarbonylation

Xuexue Dong, Benhuan Xu, Jian Tian, Bo Jiang, Yu Deng, Bin Chen, Yixin Li, Gen Li, Guowu Zhan 2026 AIChE Journal

Catalytic conversion of enzymatic hydrolysis lignin: Solvolysis and upgrading

Gen Li 2026

Aggregation of Modified Glucuronoxylan in Water and DMSO

Chonnipa Palasingh, Ratchawit Janewithayapun, Leide P. Cavalcanti, Felix Abik, Kirsi S. Mikkonen, Fabrice Cousin, Anna Ström, Tiina Nypelö 2026 Biopolymers

Structural isomerism in Ce-MOFs directs Ni/CeO2 catalyst design for selective fatty acid deoxygenation to linear α-olefins

Jian Tian, Jiasen Li, Mingke Zhang, Youting Wang, Gen Li, Bin Chen, Guowu Zhan 2026 Chemical Communications

From structure to multifunctional performance: Fibrous cellulose for advancing phase change materials

Maryam Roza Yazdani McCord, Roozbeh Abidnejad, Hossein Baniasadi, Ziba Fathi, Mahyar Fazeli, Juha Lipponen, Juha Koivisto, Julie B. Zimmerman, Eero Kontturi, Ari Seppälä, Mikko Alava 2026 Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Effect of xylan on the mechanical performance of softwood kraft pulp 2D papers and 3D foams

Veronika Biegler, Jana B. Schaubeder, Julian Selinger, Stefan Spirk, Ulrich Hirn, Tiina Nypelö, Alexander Bismarck, Wolfgang Bauer 2025 TAPPI Journal

A cellulosic fibre foam as a bicycle helmet impact liner for brain injury mitigation in oblique impacts

Florian Feist, Markus Wagner, Georg Baumann, Stefan Spirk, Veronika Biegler, Qixiang Jiang, Tiina Nypelö 2025 Heliyon
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