Ann-Christine Albertsson

Ann-Christine Albertsson is a Swedish chemist currently Professor at Royal Institute of Technology and the Editor-in-Chief of American Chemical Society's Biomacromolecules.^[1] Her research interest are biomacromolecules and polymers.^[2]

Education[]

She earned her Doctorate from Royal Institute of Technology in 1977.^[3]

Career[]

She started as a lecturer at Royal Institute of Technology in 1980 before serving as acting professor in 1986 until being official appointed as professor in 1989. She has also been visiting scholar at Polytechnic University of New York, University of Kyoto, University of Massachusetts at Amherst and .^[4]

Selected publications[]

• Recent developments in ring opening polymerization of lactones for biomedical applications, AC Albertsson, IK Varma - Biomacromolecules, 2003, ACS Publications
• The mechanism of biodegradation of polyethylene, Polymer Degradation and Stability, Volume 18, Issue 1, 1987, Pages 73–87.

Recent publications[]

• J. Undin et al., "Controlled copolymerization of the functional 5-membered lactone monomer, alpha-bromo-gamma-butyrolactone, via selective organocatalysis," Polymer, vol. 87, pp. 17–25, 2016.
• V. Arias et al., "Forecasting linear aliphatic copolyester degradation through modular block design," Polymer degradation and stability, vol. 130, pp. 58–67, 2016.
• L. Maleki, U. Edlund and A.-C. Albertsson, "Green Semi-IPN Hydrogels by Direct Utilization of Crude Wood Hydrolysates," ACS SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY & ENGINEERING, vol. 4, no. 8, pp. 4370–4377, 2016.
• R. W. N. Nugroho et al., "Highlighting the Importance of Surface Grafting in Combination with a Layer-by-Layer Approach for Fabricating Advanced 3D Poly(L-lactide) Microsphere Scaffolds," CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS, vol. 28, no. 10, pp. 3298–3307, 2016.

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