On Friday, July 26, we enjoyed hearing from our postdoc Dr. Hossein Roohollahi at our biweekly group meeting at University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC).
Hossein shared the fantastic progress he and our biopolymer team have made over the past year in developing eco-friendly alternatives to EPS for food packaging.
🔬 The highlight was his work on a biopolymer, which is sustainable and showcases remarkable properties. He put us to the test with a fun challenge to stretch a strand of the biopolymer to its snapping point—and guess what? We couldn’t do it! The strength and flexibility of this material are truly impressive.
🍦 As if the insightful presentation wasn’t enough, Dr. Roohollahi also treated us to ice cream, making it a perfect meeting!
We would like to extend a special thanks to our industrial partners, Brown’s Bay Packaging and Seawise Innovative Packaging, and our funding partners, Mitacs, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), and Innovate BC, for their continued support in making these innovative developments possible.
Stay tuned as we continue to push the boundaries of environmental science and technology. Thank you, Hossein, for your innovative work and for bringing a little extra sweetness to our day!
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